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{{short description|2025 WPL cricket tournament final in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}{{Use Indian English|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox limited overs final
| title = 2025 Women's Premier League Final
| image=
| imagesize = 250 px
| event = [[2025 Women's Premier League (cricket)|2025 Women's Premier League]]
| team1 = [[Mumbai Indians (WPL)|Mumbai Indians]]
| team2 = [[Delhi Capitals (WPL)|Delhi Capitals]]
| team1score = 149/7
| team1overs = 20 overs
| team2score = 141/9
| team2overs = 20 overs
| details = Mumbai Indians won by 8 runs
| date = 15 March 2025
| stadium = [[Brabourne Stadium]]
| city = [[Mumbai]]
| man_of_the_match = [[Harmanpreet Kaur]] (Mumbai Indians)
| umpires = Ankita Guha and Anish Sahasrabudhe
| attendance =
| previous = [[2024 Women's Premier League (cricket) final|2024]]
| next = [[2026 Women's Premier League (cricket) final|2026]]
}}

The '''2025 Women's Premier League Final''' was a [[Women's Twenty20]] match played at the [[Brabourne Stadium]] in [[Mumbai]] on 15 March 2025 to determine the winner of the [[2025 Women's Premier League (cricket)|2025 Women's Premier League]].<ref name="F">{{Cite news |date=1 March 2025 |title=Shafali and Jonassen power DC into playoffs |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/wpl-2024-25-1463356/delhi-capitals-women-vs-royal-challengers-bengaluru-women-14th-match-1469311/match-report |access-date=14 March 2025 |work=[[ESPNcricinfo]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sciver-Brunt, Matthews power Mumbai Indians into second WPL final |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/wpl-2024-25-1463356/mumbai-indians-women-vs-gujarat-giants-women-eliminator-1469318/match-report |access-date=13 March 2025 |work=[[ESPNcricinfo]] |language=en}}</ref> It was played between the table toppers of the 2025 season, [[Delhi Capitals (WPL)|Delhi Capitals]] and the winner of 2025's [[2025 Women's Premier League (cricket)#Eliminator|Eliminator]], [[Mumbai Indians (WPL)|Mumbai Indians]]. It was the second time that Delhi and Mumbai played a WPL final against each other, after the [[2023 Women's Premier League (cricket) final|2023 final]].

== Background ==
{{Main article|2025 Women's Premier League (cricket)}}
On 16 January 2025, the [[Board of Control for Cricket in India|BCCI]] announced the schedule for the 2025 season of the [[Women's Premier League (cricket)|Women's Premier League]] with matches played across four venues - [[Bengaluru]], [[Lucknow]], [[Mumbai]] and [[Vadodara]]. [[Vadodara]], [[Bengaluru]] and [[Lucknow]] hosted the first three rounds of the league stage at the [[Baroda Cricket Association Stadium|Kotambi Stadium]], the [[M. Chinnaswamy Stadium]] and the [[Ekana Cricket Stadium]] respectively and [[Mumbai]] hosted the final round along with the playoffs at the [[Brabourne Stadium]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/womens-cricket/wpl-2025-host-venues-bcci-plans-to-host-womens-premier-league-in-mumbai-lucknow-bengaluru-vadodara/article69091864.ece |title= WPL 2025: BCCI to host tournament in Mumbai, Lucknow, Bengaluru and Vadodara |date=12 January 2025 |work=[[Sportstar]] |access-date=14 March 2025}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=16 January 2025 |title=Baroda, Bengaluru, Lucknow, and Mumbai to host WPL 2025 |url=https://www.wplt20.com/news/baroda-bengaluru-lucknow-and-mumbai-to-host-wpl-2025 |access-date=16 January 2025 |work=Women's Premier League}}</ref>

