MI-W vs GUJ-W, Match Highlights
Mumbai Indians Women vs Gujarat Giants Women – Match No 12
Mumbai Indians Women beat Gujarat Giants Women by 55 runs to lead the table with 10 points, and 2 points clear of Delhi Capitals
MI-W vs GUJ-W Match Highlights:Wow what a game this has been, both teams have given their best to get the result but it was Mumbai Indians who came out on top and continue their winning streak. Now the Mumbai Indians have a five-match winning streak and are unbeaten in the WPL 2023 so far.
Nat Sciver-Brunt continued her form in this match as well. She played a crucial role with the bat and ball in this match for the Mumbai Indians. While the skipper Harmanpreet Kaur scored the highest number of runs for Mumbai (51) by hitting two sixes and seven fours at a strike rate of 170.
MI-W vs GUJ-W: Early on in the Innings
With their excellent bowling, Gujarat undoubtedly silenced the Mumbai Indians for a considerable amount of time. Mumbai was held to 162/8 in 20 overs by Gujarat, who used five bowlers, of which four took wickets and a couple of run-outs.
Ashleigh Gardner took three wickets while only allowing 34 runs to be scored. Sneh Rana, the captain, Kim Garth, and Tanuja Kanwar all claim a wicket between them in the 20 overs to limit Mumbai to a respectable score of 162.
The highest partnership for Mumbai was between Yastika Bhatia and Nat Sciver-Brunt who contributed 74 runs to the innings, which was crucial at the start of the innings.
MI-W vs GUJ-W: Star Players of the Match
Mumbai Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur was definitely a key player as she struck a blistering half-century to boost the Mumbai score at the end of the first innings. Kaur yet again lead the Mumbai side from the front when the team needed her the most.
Along with the skipper, Nat Sciver-Brunt played a key role with bat and ball to help Mumbai win the match. Nat Sciver play a quick cameo early on off 36 runs from 31 balls and then later picked up three wickets in her four-over spell conceding just 21 runs.
With the ball for Mumbai, it was Hayley Matthews and Nat who picked the most wickets and made sure that Gujarat had a difficult time in chase the total. Mumbai bowlers once again clean out an opponent in the WPL 2023 so far.
MI-W vs GUJ-W: Mumbai Once again Control the game with the ball
Nat Sciver-Brunt after doing the job with the bat, now the ball on the very first ball dismissed Sophia Dunkley for a before and sent her back to the pavilion for a duck. With very less runs to defend Mumbai needed to be pinpoint with their bowling and so did they do in this match against Gujarat.
Hayley Matthews then continued by picking up two wickets in the form of Sabbhineni Meghana and Annabel Sutherland. Both the Gujarat player fell prey to Hayley Matthews inside the powerplay. Amelia Kerr also picked up two wickets in her four overs to restrict Gujarat to 107/9 in 20 overs.
MI-W vs GUJ-W: Gujarat Batter fail to show up against the table toppers
Only four players scored runs in two digits, the rest were all where dismissed under a single-digit score, which lead to their fourth loss of the season. Harleen Deol’s (22) and skipper Sneh Rana’s (20) knocks were the highest among the Gujarat side in this match against table-toppers Mumbai Indians.
MI-W vs GUJ-W: What’s Next?
Mumbai would like to continue their dominance further into the tournament where they will be facing UP Warriorz in the reverse fixture on 18th March Saturday at 3:30 PM IST. While Gujarat Giants will be facing Delhi Capitals on 16th March Thursday at 7:30 PM IST
