WPL 2023: The explosive performance of Mumbai Indians (MI) continues in the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2023 season. This team, captained by Harmanpreet Kaur, has won all its 5 matches played so far and Mumbai has become the first team to reach the playoffs. In their fifth match on Tuesday, the Mumbai team defeated Gujarat Giants by 55 runs.
In this match, Mumbai’s captain Harmanpreet batted fiercely. In his stormy Fifty, the entire Gujarat team flew away. Batting first after losing the toss in the match, the Mumbai team scored 162 runs for 8 wickets.
Harman played a stormy inning of 51 runs
Captain Harmanpreet played an inning of 51 runs in 30 balls in a stormy manner for the Mumbai team. During this, he scored 2 sixes and 7 fours. His strike rate was also the highest among batters at 170. Apart from Harman, Yastika Bhatia scored 44 and net-siver Brunt scored 36 runs. Bowler Ashley Gardner took 3 wickets.
Make that 5️⃣ wins in a row!
Another dominating performance by @mipaltan
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Gujarat team stopped at 107 runs
In response to the target of 163 runs, the team of Gujarat Giants could only manage 107 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs. In this way Mumbai Indians won this match by 55 runs. Harleen Deol scored the maximum 22 runs for the Gujarat team. Captain Sneh Rana scored 20 runs. Apart from these, no player could touch the figure of 20.
Nat Siever-Brunt and Healy Mathews were seen in bowling. Both these bowlers took 3-3 wickets in their name and piled up the entire Gujarat team. Amelia Kerr also made 2 players a victim.
Bengaluru team did not win a single match
In the points table, Mumbai Indians are currently on top with 10 points after winning all their five matches. There are three more matches left in the group stage of the team. After this, Delhi Capitals are at number two with 8 points and UP Warriors at number three with 4 points. The Gujarat team has won only one of its 5 matches. While Royal Challengers Bangalore, who are at number five and last, have lost all their 5 matches so far.