== Road to the final ==
{| style="text-align:center;margin:auto;"
|- style="vertical-align:top;background:#99CCFF"
! colspan="4" |[[Delhi Capitals (WPL)|Delhi Capitals]]
!vs
! colspan="4" |[[Mumbai Indians (WPL)|Mumbai Indians]]
|- style="vertical-align:top;background:#99CCFF"
! colspan="9" |[[2025 Women's Premier League (cricket)#League stage|League Stage]]
|- style="vertical-align:top;background:#C1E0FF"
| Opponent
| Scorecard
| Result
| Points
| Match No.
| Opponent
| Scorecard
| Result
| Points
|-
| style="text-align:center;margin:auto;" |[[Mumbai Indians (WPL)|Mumbai Indians]]
| 15 February 2025
| Won
|2
| style="background:#C1E0FF" | 1
| style="text-align:center" |[[Delhi Capitals (WPL)|Delhi Capitals]]
|15 February 2025
|Lost
|0
|-
| style="text-align:center" |[[Royal Challengers Bengaluru (WPL)|Royal Challengers Bengaluru]]
|17 February 2025
|Lost
| 2
| style="background:#C1E0FF" |2
| style="text-align:center" |[[Gujarat Giants (WPL)|Gujarat Giants]]
|18 February 2025
|Won
|2
|-
| style="text-align:center" |[[UP Warriorz (WPL)|UP Warriorz]]
|19 February 2025
|Won
|4
| style="background:#C1E0FF" |3
| style="text-align:center" |[[Royal Challengers Bengaluru (WPL)|Royal Challengers Bengaluru]]
|21 February 2025
|Won
|4
|-
| style="text-align:center" |[[UP Warriorz (WPL)|UP Warriorz]]
|22 February 2025
|Lost
|4
| style="background:#C1E0FF" |4
| style="text-align:center" |[[UP Warriorz (WPL)|UP Warriorz]]
|26 February 2025
|Won
|6
|-
| style="text-align:center" |[[Gujarat Giants (WPL)|Gujarat Giants]]
|25 February 2025
|Won
|6
| style="background:#C1E0FF" |5
| style="text-align:center" |[[Delhi Capitals (WPL)|Delhi Capitals]]
|28 February 2025
|Lost
|6
|-
| style="text-align:center" |[[Mumbai Indians (WPL)|Mumbai Indians]]
|28 February 2025
|Won
|8
| style="background:#C1E0FF" |6
| style="text-align:center" |[[UP Warriorz (WPL)|UP Warriorz]]
|6 March 2025
|Won
|8
|-
| style="text-align:center" |[[Royal Challengers Bengaluru (WPL)|Royal Challengers Bengaluru]]
|1 March 2025
|Won
|10
| style="background:#C1E0FF" |7
| style="text-align:center" |[[Gujarat Giants (WPL)|Gujarat Giants]]
|10 March 2025
|Won
|10
|-
| style="text-align:center" |[[Gujarat Giants (WPL)|Gujarat Giants]]
|7 March 2025
|Lost
|10
| style="background:#C1E0FF" |8
| style="text-align:center" |[[Royal Challengers Bengaluru (WPL)|Royal Challengers Bengaluru]]
|11 March 2025
|Lost
|10
|-
| colspan="9" style="text-align:left;background:#C1E0FF;" |{{#invoke: Women'sPremierLeagueProgression
| create

| W2, L4, W6, L8, W10, W13, W14, L16


| U, L22


| L2, W5, W7, W11, L13, W15, W17, L19


| W21, W22


| caption=League progression
| teams=Delhi Capitals, Mumbai Indians
| knockoutType=1
| matchesPerTeam=8
| matchReportArticle=2025 Women's Premier League (cricket)}}
|- style="vertical-align:top;background:#99CCFF"
! colspan="9" |[[2025 Women's Premier League (cricket)#Playoffs|Playoff stage]]
|- style="align:center;background:#C1E0FF"
| colspan="9" |{{2025 Women's Premier League Playoffs}}
|- style="vertical-align:top;background:#99CCFF"
! colspan="4" rowspan="3" style="align:center" |Qualified for the finals<ref name="F"/>
! colspan="5" |[[2025 Women's Premier League (cricket)#Eliminator|Elimator]]
|- style="align:center;background:#C1E0FF"
| style="background:#C1E0FF" |
| Opponent
| Scorecard
| colspan="2" |Result
|-
| style="background:#C1E0FF" |9
| [[Gujarat Giants (WPL)|Gujarat Giants]]
| 13 March 2025
| colspan="2" |Won
|- style="vertical-align:center;background:#C1E0FF"
! colspan="9" |2025 Women's Premier League final
|}

== Match ==
=== Match officials ===
* '''On-field [[umpire (cricket)|umpires]]''': Ankita Guha and Anish Sahasrabudhe
* '''[[Third umpire]]''': [[Vrinda Rathi]]
* '''[[Fourth umpire|Reserve umpire]]''': [[Kaushik Gandhi]]
* '''[[Match referee]]''': [[G. S. Lakshmi]]
* '''[[Toss (cricket)|Toss]]''': Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.

