Mumbai Indians Women Vs Gujarat Giants Women 16th Match 09 March 2024

16th T20 • Arun Jaitley Stadium • Delhi

Gujarat Giants Women

190/7 (20)

Mumbai Indians Women

191/3 (19.5)

MUM-W won by 7 wickets

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Player of the Match Harmanpreet Kaur

95(48)

GUJ-W

MUM-W

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Gujarat Giants Women

190/7 (20)

Batters

Laura Wolvaardt

92.86

b Matthews

Beth Mooney

188.57

b Sajana

Dayalan Hemalatha

185.00

c Kaur b Ismail

Phoebe Litchfield

75.00

c Kaur b Ishaque

Ashleigh Gardner

33.33

b Vastrakar

Bharati Fulmali

161.54

Not out

Kathryn Bryce

87.50

runout (Sajana)

Sneh Rana

50.00

c Kaur b Ishaque

Tanuja Kanwar

0.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 3, NB: 0, W: 1)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 9.5)

190/7

Did not Bat

Meghna Singh, Shabnam Md Shakil

Bowlers

EXT

Hayley Matthews

7.33

Shabnim Ismail

7.50

Saika Ishaque

7.75

Natalie Sciver

11.50

Pooja Vastrakar

11.25

Amanjot Kaur

10.00

Amelia Kerr

15.00

Sajeevan Sajana

11.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Laura Wolvaardt

b Matthews

1-18

2.5

Beth Mooney

b Sajana

2-139

13.1

Phoebe Litchfield

c Kaur b Ishaque

3-152

14.3

Ashleigh Gardner

b Vastrakar

4-159

15.4

Dayalan Hemalatha

c Kaur b Ismail

5-163

16.4

Kathryn Bryce

runout (Sajana)

6-179

18.6

Sneh Rana

c Kaur b Ishaque

7-181

19.3

Mumbai Indians Women

191/3 (19.5)

Batters

Yastika Bhatia

136.11

c & b Gardner

Hayley Matthews

85.71

c Rana b Tanuja Kanwar

Natalie Sciver

50.00

c Rana b Shakil

Harmanpreet Kaur

197.92

Not out

Amelia Kerr

120.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 4, LB: 4, NB: 0, W: 7)

TOTAL

(19.5 Ov, RR: 9.63)

191/3

Did not Bat

Amanjot Kaur, Sajeevan Sajana, Pooja Vastrakar, Humaira Kazi, Shabnim Ismail, Saika Ishaque

Bowlers

EXT

Ashleigh Gardner

3.5

5.74

Kathryn Bryce

12.00

Tanuja Kanwar

5.25

Meghna Singh

12.33

Shabnam Md Shakil

10.33

Sneh Rana

12.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Hayley Matthews

c Rana b Tanuja Kanwar

1-50

6.3

Natalie Sciver

c Rana b Shakil

2-57

7.3

Yastika Bhatia

c & b Gardner

3-98

13.3

Match Info

Date & Time

09 Mar, 07:30 PM IST

Venue

Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi

Match

16th T20,

Women's Premier League

Umpires

Abhijeet Bengeri (India), Vrinda Rathi (India), Mohit Krishnadas (India, TV)

Referee

GS Lakshmi (India)

Toss

Gujarat Giants Women elected to bat

4 1 6 5wd 0 1 1

Over 17

Runs: 18

4 0 6 4 4 6

Over 18

Runs: 24

1 6 1 1 0 1

Over 19

Runs: 10

6 4 1 1 1

Over 20

Runs: 13

All Overs

Player of the Match Harmanpreet Kaur

95(48)

Commentary

And with that, our coverage for the day comes to an end. Join us tomorrow for more action from the WPL as Delhi Capitals hosts Royal Challengers Bangalore for another exciting encounter. Until then, this is Bala signing off along with Aarya. Goodnight!

With this victory, Mumbai Indians qualify for the top-three spot. On the other end of the spectrum is Gujarat Giants, who are languishing at the bottom of the table with their chances looking bleak.

What a humdinger of a game, with the fortunes shifting from one side to the other. Harmanpreet Kaur was finally the difference between the two sides. Gujarat Giants would be disappointed, having seen the game slip away from their hands, but sometimes, you have just got to hand it to the opposition when someone plays an innings of this class.

Harmanpreet Kaur (Mumbai Indians captain & Player of the Match): It was a very big game. We had to win because we did not want to put pressure on us. Out bowling plan did not work, but we knew that we had a long batting lineup. Last time we missed that (top spot), this time we have our eyes on that. Yesterday, I spoke to Himanshu bhayya, who I work with for my batting. He told me to trust myself. I have to stay there and look for a big innings. They (openers) are experienced and when you are chasing, it's clear how much you need to score. Good thing is that we didn't lose any wickets in the powerplay. So later on, we could keep rotating and look for bowlers to attack. 19th over was something we had to target so that we don't keep much for the final over.

