Watch: Jemimah Rodrigues Pulls Off Stunning Catch In WPL, Leaves Fans In Awe
Jemimah Rodrigues stunned everyone by completing a brilliant catch to dismiss the in-form Hayley Matthews during the Women's Premier League (WPL) encounter between Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians on Thursday. During the 12th over of the match, Matthews miscued a delivery from Alice Capsey and the ball went high into the air. Jemimah, who was fielding at long-off, had a long distance to cover but she ended up completing the catch with a spectacular dive. However, the effort was not enough as Yastika Bhatia guided Mumbai Indians to victory and maintained their unbeaten run in the competition.
Jemimah Rodrigues with a stunner, top class fielding. pic.twitter.com/J01gVdZpPC
Yastika Bhatia scored the highest with 41 runs as Mumbai Indians chased down a target of 106 runs in 15 overs while Hayley Matthews slammed 32 and Nat Sciver-Brunt scored an unbeaten 23. For Delhi Capitals, Alice Capsey and Tara Norris bagged one wicket each.
Chasing a target of 106, Mumbai Indians got off to a flying start as their openers Hayley Matthews and Yastika Bhatia blasted Delhi bowlers all around the ground. Matthews slammed Shikha Pandey for back-to-back three boundaries.
The duo of Yastika and Matthews kept piling runs at a blistering pace and brought up team's fifty in 7th over of the game.
Tara Norris gave Mumbai a big blow as she removed Yastika for 41 in the 9th over of the game. Matthews then lost her wicket to Alice Capsey after scoring 32 runs.
Nat Sciver-Brunt and captain Harmanpreet Kaur handled the change as they kept piling runs while slamming boundaries. On the 15th over last ball, Sciver-Brunt slammed a stunning four to guide Mumbai Indians home with an 8-wicket victory over Delhi Capitals.
Earlier, superb spells by Saika