Harmanpreet Kaur. (Photo Source: Jio Cinema)
Mumbai Indians (MI) continued their winning streak as they defeated UP Warriorz in the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2023 match at the Brabourne Stadium on Sunday, March 12. The Harmanpreet Kaur-led side has now won all four matches and remains at the top of the points table.
UP Warriorz skipper Alyssa Healy chose to bat first after winning the toss. Saika Ishaque produced a clinical bowling effort as MI restricted Warriorz to 159/6. She dismissed Devika Vaidya in her first over but conceded four boundaries to Healy in the next over. The wicket-keeper batter scored 58 off 46 balls. Saika later made a brilliant comeback and took the wickets of Healy and Tahila McGrath (50 off 37 balls) in the same over.
In the chase, Mumbai got off to a solid start as Yastika Bhatia and Hayley Matthews added 51 runs in the powerplay. Meanwhile, Harmanpreet led her side from the front once again as she played an unbeaten knock of 53 off 33 balls to help Mumbai Indians defeat UP Warriorz by eight wickets.
Nat Sciver-Brunt registers best bowling figuers
Nat Sciver-Brunt was full in form as she displayed some brilliant performance with bat and ball. She gave away only 19 runs in an economical spell and scored an unbeaten 45 off 31 balls.
Harmanpreet Kaur’s blistering knock helps MI win
Harmanpreet Kaur played a scintillating knock of 53* off 33 balls smacking one maximum and nine boundaries. She stitched a superb unbeaten 106-run stand with Sciver-Brunt, which helped her side to chase the 160-run target with 2.3 overs to spare.
Losing captain Alyssa Healy:
We were probably 16-20 short, we just couldn’t finish well and probably a batter short. It wasn’t an easy wicket, we couldn’t find the boundary as often as we would have liked. We will see how we can be better. We will turn up in 2 days time, play RCB and move on. We want to be a really good fielding side and take opportunities. We are working really hard, trying really hard which is what we want to be as a team and hopefully the results go our way.
Player of the Match and Winning captain Harmanpreet Kaur:
We were probably 16-20 short, we just couldn’t finish well and probably a batter short. It wasn’t an easy wicket, we couldn’t find the boundary as often as we would have liked. We will see how we can be better. We will turn up in 2 days time, play RCB and move on. We want to be a really good fielding side and take opportunities. We are working really hard, trying really hard which is what we want to be as a team and hopefully the results go our way.
Nat Sciver-Brunt:
It feels brilliant. The team is on a real high and we are really enjoying it. There was a little bit of seam movement early on, I was trying not to get hit for 4s and 6s. The spinners if they bowled the right pace it was a little stoppy and gripping as well. We learnt that from the first innings. It’s amazing batting with her (Harmanpreet) and batting with everyone as well.
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