A two-wicket win off the last ball sees DC open their account in their first attempt this season. The games will keep coming thick and fast. Gujarat Giants take on UP Warriorz tomorrow at the same venue. Do join us for that. On behalf of Vishal and Venkat, this is Sudarshanan signing off tonight. See you tomorrow!

11:14pm Time for the presentation

Meg Lanning, DC captain: "Not too many stressful days like that. They looked like getting to 200. Pandey in particular bowled well. There were patches where we were going well with the bat but Mumbai came back well. I had an idea what I wanted to look like. Minnu did well. You have to keep changing. When batters are set, you can't let them face the same thing twice, so I kept changing. Niki did an excellent job to come in at a tricky time. Radha Yadav also hitting that six. T20 is about impact play, and I thought we did that well."

Niki Prasad, Player of the Match: "This is the first game for me in the WPL. Wanted to go out there and express myself and make sure DC win. I visualised before the match, knew what I had to do, got it done. The situation we were in, just singles would not have been enough. Wanted to get calculative boundaries along with the singles. Looking at the big players and legend, I am excited and motivated to give my best."

Arunraj: "By the way, Arundhati Reddy is not a Kerala player" After WPL 2024, she moved to Kerala from Hyderabad

10:58pm What drama! What drama! And what a start to WPL 2025. Should the TV umpire have asked for another zoomed-in frame? Did she make a decision based on a later frame? Should bails lighting up count towards such decisions or should bails coming off the groove still be paramount? All these points will be up for a chat in the coming while. But let that take nothing away from a fantastic game. A fantastic batting show from a teenager, who's just captained the Under-19 team to a World Cup win. Niki Prasad was as calm as calm does. And yet it was not going to be enough. Two needed off one ball - this is building up to be a trope for MI vs DC matches in the WPL. Last year Sajana was the hero in such a situation. Today another Kerala player, Reddy, got a chance to hit the winning run and finish with a win.

Both the innings in this game had a similar pattern. Powerplays belonged to the batting side. The bowling side clawed its way back in the middle phase and a see-saw death overs. DC lost 4 for 16 after a strong start from Shafali and Lanning, but found a calm head in Prasad, who kept them in the game with a partnership with Capsey. Bryce's cameo helped them get to a situation from where they could actually hunt it down. But MI would, sadly, look back at their collapse of 7 for 35. That is truly where they lost it.

Harmanpreet Kaur, MI captain: "Even though we were not able to set a decent total, I thought we would cross 200 when Nat and I were batting. Those five balls we did not bat cost us. Ismail is someone who is a great bowler. She gives us the privilege of getting us breakthroughs. Sajana did well for us in practice games. Unfortunately we misfielded off her bowling and that cost her. First thing is we want to play 20 overs. We have to bat full 20 overs. And the set batter should back 20 overs. When I was in, I should have continued longer. This type of collapses happen but our batters need to take more responsibility in the next game."

Sarah Bryce: "The situation dictated what to do. Unbelievable game, unbelievable atmosphere. They got off to a good start. We pulled it back exceptionally well and gave us a total we could chase down. A lot of things are different from her experience before. Just embracing it all and making the most of it. I was lucky to have the opportunities I had in the last couple of years - in the Hundred, WBBL and Charlotte Edwards Cup. Even though I have never played in India, but when it comes to the crowd I have been such situations, so that helps."

Arundhati Reddy in with 2 needed off 1

S Sajana and the last-over saga vs Delhi Capitals - WPL 2025 edition