Yastika Bhatia: Wicket in the second innings lot a little slower so I wanted to play straight and minimise the risk as much as possible. Yeah we discussed that it was a good platform we had built. Till the next strategic time out hope to get 8 or 9. That is what we discussed. It was a masterclass from Harry di. Really enjoyed the innings. Very happy for her. All times we felt that we had to be at our best. There were some nerves but I think Harry di just killed it. I really enjoyed today. Like I said, more of playing good cricketing shots.

Beth Mooney (Gujarat Giants captain): Yeah but in T20 cricket you really have to bowl well. 190 was a good score but not enough after the start we go. Credit goes to Mumbai, they batted brilliantly. TK and Ashu bowled beautifully. Defending a 49-metre boundary is difficult. MI batted beautifully and took it on. I think there are still a lot of positives to take from today. Certainly from the batting perspective, we are clicking. Some good shots have been played on good balls but we have conceded a few boundaries in the middle. She is a great character and hits the ball very cleanly. She made my job so easy. She said she loves batting with me.

Mumbai Indians win by 7 wickets with one ball to spare!

Mumbai Indians 191/3 (19.5 overs)
Harmanpreet Kaur 95*(48) | Yastika Bhatia 49(36)
Tanuja Kanwar 1/21 (4) | Ashleigh Gardner 1/22 (3.5)

10:56 p.m. IST: If one thing was common in the two innings tonight, it was the turn of tides in favour of Mumbai Indians after the second strategic timeout. Gujarat Giants were on top of the game in both innings, but Mumbai Indians stormed back in the latter half, first with the ball and then with the bat to bag an unlikely victory in the end.

It was all Yastika Bhatia at the outset. Matthews found it difficult to get going while Bhatia found the fence regularly. Harmanpreet Kaur also took her time to settle in. She scored less than run a ball in the first 21 deliveries that she faced. The dot balls were piling up and the required rate had reached 14.8 runs an over by the time Yastika Bhatia was dismissed for 49.

Then what we saw was a truly special innings from Harmanpreet Kaur. She scored 30 runs in the next 12 deliveries to bring up her half-century. The explosion post that was something that the Giants found too hot to handle. Kaur hit boundaries at will, also hitting the longest six of the tournament. Her innings of 95* helped Mumbai chase down the highest total ever in the history of WPL, also helping the side Qualify in the process.

Ashleigh Gardner and Tanuja Kanwar were the pick of the bowlers for Gujarat Giants. Kanwar conceded just 21 runs in her spell tonight. Gardner had given away just 9 runs in her first three overs, but the onslaught in the final over by Kaur somewhat spoilt her figures.

Mumbai Indians win! Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur plays an innings to remember to take them home!

19.5 Ashleigh Gardner to Harmanpreet Kaur, Mumbai Indians gets home with a delivery to spare. Fuller-length down leg and she paddles it away towards the short fine leg region for a single. MI win by 7 wickets. What a blinder of a knock this has been from the MI skipper.

19.4 Ashleigh Gardner to Amelia Kerr, Amelia Kerr comes down the track and clips away the length delivery on the pads, towards the square leg region for a single. Harmanpreet is on 94. Can she finish it off with a six?

19.3 Ashleigh Gardner to Harmanpreet Kaur, bunts away the low full toss around middle, down towards the long-on region for a single. 2 required off 3.

Harmanpreet Kaur, take a bow!

19.2 Ashleigh Gardner to Harmanpreet Kaur, FOUR! Comes down the track again and lofts it over the infield on the off side for a boundary. That was on a length a shade outside off, got to the pitch of the ball and released her hands through that, falls just short of the deep cover fielder.

19.1 Ashleigh Gardner to Harmanpreet Kaur, SIX! This is the biggest six of the tournament. Comes dancing down the track, gets to te pitch of the ball and absolutely clobbers this well over the long-on fence. Exceptional start to the over.

Ashleigh Gardner comes into bowl the final delivery. Mumbai Indians need 13 runs to win. Gardner has given away just 9 runs off her three overs so far.

Tanuja Kanwar erred on length on one delivery and paid for it. But that apart, it was an excellent delivery from the spinner. She has delivered an terrific spell tonight.

overs

178 /3 score

runs

Harmanpreet Kaur *

83 (44)

Amelia Kerr

11 (9)

Tanuja Kanwar

1 /21

18.6 Tanuja Kanwar to Harmanpreet Kaur, beautifully bowled by Kanwar. Harman comes down the track and carves away the tossed-up delivery towards the cover-point fielder who does well but couldn't quite stop them from rolling the strike over. 13 runs required off the final over

18.5 Tanuja Kanwar to Harmanpreet Kaur, flatter on a length a shade outside off, cut away straight to the cover fielder.

18.4 Tanuja Kanwar to Amelia Kerr, a tad flatter a shade outside off, pulled away towards the deep midwicket region for a single.