Mumbai Indians women recorded a dominant 42-run win against UP Warriorz to boost their standings in the Women’s Premier League 2024 on Thursday. The star English all-rounder Natalie Sciver-Brunt shone with both bat and ball to help MI defend 160 runs at New Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium.
Entering the game after a disappointing defeat against Delhi, Harmanpreet Kaur‘s women dominated in every department to register their fourth win in six games and also boosted to the second place in the points table. UP Warriorz suffered their fourth defeat of the season as their chances to secure knockout qualification took a big hit.
Harmanpreet won the toss and surprisingly elected to bat first with no changes to Mumbai’s playing eleven. UP Warriorz handed a maiden WPL cap to the young wicketkeeper batter Uma Chetry who replaced pacer Anjali Sarvani.
UP Warriorz Playing XI: Alyssa Healy (c & wk), Kiran Navgire, Chamari Athapaththu, Grace Harris, Shweta Sehrawat, Deepti Sharma, Uma Chetry, Poonam Khemnar, Sophie Ecclestone, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Saima Thakor
Mumbai Indians Playing XI: Hayley Matthews, Yastika Bhatia (wk), Nat Sciver-Brunt, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Amelia Kerr, Pooja Vastrakar, Amanjot Kaur, S Sajana, Humaira Kazi, Shabnim Ismail, Saika Ishaque
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