Mumbai Indians Win 'WPL Title 2025' for the 2nd Time, Defeating Delhi Capitals.

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In March 2025, Mumbai Indians Women’s cricket team (MI-W) secured their second Women's Premier League (WPL) title by defeating Delhi Capitals Women’s cricket team (DC-W) by 8 runs in the final at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai (Maharashtra). With this victory, MI-W became the first team in WPL history to win the title twice, after their debut win in 2023.


      - Mumbai Indians (MI) were captained by Harmanpreet Kaur, while Delhi Capitals (DC) were led by Meghann Moira Lanning. MI-W received a cash prize of Rs 6 crore, while the runner-up DC-W received Rs 3 crore.

     

     

Main Point :-   (i) The 3rd edition of WPL was held from 14 February to 15 March 2025, with matches played across four cities: Vadodara (Gujarat), Bengaluru (Karnataka), Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh, UP), and Mumbai (Maharashtra).

      (ii) The tournament, branded as TATA WPL 2025, featured 5 teams: Gujarat Giants Women (GG-W), Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women (RCB-W), Mumbai Indians Women (MI-W), Delhi Capitals Women (DC-W), and UP Warriorz Women (UPW-W).

(iii) In the final, MI-W batter Natalie Ruth Sciver-Brunt became the first player to score 1000 runs in WPL history.

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