I think we were 40-50 runs short, surely have to bat well now: MI captain Harman

Following a 9wicket defeat against Delhi Capitals Mumbai Indians captain Harmanpreet Kaur said that her team was 4050 runs short in their total and they must bat up to its potential in the upcoming gamesAn allround show from Delhi Capitals marked by a topnotch spell from Marizanne Kapp and explosive knocks from Alice Capsey and Shafali Verma helped them chase down the target of 110 runs in just nine overs to clinch a ninewicket win over Mumbai Indians in Womens Premier League WPL match at DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on MondayMumbai Indians suffered their second consecutive loss in the ongoing WPL on Monday Mumbai Indians performance in the tournament took a sharp turn for the worst after they won five straight games and were the first to clinch a playoff position I think we were 4050 runs short We were looking for early breakthroughs but they batted very well Dew was there but we didnt bowl to our plans we bowled really short today Harmanpreet Kaur said in a postmatch presentationWell we surely have to bat well now We do have good players but sometimes things like this can happen We wont get overconfident now and stick to our basics she added Mumbai Indians will lock horns with Royal Challengers Bangalore RCB in their last league game on Tuesday With the win over Mumbai DC is at the top of the points table with five wins and two losses in seven matches They have a total of 10 points Mumbai Indians have similar performances but have been pushed down to the second spot due to lesser run rateAlso Read Touts brazenly selling free WPL tickets at Brabourne StadiumComing to the match chasing 110 runs Delhi Capitals were off to an aggressive start Openers Meg Lanning and Shafali Verma attacked MI bowlers right from the first over Shafali smashed Issy Wong for three fours in the second over taking Delhis score to 220 The fourth over was prolific for DC as its batters smashed Saika Ishaque for 17 runs including a four by Lanning and two boundaries by Shafali DC reached the 50run mark in 4 oversHayley Matthews took the first wicket for MI dismissing Shafali for 33 which she had made of 15 balls The knock consisted of six fours and a six Shafali was stumped by Yastika BhatiaThis brought Alice Capsey to the crease At the end of the powerplay in six overs DC was 671 with Lanning 29 and Capsey 2 unbeaten at the crease Matthews was smashed for three sixes and a four by Capsey in the seventh overDC reached the 100run mark in just 83 oversDelhi finished their innings at 1101 in nine overs Lanning was unbeaten at 32 of 22 balls with four boundaries and a six Capsey played an explosive knock of 38 in just 17 balls with one four and five sixes Earlier a superb show by Delhi Capitals bowlers particularly pacers helped them restrict Mumbai Indians to just 1098 in their 20 oversThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever