MIW vs GGT WPL 2023: Harmanpreet Kaur‘s Mumbai Indians on Tuesday defeated Sneh Rana’s Gujarat Giants within the twelfth match of the Women’s Premier League to qualify for the playoffs. The MI aspect continued their successful streak as they thrashed the GGT aspect by 55 runs on the Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai. They have been as soon as once more too scorching to deal with for the opponents with contributions coming from both- MI batters and the bowlers.
Harmanpreet Kaur and co. first scored 162 runs on a spin-friendly pitch because the skipper herself powered the team to a aggressive complete. The spin duo of Amelia Kerr and Hayley Matthews together with speedster Nat Sciver-Brunt then accounted for a lot of the wickets as Gujarat have been restricted for simply 107/9 in 20 overs. Notably, MIW have become the first team within the match to defend a complete of lower than 200 within the match up to now.Â
Detailed match report
Sneh Rana gained the toss as Harmanpreet Kaur’s luck failed as soon as once more on the flip of the coin. Gujarat opted to exploit the bowling-friendly situations. Ash Gardner acquired Hayley Matthews out at covers within the first over. However, Nat Sciver and Yastika Bhatia introduced them again on monitor with a cautious 74-run stand. They weren’t in a position to free their palms a lot because the pitch was aiding the bowlers. Kim Garth then acquired Sciver out LBW after which Yastika was run out as MI acquired a setback on the rating of 84/3 in 12.1 overs. But it was as soon as once more the captain main from the entrance. She introduced up one other fifty as MIW raced previous 150. Kaur smashed a 29-ball fifty however fell on the very subsequent ball, thanks to an exquisite diving catch from Harleen Deol at long-on. Kaur acquired out on the third final ball when the team was at 160/7. A pair, ultimately, acquired them to 162/8.
MIW have been off to a flier with Nat Sciver-Brunt taking a first-ball wicket of Dunkley to start the proceedings. Even although S Meghana and Harleen Deol tried pulling issues again, the spinners took the fruits out from the floor. Hayley Matthews then acquired two to inflict massive blows on the Giants. Deol and Ash Gardner tried placing on a revival present however just for Garnder to be caught off Amelia Kerr’s ball within the tenth over when the rating learn 48/5. Captain Sneh Rana and Deol have been outplayed as Mumbai despatched Gujarat into an entire mess. Nat Sciver-Brunt and Hayley Matthews took three wickets every, whereas Kerr and Issy Won acquired 2 and 1 wickets, respectively. The MIW team went right into a roar when Giants batter Sushma Verma reduce the final ball on the offside to hand Kaur’s team an enormous 55-run win. They are unbeatable within the match and are additionally assured of a top-three end.
MIW’s Playing XI:
Hayley Matthews, Yastika Bhatia (wk), Nat Sciver-Brunt, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Dhara Gujjar, Amelia Kerr, Issy Wong, Amanjot Kaur, (*55*) Kazi, Jintimani Kalita, Saika Ishaque
GGT’s Playing XI:
Sabbhineni Meghana, Sophia Dunkley, Harleen Deol, Ashleigh Gardner, Dayalan Hemalatha, Annabel Sutherland, Sushma Verma (wk), Kim Garth, Tanuja Kanwar, Sneh Rana (c), Mansi Joshi
