Mumbai Indians (MI) created history by becoming the first team to win two TATA Women's Premier League (WPL) titles, beating Delhi Capitals (DC) by eight runs in the TATA WPL 2025 Final. It was fitting that the title-winners were decided after yet another thriller in a season of nail-biters as MI held their nerve in a last-over finish.

MI produced a bowling and fielding performance of the highest quality to defend a total of 150, powered by player-of-the-match and captain Harmanpreet Kaur's 66(44), final over hero Natalie Sciver Brunt's 3-30 and Purple Cap winner Amelia's Kerr 2-25. Sciver-Brunt defended 14 runs off the last over to guide MI to the title after Marizanne Kapp's quickfire 40 brought DC back into the game from 83/6.

Despite the pressure of a final, DC captain Meg Lanning elected to field after winning the toss. Her bowlers wasted no time in making good on their captain’s trust.

DC were rewarded for the pressure created by their new-ball pairing of Marizanne Kapp and Shikha Pandey as Matthews (3 off 10) was cleaned up by a superb delivery from Kapp on the last ball of the third over. Yastika Bhatia (8 off 14) followed soon after as more good bowling from Kapp combined by a sharp diving catch from Jemimah Rodrigues at cover pegged MI back at 15/2 after 5 overs.

Kapp bowled her four overs in one go and ended a memorable spell in the final with figures of 2-11.

Amidst all the intense action early on, Orange Cap winner Natalie Sciver-Brunt became the first player in TATA WPL history to reach the 1000-run landmark.

A tough situation called for tough players to stand up and the experienced pairing of Sciver-Brunt and captain Harmanpreet Kaur led the revival. After a quiet couple of overs, came the attack. Both Kaur and Sciver-Brunt contributed to a flurry of boundaries, but it was the skipper who led the charge.

A six over deep square leg and a four in the 10th over from Annabel Sutherland was followed by a hat-trick of fours off Jonassen. Kaur got to her fifty - her third of the season - with a whip past long-on - and MI were 87/2 after 13 overs.

Sciver-Brunt’s record-breaking season in terms of runs scored in a single edition edition at 523 runs as she mistimed a slogsweep off youngster N. Charani and was caught at square-leg for 30 off 28.

What followed was a counter-punch by the Delhi bowlers! Jonassen dismissed Amelia Kerr and Sajeevan Sajana in the space of three deliveries. Sutherland then got the massive wicket of Kaur, who smashed one straight to Kapp at deep extra-cover and walked back for a hard-fought 66(44), and MI suddenly found themselves at 118/6.

Courtesy of quick cameos from Amanjot Kaur and G. Kamalini, MI set DC a target of 150 in the Lanning-led side’s quest of a maiden title.

MI responded to DC’s early bowling performance in kind. Sciver-Brunt castled captain Meg Lanning before Shabnim Ismail trapped Shafali Verma in front in the next over and DC were 17/2 after three overs.

Just when DC began to rebuild well through Jonassen and Rodrigues, Amelia Kerr struck with the wicket of Jonassen (13 off 15) to regain the lead in the Purple Cap race with teammate Matthews, before Saika Ishaque sent back Sutherland (2 off 5) to stun DC at 44/4 after 8 overs.

Rodrigues looked set for a big one in the chase, reaching 30(20) in no time, including a couple of fours off Kerr. But Kerr won the battle with a superb diving catch off her own bowling to pick up her 18th wicket this season. MI's impressive fielding display continued with Sanskriti Gupta and Bhatia combining to run-out Sarah Bryce and leave DC reeling at 84/6, needing 66 runs more from 7 overs.

However, this final had more tension in store. With DC's backs against the wall, Marizanne Kapp came out swinging hard. A 17-run 16th over off Ishaque, including two fours and a six from Kapp swung the momentum DC's way.

With the equation down to 29 off 18, came another twist as Sciver-Brunt struck twice in as many deliveries with the wickets of Kapp (40 off 26) and Shikha Pandey.

A towering six from Niki Prasad of the penultimate ball of the penultimate over brought the equation down to 14 to win from the final over. Capping off a season that saw her also win the Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award for her all-round brilliance, Sciver-Brunt conceded only five runs in the last over to take MI to a second title and a second win over DC in a final.

Brief scores: Mumbai Indians 149/7 in 20 overs (Harmanpreet Kaur 66, Natalie Sciver-Brunt 30, Marizanne Kapp 2-11, Jess Jonassen 2-26) beat Delhi Capitals 141/9 in 20 overs (Marizanne Kapp 40, Jemimah Rodrigues 30, Natalie Sciver-Brunt 3-30, Amelia Kerr 2-25).

The full scorecard and match details can be found here.