Delhi Capitals suffered another cordial defeat in the finals of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) while lost to the Mumbaj Indians at the Clash summit on March 15 (Saturday). It was their third consecutive loss in the WPL final, while waiting for the maiden title continued.
The DC players were outraged after the loss because the title was so close, so far. Chief coach Delhi Capitals Jonathan Batty took responsibility to face the media after the end of the match.
Batty discovered the mood of the locker room and admitted that the pressure of the finals had reached the player of his team. He also welcomed the opposition Mumbai’s Indians because they eventually defended greatly.
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Jonathan Batty on the Delhi Capitals defeat
While talking to the media after the game, Jonathan Batty was convinced that Delhi Capitals would persecute a total, but admitted that the great opportunity of the finals had reached his players. He also called him the constant pressure of the Mumbai Indian bowler who made a difference.
“Everyone currently hurts a huge amount. I think 99 percent of your time return to chase 150 at that WiKhet there. The finals with big games, maybe that occasion just got to the players, but full merit Mumbai Indians for the way they defended that overall,” Batty said.
“They made it difficult for us and we were never forward in the chase. We were in the game to the end, we just couldn’t go over the line,” added DC coach.
The goal was not big enough, and Delhi capitals were ahead in the game halfway. However, the ruthless bowling of Mumbai did not allow Delhi to come to the top in running.
Is that a mental block? Jonathan Batty replies
Although this was the third defeat of Delhi Capitals in the three consecutive WPL finals, Jonathan Batty refused to admit it was a mental block for his team. He claimed that his team was positive throughout the season and that this season he did not have the pressure of two finals.
“The girls were really positive, I couldn’t blame them. There was no negative conversation at all like” Oh, we messed up the last two finals, we’ll take that luggage in this “, none of that. I thought they were really positive, really confident,” Batty remarked.
Former English cricket praised their bowlers to keep opposing the total number below the first. However, Mumbai was too good on the ground on the ground that they know quite well.
“I don’t think there is a mental block at all. If you look at the way we performed with the ball, we did a great job to keep them at 149 on that WiKet.
Delhi capital suffers another heart’s final loss
Delhi Capitals earlier won the throw and put the Mumbai Indians first. It started badly with the loss of two shots, but Harmanpreet Kaur and Nat Sciver-Brunt stole a show with a great partnership.
The capital cities returned strongly in the last phase of the game, but Mumbai scored 149-7 at the back of Harmanpreet’s Fantastic 66 only 44 balls. Sciver-Brunt completed it with a well-made 30.
In the response, the capital were never in the chase and constantly lost the Wickkets at regular intervals. Jemimah Rodrigues played a fantastic hand of 30 from 21 balls, while Marisanne Kapp smashed Quickfire 40 off 26 balls, but their team fell 8 run from the goal.