=== Summary ===
{{#section:2025 Women's Premier League (cricket)|match22}}

===Scorecard===
{{Cot|Match scorecard<ref name=finalscorecard>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-15 |title=MI Women vs DC Women, Final at Mumbai, WPL, Mar 15 2025 - Full Scorecard |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/wpl-2024-25-1463356/delhi-capitals-women-vs-mumbai-indians-women-final-1469319/full-scorecard |access-date=2025-03-15 |work=[[ESPNcricinfo]] |language=en}}</ref>|bg=lightblue}}

; {{Visible anchor|1st innings}}
{{Cricket match batting box begin|title=Mumbai Indians batting<ref name=finalscorecard/>}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player= [[Yastika Bhatia]]|status= c Rodrigues b Kapp|runs= 8|balls= 14|4s= 1|6s= 0|strike_rate=57.14}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player= [[Hayley Matthews]]|status= b Kapp|runs= 3|balls= 10|4s= 0|6s= 0|strike_rate=30.00}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player= [[Nat Sciver-Brunt]]|status= c Mani b Charani|runs= 30|balls= 28|4s= 4|6s= 0|strike_rate=107.14}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player= [[Harmanpreet Kaur]]|status= c Kapp b Sutherland|runs= 66|balls= 44|4s= 9|6s= 2|strike_rate=150.00}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player= [[Amelia Kerr]]|status= c Verma b Jonassen|runs= 2|balls= 3|4s= 0|6s= 0|strike_rate=66.66}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player= [[Sajeevan Sajana]]|status= lbw b Jonassen|runs= 0|balls= 2|4s= 0|6s= 0|strike_rate=0.00}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player= G Kamalini|status= st †Bryce b Charani|runs= 10|balls= 7|4s= 0|6s= 1|strike_rate=142.85}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player= [[Amanjot Kaur]]|status= not out|runs= 14|balls= 7|4s= 2|6s= 0|strike_rate=200.00}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player= Sanskriti Gupta|status= not out|runs= 8|balls= 5|4s= 1|6s= 0|strike_rate=160.00}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player= [[Shabnim Ismail]]|status= did not bat|runs= |balls= |4s= |6s= |strike_rate=}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player= [[Saika Ishaque]]|status= did not bat|runs= |balls= |4s= |6s= |strike_rate=}}
|- align=left
| Extras || (b 1, w 7) || {{align|right|8}} || || || ||
|- align=right
| {{align|left|'''Total'''}} || {{align|left|(7 wickets; 20 overs)}} || '''149''' || || 17 || 3 || RR: 7.45
{{Cricket match box end}}
'''Fall of wickets:''' 5/1 (Matthews, 3 ov), 14/2 (Bhatia, 4.3 ov), 103/3 (Sciver-Brunt, 14.5 ov), 112/4 (Kerr, 15.5 ov), 112/5 (Sajana, 16 ov), 118/6 (Harmanpreet, 17.1 ov), 132/7 (Kamalini, 18.4 ov)

{{Cricket match bowling box begin|title=Delhi Capitals bowling<ref name=finalscorecard/>}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler= [[Marizanne Kapp]]|overs= 4|maiden= 0|runs= 11|wickets= 2|econ= 2.75|wides= 0|no-balls=0}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler= [[Shikha Pandey]]|overs= 4|maiden= 0|runs= 29|wickets= 0|econ= 7.25|wides= 0|no-balls=0}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler= [[Annabel Sutherland]]|overs= 4|maiden= 0|runs= 29|wickets= 1|econ= 7.25|wides= 1|no-balls=0}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler= [[Jess Jonassen]]|overs= 3|maiden= 0|runs= 26|wickets= 2|econ= 8.66|wides= 0|no-balls=0}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler= Shree Charani|overs= 4|maiden= 0|runs= 43|wickets= 2|econ= 10.75|wides= 2|no-balls=0}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler= [[Minnu Mani]]|overs= 1|maiden= 0|runs= 10|wickets= 0|econ= 10.00|wides= 0|no-balls=0}}
{{Cricket match box end}}

