MI vs UPW Highlights: Mumbai Indians vs UP Warriorz Highlights – Issy Wong hat-trick and Nat-Sciver Brunt’s all-round show have powered Mumbai Indians to their maiden WPL final. MI will now face Delhi Capitals in the final on Sunday. Wong’s 4/15 spell was the turning point as MI blew way UP Warriorz by 72 runs. Chasing a huge target of 183, UPW could only manage 110. Follow Women’s Premier League 2023 LIVE updates with InsideSport.IN.
𝙁𝙄𝙍𝙎𝙏 𝙃𝘼𝙏-𝙏𝙍𝙄𝘾𝙆 𝙀𝙑𝙀𝙍 𝙄𝙉 #𝙏𝘼𝙏𝘼𝙒𝙋𝙇 🔥
— Women’s Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) March 24, 2023
Take a bow Issy Wong 🫡
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Chasing a massive 183-run target, UP Warriorz got off to a poor start. Shweta Sehrawat departed for 1 as Saika Ishaque dismissed her in the second over. Two balls later, Issy Wong dismissed Alyssa Healy. UP Warriorz made things worse as they lost Tahila McGrath for 7 due to run out.
Kiran Navgire and Grace Harris struck a partnership to take their team’s total beyond the 50-run mark in 6.4 overs. The 35-run partnership was broken when Nat Sciver-Brunt dismissed Grace Harris for 14 with 56/4 on board.
Deepti Sharma walked out to bat and struck a partnership with Navgire. In the 13th over, Issy Wong wreaked havoc for UP Warriorz as the right-arm pacer got the prized scalp of Navgire for 43. Warriorz lost half of their side for 84. In the next ball, the Englishwoman dismissed Simran Shaikh for a golden duck by cleaning her up. Wong was on a hat-trick with two consecutive wickets and she achieved that by cleaning up Sophie Ecclestone too for a duck to leave UP Warriorz tottering at 84/7.
In the next over Hayley Matthews dismissed Deepti Sharma as Mumbai Indians inched closer to victory. UP Warriorz scratched their way to triple figure mark in 15.5 overs. Warriorz lost their eighth wicket for 94.
Jintimani Kalita dismissed Anjali Sarvani for 5 as the chase became a distant dream for UP Warriorz. Rajeshwari Gayakwad’s wicket taken by Saika Ishaque was the final nail in the coffin for UP Warriorz as MI registered a thumping 72-run win to enter the final.
𝙄𝙎𝙎𝙔 as you like! 😎😎
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Congratulations to @Wongi95 on creating history with the ball and claiming a memorable hat-trick 👏🏻👏🏻
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Mumbai Indians Innings: Put into bat first, Mumbai Indians started their innings with a cracking four of the very first ball of the opening over. MI openers Yastika Bhatia and Hayley Matthews rotated the strike brilliantly, not allowing the UP bowlers to settle down while whacking any loose ball on offer to the ropes.
Yastika was the aggressor, smashing boundaries regularly. However, her vigil was cut short as she was dismissed by Anjali Sarvani for 21 runs off just 18 deliveries.
Right-hander Nat Sciver-Brunt then came out to the crease. The duo of Brunt and Matthews played cautiously, slamming boundaries at regular intervals. Matthews’s enterprising knock was cut short after 16-year-old Parshavi Chopra produced a stunning delivery to send back the Mumbai batter. She scored 26.
Captain Harmanpreet Kaur came out to the middle at the fall of Matthew’s wicket. Brunt then opened up, as she slammed Parshavi for back-to-back sixes and boundaries in the 12th over of the game, garnering 16 runs.
Sophie Ecclestone then came up with a fine delivery to remove Harmanpreet for 14 in the 13th over. Melie Kerr replaced the skipper at the crease. Sciver-Brunt continued her red-hot form as she slammed UP bowlers all around the ground while also stealing singles and turning the strike over. Sciver-Brunt brought up her much-needed fifty off just 26 balls, in the 16th over of the innings.
Sciver-Brunt slammed Rajeshwari Gayakwad for back-to-back boundaries in the 17th over, scoring 13 runs. Kerr, however, fell prey to Ecclestone at a score of 29. New batter Pooja Vastrakar and Sciver-Brunt hammered Deepti Sharma for 18 runs, slamming two sixes and one four in the last over, to guide their team’s total to 182/4 in 20 overs.
Mumbai Indians Women Playing XI: Hayley Matthews, Yastika Bhatia(w), Nat Sciver-Brunt, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Melie Kerr, Pooja Vastrakar, Issy Wong, Amanjot Kaur, Humaira Kazi, Jintimani Kalita, Saika Ishaque
UP Warriorz Playing XI: Alyssa Healy(w/c), Shweta Sehrawat, Simran Shaikh, Tahlia McGrath, Grace Harris, Kiran Navgire, Deepti Sharma, Sophie Ecclestone, Anjali Sarvani, Parshavi Chopra, Soppadhandi Yashasri
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