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Mumbai defeated UP Warriorz on the basis of Nat Siver Brunt’s all-round performance and Hayley Matthews’ half-century innings. In this match played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Wednesday, UP, who came to bat first after losing the toss, scored 142 runs in 20 overs by losing nine wickets. Grace Harris scored the highest 45 runs for them. In reply, Mumbai’s team scored 143 runs in 17 overs by losing two wickets and won the match with 18 balls remaining.
Mumbai has reached the top of the points table.
With its third consecutive win in the tournament, the Harmanpreet Kaur-led team overtook Delhi Capitals and reached the top of the points table. Now Mumbai Indians have six points in their account and their net run rate is +0.780. On the other hand, Delhi is in second place with a net run rate of -0.223. RCB, UP and Gujarat are in third, fourth and fifth place respectively. All the five teams have to play three more matches each in the league stage.
Mumbai won due to the century partnership of Hayley Matthews and Siver Brunt.
Mumbai started this match with a jolt. Deepti Sharma made Yastika Bhatia her victim in the fourth over itself, who returned to the pavilion without any account. After this, Hayley Matthews got the support of Nat Siver Brunt. There was a partnership of 133 runs in 82 balls for the second wicket between the two. Sophie Ecclestone got the right-handed batsman of West Indies caught by Dinesh Vrinda. She returned to the pavilion after playing a strong innings of 59 runs in 50 balls. At the same time, Siver Brunt remained unbeaten after scoring 75 runs and captain Harmanpreet Kaur remained unbeaten after scoring four runs. The 32-year-old England player was adjudged Player of the Match for her all-round performance.
Harris and Vrinda became troubleshooters.
UP Warriorz had a slow start in this match. They got the first blow in the form of Kiran Navgire in the very first over by Nat Siver Brunt. She could score just one run. After this, Grace Harris and Dinesh Vrinda took over the front. There was a partnership of 79 runs between the two for the second wicket. Amelia Kar got Harris caught out by Shabnam Ismail. She returned to the pavilion after scoring 45 runs in 26 balls with the help of six fours and two sixes. At the same time, Vrinda scored 33 runs in 30 balls. Apart from these two, no batsman of the team could play a big innings. Deepti Sharma scored four, Tahlia McGrath scored one, Shweta Sehrawat scored 19, Chinelli Henry scored seven, Sophie Ecclestone scored six runs. Apart from this, Uma Chhetri and Kranti Gaur remained unbeaten by scoring 13 and five runs respectively. For Mumbai Indians, Nat Siver Brunt took three wickets while Shabnam Ismail and Sanskriti Gupta got two wickets each. Whereas, Hayley Matthews and Amelia Karr took one wicket each.
