- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR2.3 Taken at point! Yastika falls to the pressure. This was tossed up outside off from over the wicket and Bhatia looked slap it through the off side but ends up slicing it straight to Georgia Wareham! 15/19.6 Gardner has the big wicket! She has castled Matthews with a peach. This is on a length outside off and it spins in sharply and beats Matthews' bat as she looked to cut. She falls for a very entertaining 47 77/38.5 Picks out mid-off. That was tossed up outside off and Sciver-Brunt skipped out and looked to drive it over the infield, but can only find Sneh Rana, who takes a good catch 69/216.6 end of a great T20 innings, with the captain slicing a drive to short third. She almost yorked herself by coming down the track to a full ball. Didn't have the space to free her arms, and the cramped shot goes off the bat to the fielder. Nita Ambani gives an applause as Harmanpreet leaves the field 166/419.5 caught at cover with Vastrakar failing to get enough bat under that shot. Full ball outside off, fairly overpitched, and Vastrakar tried to helicopter a shot over the off side. Sliced but she brought out a useful cameo tonight 201/5Extras5 (b 1, w 4)TOTAL207/5 (20 Overs, RR: 10.35)Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Yastika Bhatia, 2.3 ov), 2-69 (Nat Sciver-Brunt, 8.5 ov), 3-77 (Hayley Matthews, 9.6 ov), 4-166 (Harmanpreet Kaur, 16.6 ov), 5-201 (Pooja Vastrakar, 19.5 ov)
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR2.3 Castled! Nat Sciver-Brunt with a dipping off-cutter that pitches outside off and seams in to hit the leg stump off her pads, beating Meghana's inside edge. Mumbai Indians are all over Gujarat Giants 5/30.4 On a length on off, she taps it towards cover and takes off for the single, but they decide against it 10.6 She lasts only two deliveries, does Harleen! It's on a length on off and Harleen gets a leading edge as she stretches forward to try and work it to the leg side. The ball balloons up to deep third where Issy Wong settles underneath 1/11.2 Edged and taken! Length ball outside off with the ball seaming away and Gardner gets a thick edge as she looks to drive. Matthews takes it reverse-cupped just in front of her face at slip. Good catch that, and Gardner departs for a golden duck! 3/24.4 Ishaque strikes and Giants lose their fourth! This is on a length on off, Sutherland goes across to try and paddle it behind but misses and it goes off her pad onto the stumps 12/46.5 Sneaks it through her defence and Wareham is gone! Tossed up full on off, it spins sharply and goes between her bat and pads as she looks to flick it. Ishaque has her second and Giants have now lost half their side 22/57.1 And into the wickets column! Strikes Rana in front and the umpire raises her finger. But Rana is quick to review. It was on a length around off and Rana pressed forward to defend. But the ball hit her on the knee roll on the front pad. It's umpire's call on wickets and Rana departs for 1 23/67.4 Hit straight to cover! Tossed up just outside off and she looks to drive. Comes off the outside half and Sciver-Brunt takes the catch above her head. A three-ball duck for Kanwar as the Giants' slide continues 23/712.4 appeal for lbw and not given. This was the ball that slid with the arm into the batter. Hurried onto Mansi, who tried to cut. And she missed. The ball hit something before dribbling to the leg side, question is bat or pad? And it is pad: the flap of her back leg, with impact in front of off. O-U-T. Ishaque with 3-11 now 49/815.1 a dream evening for Ishaque. She finishes with 4-11 as she goes stump to stump. Length ball and Patel tried to pull behind square. Missed, and the ball hit the top of middle. Passionate roar after the dismissal, and a hug from Harmanpreet too. Gujarat 64 for 9, Mumbai win by 143 runs 64/9Extras2 (w 2)TOTAL64 all out (15.1 Overs, RR: 4.21)Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Harleen Deol, 0.6 ov), 2-3 (Ashleigh Gardner, 1.2 ov), 3-5 (Sabbhineni Meghana, 2.3 ov), 4-12 (Annabel Sutherland, 4.4 ov), 5-22 (Georgia Wareham, 6.5 ov), 6-23 (Sneh Rana, 7.1 ov), 7-23 (Tanuja Kanwar, 7.4 ov), 8-49 (Mansi Joshi, 12.4 ov), 9-64 (Monica Patel, 15.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Nat Sciver-Brunt 2 0 5 2 2.50 8 0 0 0 0 IECM Wong 3 0 7 1 2.33 13 0 0 1 0 S Ishaque 3.1 1 11 4 3.47 14 2 0 0 0 AC Kerr 2 1 12 2 6.00 8 1 1 0 0 P Vastrakar 2 0 9 0 4.50 9 0 1 1 0 JN Kalita 2 0 12 0 6.00 4 1 0 0 0 HK Matthews 1 0 8 0 8.00 2 1 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Gujarat Giants Women , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
20:00 start, First Session 20:00-21.30, Interval 21.30-21.50, Second Session 21.50-23:20
Match days
4 March 2023 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Mumbai Indians Women 2, Gujarat Giants Women 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 44 runs, 1 wicket)
- Mumbai Indians Women: 50 runs in 7.2 overs (44 balls), Extras 3
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 35 balls (HK Matthews 28, Nat Sciver-Brunt 23, Ex 2)
- Strategic Timeout: Mumbai Indians Women - 69/2 in 8.5 overs (HK Matthews 42)
- Mumbai Indians Women: 100 runs in 11.6 overs (72 balls), Extras 3
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 25 balls (H Kaur 28, AC Kerr 23, Ex 0)
- Mumbai Indians Women: 150 runs in 15.2 overs (92 balls), Extras 3
- H Kaur: 50 off 22 balls (11 x 4)
- Strategic Timeout: Mumbai Indians Women - 159/3 in 16.0 overs (H Kaur 60, AC Kerr 25)
- Mumbai Indians Women: 200 runs in 19.3 overs (117 balls), Extras 5
- Innings Break: Mumbai Indians Women - 207/5 in 20.0 overs (AC Kerr 45, IECM Wong 6)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 17 runs, 4 wickets)
- BL Mooney retired hurt at 1/0 (0, 0.4 overs)
- Over 7.1: Review by Gujarat Giants Women (Batting), Umpire - N Pandit, Batter - S Rana (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Strategic Timeout: Gujarat Giants Women - 24/7 in 9.0 overs (D Hemalatha 6, M Joshi 0)
- Over 12.4: Review by Mumbai Indians Women (Bowling), Umpire - VG Rathi, Batter - M Joshi (Upheld)
- Gujarat Giants Women: 50 runs in 12.5 overs (77 balls), Extras 3
- Gujarat Giants Women: 50 runs in 13.2 overs (80 balls), Extras 2
Match Coverage
All Match NewsOpening act: Blue is the warmest colour as Harmanpreet, Mumbai carry WPL torch
Fireworks, loud music, a near sellout crowd, and a special knock from a special player: the opening night had it all
Harmanpreet lights up WPL Day for Mumbai in 143-run win
Giants fee-fi-fo floundered to 23 for 7 and then 64 all out after Mooney had to retire hurt
Harmanpreet's knock may have done to WPL what Brendon McCullum's did to IPL
Sweeps, check. Pulls, check. Slices and scythes, check. The famous bat swing was on show. The confidence had perhaps never left
Gujarat Giants and Mumbai Indians in a power-packed contest to kick off the WPL
Mumbai have many top-notch allrounders to pick from, while Giants are packed with Australia's world beaters
Deandra Dottin out of WPL, Giants name Kim Garth as replacement
Garth has already linked up with Giants after Dottin was "recovering from a medical situation"