WPL 2023: UP Warriors stopped the victory chariot of Mumbai Indians, defeated Harmanpreet Kaur by 5 wickets

In the Women’s Premier League 2023, the Mumbai team finally got defeated after five consecutive wins and the winning chariot of this team was stopped by the UP Warriors. In the 15th match of this league, Mumbai faced UP at the DY Patil Sports Academy in Navi Mumbai. In this match, the UP team won the toss and decided to bowl first and with its deadly bowling, Harmanpreet Kaur’s team was bundled out for 127 runs.

The UP team completed the target of 128 runs by scoring 129 runs for 5 wickets in 19.3 overs and won the match by 5 wickets. This was Mumbai’s first defeat in this season, but even after this, this team is at the first place in the points table with 10 points, while the UP team has won three matches and come at number three with 6 points.

Deadly bowling of UP, Mumbai team limited to 127

The Mumbai team came out to bat first in this match and got all out for 127 runs in 20 overs. The UP bowlers dominated the first innings and Mumbai’s wickets kept falling at regular intervals, due to which the team could not reach a big score. Opener Hayley Mathews scored 35 runs in 30 balls with the help of 3 sixes and a four, while Yastika Bhatia scored 7 runs while Brunt lost his wicket for 5 runs. Captain Harmanpreet played a quick inning of 25 off 22 balls, but could not convert it into a big score.

Wang’s innings was the most explosive from this team, scoring 32 runs in 19 balls with the help of one six and 4 fours and was dismissed while other batsmen disappointed. From UP side, Eccleston got maximum three while Gaikwad and Dipti got two successes each while Anjali got one success.

UP completed the target for five wickets

UP did not get a big target to win, but Mumbai had put this team in trouble by falling three wickets for 27 runs. After this, McGrath scored 38 runs while Grace Harris handled the team after playing an innings of 39 runs and was dismissed. In the end, Deepti Sharma scored 13 runs while Ecclestone remained unbeaten on 16 runs to give the team victory. Amilla Kerr was the most successful bowler for Mumbai who took two wickets. Deepti Sharma was awarded the player of the match for her all-round performance.