Mumbai Indians (MI) registered a shocking 55-run win over Gujarat Giants (GUJ) within the 2023 Ladies’s Premier League (WPL) match no 12 on the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on Tuesday, March 14. MI skipper Harmanpreet Kaur scored a match-winning half-century and took her aspect to qualify for the playoffs. They’ve now gained all 5 matches and are standing on prime of the factors desk.
Gujarat Giants opted to bowl first after successful the toss. Ashleigh Gardner was the standout bowler for Giants, dismissing MI opener Hayley Matthews for a duck. She later eliminated Harmanpreet and Amanjot Kaur on consecutive balls within the ultimate over. Earlier, Giants’ stand-in skipper Sneh Rana, Kim Garth, and Tanuja Kanwar picked one wicket every as MI scored 162/8.
Within the chase, Gujarat Giants crumbled to 107/9 within the allotted 20 overs, with Hayley Matthews and Nat Sciver-Brunt scalping three wickets every. Earlier, Harmanpreet led her workforce from the entrance scoring 51 off 30 balls. Aside from the skipper, Yastika Bhatia scored 44 (37), whereas Sciver-Brunt chipped in with a vital 36 (31), because the duo added a 74-run partnership for the second wicket.
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Harmanpreet Kaur’s knock helps MI win
Harmanpreet Kaur performed a formidable knock in opposition to Gujarat Giants. She scored 51 off 30 balls in Mumbai’s innings earlier than getting out to Ashleigh Gardner. The correct-handed batter smashed seven fours and two sixes throughout her keep within the center. By advantage of her match-winning innings, she emerged because the Participant of the Match for the second consecutive time.
Nat Sciver-Brunt has displayed some good bowling in opposition to Gujarat Giants, She picked up three wickets- Sophia Dunkley, Sneh Rana, and Kim Garth. She gave away solely 21 runs within the 4 overs she bowled. With the bat, she scored a vital 36 off 31, together with one most and 5 boundaries.
Dropping captain, Sneh Rana mentioned:
I’m pleased with the ladies for limiting MI to 162, it was begin, however sadly we could not get there. It was a chaseable rating. Undoubtedly, batters must focus proper by means of, must construct not less than two partnerships, Harleen was implausible within the discipline right now, she took a catch and effected a run-out. We will certainly work on our batting.
Participant of the Match and successful captain, Harmanpreet Kaur mentioned:
Credit score goes to all of the help employees and team-mates. The best way we now have been taking part in, we wish to proceed. We’re so constructive they usually all the time wish to do effectively for the workforce. After we bought this workforce, I used to be actually joyful, they had been doing effectively for the nation and now they’ll do the identical for MI. The positivity is giving all the outcomes. After we performed final recreation on this wicket, initially you aren’t going to get runs. When you get settled you’re going to get runs. That is what I did right now. No matter is giving outcomes is what I am doing. Generally it’s a must to see the boundary dimensions as effectively. The leg-side is brief and a medium-pacer was bowling and that is why I went and the last-over anyway it is advisable to go, however this was the longer boundary and I couldn’t clear.
Nat Sciver-Brunt mentioned:
No. Have we already certified? Superb! Each aspect has their strengths however we’re in type. I am, I am having fun with it, I did not get the ball to swing as a lot tonight, perhaps it is the dew. The dew is lastly right here, it is good to open the bowling and put the stress from the beginning. The wickets might be a bit gradual any longer then, getting used to it is going to be a bit of difficult, nevertheless it was good to put up a complete. We are attempting to be constant. Attempt to take every recreation because it comes. To not be too complacent. We’re taking part in from our coronary heart and having fun with ourselves. It is a completely different floor, the seam bowlers appear to be getting wickets. We’ll see after we get there [on the surface at DY Patil Stadium],
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