WPL 2024, Match 14: UP Warriorz Women vs Mumbai Indians Women, Fourteenth Match – Who Said What?

UPW vs MIW (Photo Source: X/Twitter)Mumbai Indians Women (MI-W) bounced back to winning ways in the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2024 with a 42-run win over UP Warriorz in Match 14 on Thursday, March 7 at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi.

After opting to bat first, MI posted a good score of 160/6 in their allotted 20 overs. In reply, UP could only reach 118/9 in their 20 overs and lost fourth game of the season.

Their chase got off to a miserable start as Saika Ishaque disturbed Kiran Navgire’s (7 off 8) in the second over itself to give first blow to UP. Hayley Matthews and Shabnim Ismail also joined the party by getting big scalps of Chamari Athapaththu (3 off 5) and Alyssa Healy (3 off 9) respectively.

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To pile on the misery for UP, Grace Harris (15 off 23), Shweta Sehrawat (17 off 15) and Poonam Khemnar (7 off 10) also failed to get going leaving them reeling at 69/7 after 14.4 overs. Deepti Sharma fought valiantly all alone with a magnificent knock of 53* (36). However, that didn’t prove to be enough to save her side from a heavy defeat.

Earlier in the day, Mumbai Indians (MI-W) got off to a miserable start losing their opener Hayley Matthews (4 off 3) in the second over itself. They further lost Yastika Bhatia (9 off 13) in the fourth over which left them reeling at 17/2 after 3.4 overs. After the two early blows, captain Harmanpreet Kaur (33 off 30) and Nat Sciver-Brunt (45 off 31) bailed their team out of trouble with a crucial 59-run stand off 46 balls.