Mumbai Indians takes on the UP Warriorz in Match 10 of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) on the Brabourne Stadium right here on Sunday.
While UP stands third within the factors desk with 4 factors, Harmanpreet’s Mumbai has gone unscathed within the match, successful all its matches.
UP Warriorz, led by Alyssa Healy, began off on a excessive however needed to fiddle with the items to get the puzzle proper after taking place in its second match.
The Warriorz season-opener towards Gujarat Giants noticed pacer Kim Garth take a five-wicket haul and dismiss UP’s top-order. While most gamers, together with the likes of Healy and Tahlia McGrath, fell early, India International Kiran Navgire showcased her power-hitting skills with a half-century earlier than succumbing to a brief supply from Garth.
Navgire’s assured innings was bettered by some late aptitude from Grace Harris, who surprised the gang and her opponents along with her unbeaten 26-ball 59 to steal a three-wicket win in UP’s favour.’
The subsequent fixture towards Delhi Capitals didn’t see comparable success with UP falling to a 42-run loss towards Lanning’s aspect. McGrath discovered kind with an unbeaten 90.
The subsequent match towards Capitals noticed extra gamers within the staff come ahead to chip in, alas, to no avail. But UP would’ve grown in confidence with a stellar 90 scored by McGrath.
Against Royal Challengers Bangalore within the final match, with simply 139 to chase on a batter-friendly monitor, openers Healy (96 off 47) and Vaidya (36 off 31) didn’t ruffle any feathers as they completed the job for the staff.
While UP goes into the following match with a win within the bag, it might need to see its Indian gamers Deepti Sharma and Shweta Sherawat contribute with the bat and put up performances much like those they’re identified for.
All bases lined
Contributing with the bat, nevertheless, hasn’t been a difficulty for Mumbai Indians. The Harmanpreet Kaur-led aspect gained its first match towards the Giants by 143 runs. Harmanpreet led from the entrance with a 65 and following go well with with 40-plus scores have been Amelia Kerr and Hayley Matthews.
The subsequent match towards RCB turned out to be a stroll within the park once more as they chased down 155 in 14.4 overs and 9 wickets to spare. Nat Sciver-Brunt was among the many runs as effectively; coming at quantity three and scoring a scintillating half-century whereas opener Matthews made 77.
While the Mumbai camp has loved a largely unobstructed stroll to the highest, Sophie Ecclestone and now Deepti Sharma’s success with the ball within the center overs would possibly show to be an attention-grabbing problem on this fixture.
Deepti discovering kind within the Warriorz’ final match towards RCB ensures help for a constant Ecclestone going ahead within the match.
Mumbai has a trump card within the type of off-spinner Saika Ishaque, the present purple cap holder. With 9 wickets to her title to date, she offers Harmanpreet a potent Indian spin possibility when the opposite wickets are coming largely from their abroad recruits.
– Divyakriti Singh
Source web site: sportstar.thehindu.com
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