Mumbai Indians make it 5 wins in a row as Harmanpreet shines once more

Mar 14, 2023

Mumbai Indians have certified for the Girls’s Premier League (WPL) playoff with three video games to spare as captain Harmanpreet Kaur smashed 51 off 30 balls to beat Gujarat Giants by 55 runs.

Mumbai Indians have certified for the Girls’s Premier League (WPL) playoff with three video games to spare as captain Harmanpreet Kaur smashed 51 off 30 balls to beat Gujarat Giants by 55 runs.

In doing so, in addition they turned the primary aspect to efficiently defend a rating of lower than 200 within the event, having pushed to 162/8 earlier than a ruthless bowling efficiency noticed them restrict Gujarat Giants to 107/9.

The league leaders recovered from shedding Hayley Matthews within the first over, with Yastika Bhatia reaching 44 earlier than being run out and Nat Sciver-Brunt knocking 36 off 31.

Nevertheless, it was Harmanpreet who continued her unbelievable type, dragging her aspect to a decent complete after Bhatia’s dismissal left them 84 for 3 within the 13^th over, manipulating the sector expertly and smashing Annabel Sutherland for 2 enormous sixes within the penultimate over to succeed in her third half-century of the WPL, pushing the strain again onto the aspect that they had overwhelmed so comprehensibly within the first match of the event.

In that one, Kaur scored 65 from 30 as Mumbai Indians posted 207/5 earlier than dismissing the Giants for simply 64, however this match felt delicately balanced between innings earlier than Mumbai’s bowling assault quickly made the end result sure, with Sciver-Brunt (3 for 21) trapping Sophia Dunkley in entrance with the primary ball of the chase, earlier than the spin of Amelia Kerr and Matthews ran riot, choosing up 4 for 38 between them to depart the Giants on 57 for six with no means again.

This depth of match-winners is the rationale MI are the one aspect nonetheless unbeaten within the competitors, somebody is certain to step up and most of the time a bunch of them do on the similar time. They’ve defended totals twice in opposition to the Giants, however chased of their different three fixtures, shedding simply 5 wickets and securing victory with a mixed complete of 79 balls to spare.

Matthews’ unbeaten 77 noticed them cruise house in match two in opposition to RCB with 34 balls to spare and her affect is felt even when she’s not scoring massive, taking 10 wickets for 105 runs thus far within the WPL.

Of their third match, the bowlers took centre stage as Saika Ishaque took 3 for 13 and Wong 3 for 10 from 4 overs, inflicting Dehli Capitals with their solely defeat of the marketing campaign as far as they have been bowled out for 105. MI adopted this up by chasing down 160 to beat UP Warriorz, solely shedding two wickets as Kaur hit one other unbeaten fifty.

Warriorz are up subsequent on Saturday, with Mumbai Indians now waiting for safe an computerized spot within the remaining. Tiring pitches at Brabourne and DY Patil stadiums will give bowlers hope in opposition to Kaur’s staff because the event reaches its crescendo, however the Mumbai Indians have world-class and in-form expertise unfold all through the squad and it’ll take an infinite effort to cease them from turning into the inaugural WPL champions.