Evenly-matched Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians will dearly want a piece of history
The Hindu
Delhi Capitals had tied on points with Mumbai Indians but topped the table on account of a better net run-rate
It didn’t take Mumbai Indians or Delhi Capitals long to let the world know that they were the two best sides in the inaugural edition of the Women’s Premier League. So it is only fair that the title will go to one of them.
Will it be Meg Lanning’s Delhi Capitals, or Harmanpreet Kaur’s Mumbai Indians? The Brabourne Stadium will provide the answer on Sunday night.
There will be a full house — the tickets for the final have been sold out — to witness the first ever champion of the WPL.
The majority of the spectators will want MI to triumph and carry forward the men’s team’s legacy in the IPL, which it has won five times.
Delhi Capitals’ men never won it. Its women have an excellent opportunity to bring the cup home.
The Delhi side entered the final in style. It had tied on points with MI but topped the table on account of a better net run-rate.
MI had to come through the Eliminator against UP Warriorz.
In 2021, five women from Mayithara, four of them MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) workers, found a common ground in their desire to create a sustainable livelihood by growing vegetables. Rajamma M., Mary Varkey, Valsala L., Elisho S., and Praseeda Sumesh, aged between 70 and 39, pooled their savings, rented a piece of land and began their collective vegetable farming journey under the Deepam Krishi group.