MI beat DC by eight runs in final to win WPL title
Mumbai, Mar 15 (PTI): Mumbai Indian beat Delhi Capitals by eight runs in the final to win their second Women's Premier League (WPL) title here on Saturday.
Put in to bat, Mumbai Indians scored 149 for 7 with captain Harmanpreet Kaur top-scoring with a fine 44-ball 66 while Nat Sciver-Brunt chipped in with 30.
Mumbai Indians then restricted DC to 141 for 9 in 20 overs to win their second title in the tournament.
Nat Sciver-Brunt (3/30) was the pick of the MI bowlers while Amelia Kerr took two wickets.
For DC, Marizanne Kapp top-scored with 40 while Jemimah Rodrigues contributed 30.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indians: 149 for 7 in 20 overs (Harmanpreet Kaur 66, Nat Sciver-Brunt 30; Jess Jonassen 2/26, Shree Charani 2/43)
Delhi Capitals: 141 for 9 in 20 overs (Jemimah Rodrigues 30, Marizanne Kapp 40; Nat Sciver-Brunt 3/30).
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SWR announces special trains for passengers stranded by large-scale IndiGo cancellations
Bengaluru (PTI): The South Western Railway on Saturday announced a series of special trains, in coordination with Central, South Eastern and Southern Railways, to clear stranded passengers following large-scale IndiGo flight cancellations across the country.
The special services will operate between December 6 and 10 on high-demand routes, including Bengaluru–Chennai, Bengaluru–Pune, Yesvantpur–Hazrat Nizamuddin, Shalimar–Yelahanka and Ernakulam–Yelahanka, officials said.
According to an official statement, SWR will run Train No. 06255/06256 between Chennai Egmore and KSR Bengaluru, 06257/06258 between Bengaluru and MGR Chennai Central, 06259/06260 between Yesvantpur and Hazrat Nizamuddin, and 06263/06264 between Bengaluru and Pune.
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Central Railway will operate Train No. 01413/01414 between Pune and Bengaluru, while South Eastern Railway will run Train No. 08073/08074 between Shalimar and Yelahanka. Southern Railway will operate Train No. 06147/06148 between Ernakulam and Yelahanka, the statement said.
Railways has advised passengers to check updated timings on its official channels and arrive early at stations.
For at least five days in a row, IndiGo flight operations have been significantly disrupted, with a large number of cancellations and delays causing hardships to thousands of passengers. In many cases, baggage has been misplaced.
