Mumbai Indians edged previous Delhi Capitals in the primary match of the Women’s Premier League 2024 with a thrilling four-wicket win on the ultimate ball of the match. Sajeevan Sajana smashed a six off the ultimate ball to assist the reigning champions kickstart their title defence in type on the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. With 5 runs wanted off the ultimate ball, the all-rounder tonked a six over long-on to energy her aspect to a well-known win.
MI captain Harmanpreet Kaur has heaped reward on Sajana and her staff’s batting depth for the profitable run-chase. She mentioned that with 12 wanted off the ultimate over, they needed to win on the primary three balls.ÂÂ
“Wicket looked fine while batting, we thought if we took the game deep, we felt we could win. (on Sajana) She was smacking sixes during the practice session and she showed us tonight. We were looking to finish the game in the first 3 balls but we know we have depth in our batting, because of Sajana I’m standing here. Batting first or second does not matter, only conditions matter and according to that we change,” Harmanpreet mentioned in the post-match press convention.
Harmanpreet credit batting coach for locating kind
The MI captain performed an important function in the run-chase together with Yastika Bhatia. Harmanpreet scored 55 off 34 balls, whereas Yastika made 57 from 45 balls to maintain MI in the hunt. Harmanpreet was pleased with the end result and credited her coach for her return to kind after a tricky Australia tour.ÂÂ
“Happy where we ended. Really happy with the way we played. I would love to give credit to my batting coach, Himanshu bhaiya. After that Australia tour, I was not confident, he made me practice hard and gave me energy. I was not playing domestic cricket, I was not feeling great. Mentally that break helped me,” she added.
