Mumbai got its second win
Sports Desk, New Delhi. On the basis of captain Harmanpreet Kaur's brilliant half-century, Mumbai Indians on Monday stopped Gujarat Giants from scoring a hat-trick of wins in the Women's Premier League-2026. Mumbai defeated Gujarat by seven wickets. Batting first, Gujarat scored 192 runs losing five wickets. Mumbai achieved this target by losing three wickets in 19.2 overs.
Gujarat had made a strong score by adding 39 runs in the last two overs but it proved to be less in front of Mumbai. Gujarat had scored 16 runs in the 19th over and 23 runs in the last over. For that, in the last overs, Bharti Phoolmali played an unbeaten inning of 36 runs in 15 balls with the help of three fours and three sixes. Georgia Wareham scored 43 not out off 33 balls. This batsman hit four fours and one six in his innings. The hard work of both of them was ruined by Harmanpreet Kaur's unbeaten inning of 71 runs. The Mumbai captain played 43 balls, out of which seven fours and two sixes were hit.
Bad start for Mumbai
Mumbai needed a stormy start in front of this score, which it did not get. G Kamalini became the victim of Renuka Singh on the fifth ball of the third over. He scored 13 runs on 12 balls. Hailey Mathews was made his victim by Kashvi Gautam. She succeeded in scoring 22 runs on 12 balls. From here again captain Harmanpreet and Amanjot took over the innings and formed a partnership. There was a partnership of 72 runs between these two for the third wicket. On the total score of 109, Divine broke this partnership by dismissing Amanjot. He scored 40 runs in 26 balls with the help of seven fours.
The thrill came in the last five overs
In 15 overs, Mumbai team had scored 134 runs after losing three wickets. Captain Harmanpreet and Carrie were on the field. The team needed 59 runs in 30 balls to win. From here Harmanpreet stepped on the accelerator and scored runs rapidly. He completed his half-century which is his 10th in this league. She has become the player with the most number of half-centuries in this league. Nicole Carey supported the captain. She remained unbeaten after scoring 38 runs with the help of 23 fours in 23 balls.
Earlier, Beth Mooney and Kanika Ahuja batted stormily for Gujarat, after which the team managed to score 67 runs at the loss of one wicket in the powerplay. The team lost its first wicket in the form of Sophie Devine on the fourth ball of the third over at a total score of 22. Then Kanika and Moony scored runs quickly. On the third ball of the seventh over, Amelia Kar caught Mooney out on her own ball. She managed to score 33 runs in 26 balls with the help of three fours and one six.
Captain Ashley Gardner was made his victim by Carey. She was successful in scoring 22 runs on 11 balls. His wicket fell at a total score of 97. Kanika was also out after two runs. He scored 35 runs in 18 balls with the help of four fours and two sixes. Ayushi Soni retired out. She could score only 11 runs. Then in the end Bharti and Georgia took the team to a huge score.
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