Mumbai Indians women registered their maiden win in the first match of the Women’s Premier League as they defeated Gujarat Giants by runs. mumbai captain Harmanpreet Kaur A brilliant performance of 65 off just 30 balls set his side a target of 208 runs.
Batting first, the Mumbai Indians team scored 207 runs at the loss of 4 wickets. In response, the Gujarat team got piled on just 64 runs. Harmanpreet Kaur was instrumental in Mumbai’s victory as she had a strike rate of 216.67 in the match and hit 14 fours. He was also named player of the match for the game.
Coming out to bat in the first match of WPL 2023, Mumbai Indians got off to a bad start and lost their first wicket for just 15 runs. After 10 overs, the team had scored 77 runs at the loss of 3 wickets. After this Harmanpreet Kaur came on the field and thrashed all the bowlers of Gujarat Giants. Apart from Harmanpreet Kaur, Hayley Mathews scored 47 and Amelia Kerr scored 45 runs for Mumbai.
MI bowlers also did wonders
The team of Mumbai Indians dominated Gujarat Giants from the beginning of the match. Barring only two batsmen in the second innings of the match, none of the Gujarat batsmen could score more than 10 runs. Four players of the team returned to the pavilion at zero and in the end the Gujarat team could score only 64 runs. Apart from the defeat in the match, Gujarat has suffered another major setback. Team captain Beth Mooney retired hurt due to injury.
In this match played between Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Giants, Harmanpreet Kaur created history with her innings. Harmanpreet Kaur made a big record after scoring a half-century in this match. She has become the first player in the history of the Women’s Premier League to score a half-century.