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DC Captain Jemimah Rodrigues Wins Toss, Elects to Field vs MI in WPL 2026

Delhi Capitals captain Jemimah Rodrigues won the toss and chose to field first against the Mumbai Indians in the third match of the WPL 2026 season. Mumbai Indians are coming off a narrow opening-game defeat to Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Both captains indicated they would have preferred to chase, citing night game conditions. Each team made one change to their lineup, with Triveni Vasistha making her debut for Mumbai.

Key Points: WPL 2026: DC vs MI Toss Update and Playing XIs

  • DC wins toss and bowls first
  • MI looks to bounce back from opening loss
  • Triveni Vasistha makes her WPL debut
  • Pitch described as good for batting
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WPL 2026: DC captain Jemimah Rodrigues wins toss; elects to field first vs MI

Delhi Capitals captain Jemimah Rodrigues wins toss, opts to field against Mumbai Indians in the third match of WPL 2026. Full team news and quotes.

"s.QUOTE: We'd have chased, night games it's the better option. - Jemimah Rodrigues"

Navi Mumbai, January 10

Delhi Capitals captain Jemimah Rodrigues won the toss and decided to field first against Harmanpreet Kaur's Mumbai Indians in the third match of the ongoing Women's Premier League 2026 season at the Dr DY Patil Sports Academy on Saturday.

In their opening match of the WPL 2026, the Harmanpreet Kaur-led Mumbai Indians suffered a three-wicket defeat at the hands of the one-time champion Royal Challengers Bengaluru.

Nadine de Klerk's four-fer, followed by a match-winning half-century, powered Royal Challengers Bengaluru to open their account with a thrilling win against the two-time champions Mumbai Indians in Navi Mumbai on Friday.

During the toss, DC captain Jemimah Rodrigues said, as quoted by ESPNcricinfo, "We'd have chased, night games it's the better option. We discussed the batting mistakes from yesterday and hope to rectify. We're all professionals, know coming in fresh is important. Today's pitch looks different. Looks good to bat. One change - Triveni makes her debut, Saika misses out."

During the toss, Mumbai skipper Harmanpreet Kaur said, "We'd have chased, night games it's the better option. We discussed the batting mistakes from yesterday and hope to rectify. We're all professionals, know coming in fresh is important. Today's pitch looks different. Looks good to bat. One change - Triveni makes her debut, Saika misses out."

Teams:

Mumbai Indians Women (Playing XI): Amelia Kerr, G Kamalini(w), Nat Sciver-Brunt, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Nicola Carey, Sajeevan Sajana, Amanjot Kaur, Poonam Khemnar, Triveni Vasistha, Shabnim Ismail, Sanskriti Gupta.

Delhi Capitals Women (Playing XI): Shafali Verma, Laura Wolvaardt, Jemimah Rodrigues(c), Lizelle Lee(w), Marizanne Kapp, Niki Prasad, Chinelle Henry, Sneh Rana, Minnu Mani, Shree Charani, Nandani Sharma.

- ANI

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Rohit P
MI lost their first match, so the pressure is on Harmanpreet. Batting first could be tricky. Need a big score from Kerr and Sciver-Brunt. Hoping for a close game! 🏏
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Aman W
Triveni making her debut for MI! Exciting to see new Indian talent getting a chance in the WPL. Hope she has a great game. The league is doing wonders for women's cricket in India.
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Sarah B
Interesting that both captains said the exact same thing about chasing and rectifying mistakes. Must be a standard media line. Let's see the actual cricket do the talking now!
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Vikram M
DC's batting lineup looks solid with Shafali, Wolvaardt, and Jemimah herself. If the pitch is good to bat on, they should chase comfortably. MI's bowling needs to step up big time.
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Kavya N
Respectfully, the article seems to have a copy-paste error. It says both captains gave the same full quote word-for-word. Editors should check this. Otherwise, fantastic to see WPL coverage! 👍

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