DC-W vs MI-W

11:20 PM local time and IST: How's this for a points table? Four teams are now tied at 4 points each with RCB the only team who have run away having already qualified for the playoffs. This is as tight as it has got in the tournament's history and we still have no clues as to which two teams will join RCB in the playoffs. MI have played the most number of games and they are now in must-win territory with two games remaining, all the three teams below them have a negative run rate as opposed to MI's positive but all of them have a game in hand.

Two of those teams, GG and UPW will take each other on in the next league game and one of those two will leapfrog MI into the second spot. Could be the third-placed Warriors or even the bottom-placed Giants too.

But for that, we will have to wait for a day as there is a break tomorrow before the teams get on the park again. We will be back then, till then we have a lot more cricketing action lined up from all around the globe. For now, this is Sourabh Agrawal signing off on behalf of Bidipto Datta and the entire team. Cheers!

Jemimah Rodrigues (Delhi Capitals captain and Player of the Match, 51* runs off 37 balls): "Today was a very important game! The way Marizanne Kapp bowled in the power play, it was excellent! I actually wanted to share this award with her......Shafali (Verma) batted magnificently too, with Lizelle (Lee)....Marizanne is a legend, one of the best spells she bowled in my book, even if she doesn't agree, but then, some of the running she did with me, simply brilliant! I wanted to give myself some time, 10 balls. Those I can trust, told me that you can take it from there if you are in. And, I've played on these wickets too! Learnt a lot from the way Harman (Harmanpreet Kaur) and Nat (Sciver-Brunt) played in the 1st innings....160 was a total were were okay to chase here and we got it done with our calculations! Loved it!" 

Lizelle Lee: "It is not one of the easiest wickets to play on but I feel we got away with the new ball at the start. Credits to our bowlers for stopping them on that score. (on her dismissal) It was a great take from her down the leg side, not easy and that is where I would want to stop, I'm not going there. (batting with Shafali Verma) We are communicating really well at what we want to do, we have very good plans, very basic plans. Tonight was one of those nights where it clicked. We batted really well together, just good from Jemi to get a good score and then Kappy (Kapp) finishing it off. (on Jemi's knock) There is a lot of stress that goes with being a captain and if everybody can just do pull their weight, it helps a big deal. (on DC's chances for the playoffs) We just have to make sure we play every game to the best of abilities going forward, cricket is cricket we don't know what is going to happen. I feel if we do our best, you never know."

Harmanpreet Kaur (Mumbai Indians captain): "We were 20 runs short. Even in the power play, with the ball, we were disappointing. The batting in the power play too needs improvement. We had to keep changing our combinations, due to the injuries, but, that's no excuse. We need to put up with what is there. Vaishnavi (Sharma) came in, took the wicket of Shafali (Verma), and of course, kept it tight, with Amanjot (Kaur). We played really well in the last three seasons, we are trying our best this time too, but, the injuries, and some iffy moments at the right time, have cost us. Hope to turn it around." 

10:58 PM local time and IST: MATCH SUMMARY

Delhi Capitals (155/3 in 19 overs) beat Mumbai Indians (154/5 in 20 overs) by 7 wickets

Jemimah Rodrigues 51*(37)| Sree Charani 3/33(4)
Nat Sciver-Brunt 65*(45) | Vaishnavi Sharma 1/20(4)

Hugs all around in the DC camp, Jemi with a big outburst at the non-striker's end as soon as Kapp with that maximum to seal the win. They have been short in a couple of run chases previously this season but tonight the skipper Jemi stayed till the end and made sure she got her side over the line and got the all-important two points.

Smiles from Harman, she applauds the effort from the DC batters but she does not look happy. This is now the third straight loss for MI for the first time ever in WPL, they have now played six games which is the most out of all the teams and still stuck on 4 points

Things went right for DC tonight, they needed these two runs desperately and they needed these runs from their skipper both of which happened in the same game which will please them a lot. They get their second win of the season and DC are finally off the bottom of the pile.

156 was a tricky target on this deck but the start from Lizelle Lee (46) and Shafali Verma (29) made the job much easier for the rest of the team as the openers put on 63 in 7 overs before Shafali got out. Lee fell a couple of overs later, short of her fifty, she was not particulary happy with her dismissal but that is for another day.

It did get a bit nervy after both of them went but skipper Jemimah Rodrigues put her head down and stitched a partnership with Laura Wolvaardt. The boundaries were few and far in between but the running between the wickets from Jemi, first with Wolvaardt and then Kapp, was a salient feature of how she got the job done. The asking rate did went over 9 at a point but then timely boundaries from Jemi and some cricket smarts made sure DC came out at the right side of the result tonight

18.6 Natalie Sciver-Brunt to Marizanne Kapp, THIS IS THE POWER OF MARIZANNE KAPP! DELHI CAPITALS WIN IT WITH A SIX! Into the wicket on off-stump. Kapp got into a superb position on the back foot, managed to get under it, and pulled it away with brute force. The ball simply sailed over deep mid-wicket for a maximum! 

18.5 Natalie Sciver-Brunt to Jemimah Rodrigues, into the wicket on off-stump. Pulled around to deep mid-wicket from the back foot for a single. 

First fifty of the season and the first as a skipper for Jemi! She sinks down low and sucks in some deep breaths. Less than a run ball now, 7 off 8

18.4 Natalie Sciver-Brunt to Jemimah Rodrigues, FOUR IMPORTANT RUNS! Pitched up and around off-stump. Rodrigues went right across her stumps and swiped it. The ball went to the left of deep backward square and right of deep mid-wicket, to finish on the boundary rope! 

18.3 Natalie Sciver-Brunt to Marizanne Kapp, good length and on middle-stump. Worked away off the legs to the left of deep square-leg for a run.

18.2 Natalie Sciver-Brunt to Jemimah Rodrigues, into the surface on off-stump with the pace taken off. Rodrigues advances and pulls it to deep mid-wicket for one. 

18.1 Natalie Sciver-Brunt to Marizanne Kapp, into the surface and nipping back in on the leg-stump line. Kapp's intended pull stroke off the back foot gets missed. But, they get a leg-bye to short third here. 

That is a crucial boundary for DC, makes the job much more easier for them now. Jemi having an animated chat with Kapp, you can see that she wants to get the job done tonight having missed out on a couple of chases.

17.6 Hayley Matthews to Jemimah Rodrigues, FOUR MORE! WELL PLAYED! Slow and just around off. Rodrigues went for the reverse paddle-sweep, got it on the full and nailed it to the left of short third! 

Exceptional running between the wickets, Jemi played it with soft hands and straightaway called "now its two, now its two". What will she look to do on the final ball of the over?