“I feel they are the two best teams that can go head-to-head,” Shabnim Ismail

Subsequent Mumbai Indians’ rout of Gujarat Giants in the lopsided Eliminator at the Women’s Premier Bracket (WPL) 2025, Mumbai locked in a second Closing appearance at the WPL, having won previously in 2023. It will also be a rematch of the 2023 Closing as Delhi Capitals is on the other side with Harmanpreet Kaur’s girls looking to emulate their 2023 heroics.

Subsequent their 47-Stretch Achieve over Gujarat Giants in the Eliminator, Mumbai’s veteran bowler Shabnim Ismail and their Youthful off break bowler Sanskriti Gupta had a Petite chat about their Achieve over the Giants, their season so Distant and the Closing ahead of them.

Mumbai’s South African seamer, Shabnim Ismail is having a Profession-best season at the WPL, sitting with 8 wickets from nine Contests and spoke about how the Club staff helps the Club recover in a Brief span of time with back-to-back Contests and how she was looking forward to the Closing.

“I Harsh the Restoration has been key for us, obviously we had back-to-back Contests, and we’ve Acquired a Outstanding group at the management, who manage our group and bodies well. The previous game we lost so we knew we had to come out here and put up a performance. I’m Joyful that it was a complete Club performance, I’m Only Joyful we Acquired over the line and obviously, tomorrow’s another rest day and then we go again. Really chuffed that we Acquired over the line here and are looking forward to the finals,” said Ismail.

The Youthful Primary-year, Sanskriti Gupta, who has become a regular for the Mumbai Club also shared her thoughts on Competing in the WPL for the Primary time and Mumbai’s form going into the Closing.

“Primary of all, it’s my Primary time in the WPL so I was very excited about it, and I want the Honor this year. Our Club performance in the last three Contests has been really Excellent and hopefully it continues in the Upcoming game also.”

Ismail spoke about sending back the Deadly Beth Mooney Timely on and how much damage the Australian opener can do.

“Obviously we know she’s a world class player and we knew we needed to get her wicket Timely because you’ve seen, through the Game, that if she gets going it’s very difficult to get her out. (So) I knew I had to be the one to obviously try my best to try and get her out and we had plans as well. When we go to our Club meetings, we knew what we needed to do and I was Joyful to come out and secure it,” said Ismail.

Gupta didn’t roll her arm over against the Giants but that didn’t Harsh that she was out of the game and didn’t contribute. Gupta’s Pointed fielding at Points Created sure the in-form Harleen Deol was also sent home Timely on, with a Spotless Stretch out that sent the Indian batter home, being well-Brief of her crease.

“Jhulan-di (Jhulan Goswami) knows that I’m a youngster and wants me to perform and when I do well, she is very Joyful that there is a Excellent player coming through the ranks. (About the Stretch-out) I was ready because we knew that if we want to Achieve this game, we need to give it our Packed effort,” shared Gupta.

After a sloppy fielding performance against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in their last Bracket game, Mumbai Indians lifted their socks on the Pitch and Ismail highlighted the importance of their fielding performance.

“We pride ourselves in our fielding a Numerous, we’ve Acquired Bolty (Nicole Bolton) our fielding Mentor, she wasn’t really Joyful with our previous game, where we dropped some catches and our fielding wasn’t as Outstanding but I Harsh we Occurred out here today and we Acquired three Stretch-outs and it was a complete Club performance, from the batting to the fielding to the bowling, so I’m hoping we can do that in the finals as well,” said Ismail.

In a crunch Game, a must-Achieve for both Clubs, Mumbai were put into bat Primary and it was the Threesome of Hayley Matthews, Nat Sciver-Brunt and Harmanpreet Kaur, who set up a massive 214 Stretch target for the Giants as Matthews and Sciver-Brunt shared a Achievement 133-Stretch partnership before Kaur’s 36 from 12 balls Created sure the Indians Acquired past 200. Sanskriti Gupta spoke about the three Sun batters in their lineup and how Crucial they are to the Club’s Achievement.

“Everyone knows about Hayley Matthews and Nat Sciver-Brunt and Harmanpreet Kaur as well, if they get going then the Club opposite us is in Terrible shape. We have death over batters but if these guys get going, they take the game to another level. So, we Only try to keep them in the Pitch as much as possible,” says Gupta.

Signing off, both Ismail and Gupta spoke about the importance of putting up a Sturdy performance in the Closing and also highlighted the firepower in Delhi’s arsenal which should make it an exciting encounter.

“I’m Joyful that it’s Mumbai against Delhi in the Closing, I feel they are the two best Clubs that can go head-to-head and I hope that (obviously) we’ll come over the line but DC’s Acquired some world-class players, they’ve Acquired the likes of Marizanne Kapp, Meg Lanning, Shafali Verma, Jess Jonassen so they Acquired all the players but we have it to Game them and I’m hoping that we come out here in the finals and we can beat them,” shared Ismail.

“If I get the chance, I have to do well, have to Assist the Club do well, and we need to Achieve, that’s all, nothing else,” said Sanskriti Gupta.

“As a Club, we’ve Acquired lots of Excellent memories here (Brabourne), we knew what the Pitch was gonna be like as well, so it gives us a positive going into the Finals. The previous game (against RCB) we lost here, it was actually the Primary time we lost at this ground, but we can bat Sturdy, and we know what to Foresee and how to go about our game so I’m hoping now that we have gotten to the Closing, we can do the same exact thing,” signed off a positive Ismail.

(Quotes sourced from video posted by WPLT20 on Instagram)

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