Harmanpreet Kaur and Nat Sciver-Brunt placed on an absolute clinic towards UP Warriorz as the 2 put collectively an unbeaten partnership of 106 runs handy their crew a victory by eight wickets. The two remained unbeaten at 53 and 45 respectively.
By the time the sport closed, Harmanpreet had smashed 9 fours and a most, whereas Nat Sciver-Brunt had smashed six boundaries and a six. Kaur, talking on the post-match displays, thanked Nat and mentioned that owing to her fiery innings, she herself acquired time to settle in.
“Thanks to Nat, she played really well. I got time to settle in. We were calculating (the scoring rate) very well. That time (UP Warriorz bowlers) Sophie (Ecclestone) and (Shabnim) Ismail were bowling well so we were calculating that there are other bowlers we can attack,” Harmanpreet mentioned after the match. “Very happy with the performance. I can’t be thankful enough, for the way we are playing and we are gelling together. This is the best tournament so far,” added the MI skipper.
Although Harmanpreet gave credit score to UP’s batting line-up for placing MI underneath strain, she admitted that Grace Harris, who missed the sport resulting from sickness, was a big miss for the opposition.
“The way they (Healy and McGrath) were batting, we were a little tense. But I knew that if we are able to take one or two wickets, we could stop them because we knew (Grace) Harris was not playing and they didn’t have anyone who could hit hard,” mentioned Harmanpreet, explaining the technique. On her partnership with Harmanpreet, Nat Sciver-Brunt mentioned, “It feels brilliant. The team’s really on a high. I thought I should be hitting more boundaries and she just hit four boundaries in an over. That just put a nail in the chase.”
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The shedding crew captain Alyssa Healy mentioned one other 15-20 runs would have made the sport extra aggressive and blamed herself and her bowlers for the below-par whole.
“I think we were probably 15-20 runs short. We needed a set batter at the end. It was as scratchy as it comes for me. It wasn’t easy. We didn’t score as many boundaries as the Mumbai Indians did. We also bowled too much junk and gave too many boundaries. We just have to see how we can do well with the players available. We have some bowlers on the bench and (Grace) Harris as well. No prizes for being a good human is it? When an lbw that is not out is given out and Harmanpreet is bowled but the bails don’t fall,” mentioned Healy, referring to some name that did not go her crew’s method.
Mumbai Indians have now crushed each crew within the event. They will subsequent be in motion towards Gujarat Giants on March 14.