; {{Visible anchor|2nd innings}}
{{Cricket match batting box begin|title=Delhi Capitals batting<ref name=finalscorecard/>}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player= [[Meg Lanning]]|status= b Sciver-Brunt|runs= 13|balls= 9|4s= 2|6s= 0|strike_rate=144.44}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player= [[Shafali Verma]]|status= lbw b Ismail|runs= 4|balls= 9|4s= 0|6s= 0|strike_rate=44.44}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player= [[Jess Jonassen]]|status= c †Bhatia b Kerr|runs= 13|balls= 15|4s= 2|6s= 0|strike_rate=86.66}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player= [[Jemimah Rodrigues]]|status= c & b Kerr|runs= 30|balls= 21|4s= 4|6s= 0|strike_rate=142.85}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player= [[Annabel Sutherland]]|status= st †Bhatia b Ishaque|runs= 2|balls= 5|4s= 0|6s= 0|strike_rate=40.00}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player= [[Marizanne Kapp]]|status= c Matthews b Sciver-Brunt|runs= 40|balls= 26|4s= 5|6s= 2|strike_rate=153.84}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player= [[Sarah Bryce]]|status= run out (Gupta/†Bhatia)|runs= 5|balls= 5|4s= 0|6s= 0|strike_rate=100.00}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player= Niki Prasad|status= not out|runs= 25|balls= 23|4s= 1|6s= 1|strike_rate=108.69}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player= [[Shikha Pandey]]|status= b Sciver-Brunt|runs= 0|balls= 1|4s= 0|6s= 0|strike_rate=0.00}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player= [[Minnu Mani]]|status= c Sajana b Matthews|runs= 4|balls= 2|4s= 1|6s= 0|strike_rate=200.00}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player= Shree Charani|status= not out|runs= 3|balls= 4|4s= 0|6s= 0|strike_rate=75.00}}
|- align=left
| Extras || (lb 1, w 1) || {{align|right|2}} || || || ||
|- align=right
| {{align|left|'''Total'''}} || {{align|left|(9 wickets; 20 overs)}} || '''141''' || || 15 || 3 || RR: 7.05
{{Cricket match box end}}
'''Fall of wickets:''' 15/1 (Lanning, 2 ov), 17/2 (Verma, 3 ov), 37/3 (Jonassen, 6.2 ov), 44/4 (Sutherland, 8 ov), 66/5 (Rodrigues, 10.4 ov), 83/6 (Bryce, 12.5 ov), 123/7 (Kapp, 17.4 ov), 123/8 (Pandey, 17.5 ov), 128/9 (Mani, 18.2 ov)

{{Cricket match bowling box begin|title=Mumbai Indians bowling<ref name=finalscorecard/>}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler= [[Shabnim Ismail]]|overs= 4|maiden= 0|runs= 15|wickets= 1|econ= 3.75|wides= 0|no-balls=0}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler= [[Nat Sciver-Brunt]]|overs= 4|maiden= 0|runs= 30|wickets= 3|econ= 7.50|wides= 0|no-balls=0}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler= [[Hayley Matthews]]|overs= 4|maiden= 0|runs= 37|wickets= 1|econ= 9.25|wides= 1|no-balls=0}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler= [[Amelia Kerr]]|overs= 4|maiden= 0|runs= 25|wickets= 2|econ= 6.25|wides= 0|no-balls=0}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler= [[Saika Ishaque]]|overs= 4|maiden= 0|runs= 33|wickets= 1|econ= 8.25|wides= 0|no-balls=0}}
{{Cricket match box end}}
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|https://www.wplt20.com/}}
* [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/wpl-2024-25-1463356 Series home] at [[ESPNcricinfo]]

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Indianeagle1 at 04:22, 4 February 2026