4.3 taken superbly by Jemimah Rodrigues! Oh my word, more Kappital damage inflicted on the 2023 winners! This is very similar to the previous ball, although this might have perhaps been a touch shorter. Bhatia cannot keep it down, nor can she get under it completely. A bit of a slice and Rodrigues lunges forward to scoop it up inches off the turf. What a grab, what a start, and what a cricketer for the big occasion Marizanne Kapp is! 14/2

2.6 zing bails light up and Kapp roars! First blood to the Capitals, and first blood to Marizanne Kapp! This is beautiful, beautiful bowling. Pitches this on a back of a length just outside off. Bowled with a wobble-seam, meaning this does not shape away. Nips back in off the surface and Matthews is late in getting her bat down. Only manages an inside edge that crashes into the stumps. Matthews, who starred in the Eliminator, will do no such damage with the bat tonight! 5/1

14.5 straight to Minnu Mani, and NSB bites the dust! Darted in full on middle and leg. Right where NSB wants it for the sweep and she absolutely smashes it. Hits it flat, though, and straight to Minnu Mani at square leg. She times her jump to perfection and gobbles it up like nothing happened. NSB has to go, and that is a big moment in the game! 103/3

17.1 Harmanpreet picks out the sweeper to perfection, and MI hearts sink to the ground! This is an enormous moment in the game! Right in the slot outside off and Harmanpreet looks to go inside-out. Gets it right out of the middle too but Lanning has a fielder placed exactly for that. Kapp tracks it all the way and even though there is a slight bobble, she manages to hold on. Harmanpreet cannot believe what she has done, and neither can those in blue and gold in the crowd. But take nothing away from this knock. When her team were in all sorts, she walked out and produced a knock of stirring quality! 118/6

15.4 soft, soft dismissal, and Kerr's uninspiring tournament with the bat comes to an end! Jonassen dangles the carrot outside off and Kerr bites. She advances, trying to go downtown but does not get under it enough. Cloths it straight to Shafali and Kerr is dejected as she walks off. DC keep chipping away! 112/4

15.6 massive lbw shout, and the finger goes up! Jonassen goes bang-bang, and MI are suddenly in a spot of bother! But hang on, Sajana has reviewed! This is fired in very full on middle and leg. Perhaps Jonassen has read Sajana's intentions to slog across the line. Too full to be playing that square, though, and she gets pinned on the back leg. No bat involved and Ball Tracking has the ball clipping leg stump. Umpire's Call, and Sajana has to go, even though umpire Ankita Guha initially signals not out. Lets out a sheepish smile soon, and that signals the end of Sajana's batting adventure in the final! 112/5

18.4 Kamalini runs past one, and Charani wins the battle of the youngsters! Pushed across on a length outside off. Kamalini hares down the track and tries to smash it into next week. Gets nowhere to the pitch of the ball and then gets nowhere clsoe to the ball. Easy stumping for Bryce and MI lose their seventh! 132/7

1.6 hot knife through butter, and Sciver-Brunt takes out the DC skipper with an absolute corker! Back of a length, pitching just outside off and decking back in sharply. Seems like a cutter and the deviation is too much to handle for Lanning. She plays all around it and then sees the ball breeze past the inside edge. Hears the death rattle soon after, and the crowd finds its voice. Huge moment in the game! 15/1

2.6 plumb with a capital P! And Ismail celebrates with immense gusto! Slanted in full, finishing on middle and off. Shafali walks across, looking to flick it away. Misses the ball completely and gets rapped right in front. The finger goes up straightaway and Shafali does not even bother with the review. Mumbai on the charge! 17/2

6.2 goes straight up, and cometh the hour, cometh Amelia Kerr! Googly on a back of a length on middle and off. Sticks in the surface and spins away just a shade. Jonassen, looking to swipe it across the line, gets a tame top edge and Bhatia completes the simplest of catches. MI are elated; Jonassen, not quite! 37/3

10.4 loops up and Kerr lunges forward to sway this game further into the Mumbai Indians' favour! Fizzed in again, on a back of a length just outside off. Comes off slow and also bounces a touch extra. Rodrigues is early while trying to work to leg and the ball spoons up off the leading edge. Kerr tracks it all the way and then sprawls forward to snaffle it up. MI are pumped, DC and Rodrigues utterly disappointed! 66/5

7.6 stumped by an absolute mile! And they are dancing in the stands again! Fizzed through on a length outside off. Sutherland skips down the track without really gauging the length of the ball. Too far away from the ball and it spins enough to take it past the outside edge. Sutherland pokes at fresh air and Bhatia does the rest. Capitals' chase is flagging! 44/4

17.4 Kapp perishes, and is that the moment that definitively catapults the Mumbai Indians to the title?! NSB badgers that hard length, and cramps Kapp for room by bowling it in and around off stump. Kapp tries to flat-bat it while standing tall on the front foot but does not generate the elevation or the power. Straight down Matthews' throat at long off, and she was never going to drop that. Kapp is livid as she storms off, and she knows that this run-chase might have been extinguished with her departure! 123/7

12.5 oh dear - that is an absolute calamity for the Capitals! Off-pace and into the track outside off. Kapp scuffs it towards point and then indulges in a game of yes, no, sorry with her partner. Massive hesitation between the wickets and that is all Gupta needs. Laser-sharp throw to the keeper and Bhatia whips off the bails with Bryce barely in the frame. DC lose their sixth, and lose another ounce of hope! 83/6

17.5 and Pandey walks back to the shed first-ball! On a back of a length on off. Pandey hares down the track and swings like a rusty gate. Misses the ball by a mile, and the ball crashes into the top of off stump. The crowd is up and about, and Pandey departs for a golden duck in the final! 123/8

18.2 sliced up and pouched by Sajana! Mumbai have one hand on the trophy now! This is slower, enticing the booming drive outside off. Mani gives in to the temptation but comes up second-best, and quite woefully at that. A tame slice off the outside edge and Sajana makes no mistake. Mumbai know they are almost there. The crowd know they are almost there. And DC know they are almost on the brink now! 128/9