Mumbai Indians Women bag the crucial two points! This confirms that the Gujarat Giants Women are now locked in for the Eliminator. Giants will have to wait till tomorrow to find out who their opponent will be, as the battle for the top spot intensifies! Do join us tomorrow for the final game of the league stage between Mumbai Indians Women and Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women.
For now, this is Pritam Dey signing off on behalf of my co-commentator Darpan Tikiya who, along with scorer/analyst Paras Yadav, brought all the actions of this clash. Stay tuned for more cricketing action from around the world. BYE BYEπ
Most Player of the Match awards in WPL:
6 - Harmanpreet Kaur
5 - Jess Jonassen
4 - Marizanne Kapp
4 - Nat Sciver-Brunt
Best strike rates in an innings in WPL (minimum 50 runs):
275.0 - Sophie Devine vs GG-W, Mumbai (Brabourne), 2023
271.4 - Shafali Verma vs GG-W, Mumbai (DY Patil), 2023
269.6 - Chinelle Henry vs DC-W, Bengaluru, 2023
244.0 - Bharti Fulmali vs MI-W, Brabourne (THIS MATCH)*
237.0 - Richa Ghosh vs GG-W, Vadodara, 2025
Fastest half-centuries in Women's Premier League:
18 balls - Sophia Dunkley vs RCB-W, (2023)
18 balls - Chinelle Henry vs DC-W, (2025)
19 balls - Shafali Verma vs GG-W, 2023
20 balls - Sophie Devine vs GG-W, 2023
22 balls - Harmanpreet Kaur vs GG-W, 2023
22 balls - Bharti Fulmali vs MI-W, this match*
Harmanpreet Kaur (Mumbai Indians Women Captain & POTM): "I think we bowled well in patches, but we have to give credit to their batters too. We took early wickets but they batted sensibly and took the game on. We will reassess where we went wrong. That is how the wicket here is. Any score you put on the board, it is chaseable.
Credit to Bharit Fulmali, she played really well. A lot of things for us to learn from this game. (On deciding who will bowl the next over) We look at match-ups. Most important thing is what your gut feeling is saying. I am happy that we have a lot experience in the side.
Whenever you get runs here, it makes you happy. I was hitting the ball well. That is how I bat. I keep trusting myself. I keep telling myself whatever ball is coming, I am ready to take it on. We now know what the conditions are. We will try to execute our best tomorrow too. Recovery is going to be crucial."
Player of the Match: Harmanpreet Kaur
Most Dot balls in the match: Shabnim Ismail (15 Dot balls)