The very first match of the inaugural edition of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) was played today at the DY Patil Stadium between Mumbai Indians Women and Gujarat Giants Women. Mumbai Indians Women who showed complete domination in the match from the first inning, hitting 207 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in the first inning, have won the match against Gujarat Giants Women by 143 runs after the bowlers of the Mumbai Indians Women took 9 wickets of Gujarat Giants in 15.1 overs after which the match got concluded.
Gujarat Giants Women had won the toss and elected to bat first in the opener against Mumbai Indians Women.
Batting first, Mumbai Indians Women made 207 runs at the loss of 5 wickets from their 20 overs with the captain Harmanpreet Kaur leading the list of top run contributors for the team in the match with 65 runs off 30 balls. Kaur batted at a strike rate of 216.66 and scored 14 FOURS in the match. Hayley Matthews and Amelia Kerr contributed 47(31) and 45*(24) for the team with Nat Sciver-Brunt and Pooja Vastrakar making 23(18) and 15(8) in the match. Yastika Bhatia, an opener, was out at 1 run from 8 deliveries and Issy Wong played a delivery in the match for a MAXIMUM to close the first inning of the match for MI Women.
Sneh Rana took two wickets for Gujarat Giants Women with Ashleigh Gardner, Tanuja Kanwar and Georgia Wareham taking a wicket each. Gujarat Giants Women conceded 5 extras to Mumbai Indians Women in the match while bowling.
Gujarat Giants Women started the second inning of the match with Sabbhineni Meghana and Beth Mooney. With Sabbhineni Meghana being out for 2(4), Beth Mooney, the team’s captain, retired hurt after 3 deliveries as she was injured. Harleen Deol, Ashleigh Gardner and Tanuja Kanwar were golden duck in the match for the team. Dayalan Hemalatha was the top run contributor for the team in the match with 29 runs in 23 balls who played a not-out inning. Monica Patel played 10(9) being the only second batter from the team to score in double-digits. After the captain Beth Mooney couldn’t return in the field to bat, the Gujarat Giants Women’s inning came to the end at 64/9 in 15.1 overs and Mumbai Indians Women won the match by a huge margin of 143 runs.
Saika Ishaque took 4 wickets for Mumbai Indians Women in the match with Nat Sciver-Brunt and Amelia Kerr taking two wickets each. Issy Wong took a wicket in the match for the team and joined the wicket-taking party of the team. Mumbai Indians Women conceded 2 extras to Gujarat Giants Women while bowling.
Mumbai Indians Women found a massive win over Gujarat Giants Women in the WPL opener as they win the match by 143 runs.
