MI vs DC, WPL 2026: Sciver-Brunt, Carey dominate as captain Jemimah tastes defeat in Navi Mumbai

Jemimah Rodrigues holds the D.Y. Patil Stadium close to her heart. It is where the local favourite made her Test debut, won her first World Cup, and began her run as captain of Delhi Capitals in the Women’s Premier League. That last experience, however, brought with it a 50-run defeat to Mumbai Indians in its 2026 campaign opener on Saturday.

MI came licking its wounds from the loss to Royal Challengers Bengaluru a night prior and seemed to have had some hard conversations. However, the first few overs after being put in to bat eerily resembled the defending champion’s struggles against RCB.

Amelia Kerr was sent back by Chinelle Henry, courtesy of the brilliance of a stretched Lizelle Lee behind the stumps. G. Kamalini could only crawl to a 19-ball 16 against the Capitals before falling to debutant Nandini Sharma.

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Nat Sciver-Brunt’s assault left Jemimah stumped for answers and helped Harmanpreet Kaur break free, the pair stitching a quickfire 66-run stand.

While N. Shree Charani dialled up the pace to draw out Sciver-Brunt’s dismissal, Harmanpreet had Carey for company to inflict more damage before Nandini sent the latter packing. Despite having a great night, the Chandigarh medium pacer was surprisingly given just two overs.

Reactive tactics from the Capitals allowed Harmanpreet to pinch 17 runs in a 19-run final over to take MI just short of 200.

Delhi Capitals’ Chinelle Henry desperately braved the demoralising fall of wickets at the other end, scoring a half-century along the way.
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Delhi Capitals’ Chinelle Henry desperately braved the demoralising fall of wickets at the other end, scoring a half-century along the way.
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The new DC opening pair of Shafali Verma and Lee started cautiously, with Shabnim Ismail’s searing pace posing questions aplenty. Sciver-Brunt removed the dangerous Lee with an offcutter while Carey struck off Shafali and Laura Wolvaardt for single-digit scores in a span of three balls.

Jemimah perished for a single run soon after, Kamalini’s fantastic one-handed catch doing the job. Marizanne Kapp knelt on one knee to smoke Carey for a six down the ground but holed out to short third while attempting an encore off the next ball.

Henry desperately braved the demoralising fall of wickets at the other end, scoring a half-century along the way. But Carey, who dropped her in the 14th over, eventually finished the job in the 18th, effectively snuffing out DC’s hopes of an opening win.

Published on Jan 10, 2026

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