The Mumbai Indians stormed through to the finals of the very first edition of the 2023 Women’s Premiere League. They defeated the UP Warriorz by a whopping 72 runs. Issy Wong was the game changer of the game with her brilliant hat trick and a magic spell of 4/15.
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MI vs UPW, WPL 2023 Highlights
The Mumbai Indians stormed through to the finals of the very first edition of the 2023 Women’s Premiere League. They defeated the UP Warriorz by a whopping 72 runs. Issy Wong was the game changer of the game with her brilliant hat trick and a magic spell of 4/15.
The UP Warriorz chased a goal of 183 and failed to get going and Kiran Navgire was the only player to challenge the Mumbai team’s bowling in any way. Navgire scored 43 points as the UP side gave their all in just 17.4 overs with 110.
After being asked to bat first, Nat Sciver anchored the innings and took the team to 182. She was helped by guest appearances from Amelia Kerr, Yastika Bhatia and Hayley Matthews.
| UP Warriorz-110 | Mumbai Indians – 182-4 |
| Kiran Navgire – 43 | Nat Sciver-Brunt-72* |
| Deepti Sharma – 16 | Amelia Kerr – 29 |
| Issy Wong – 4/15 | Sophie Ecclestone-2/39 |
| Saika Ishaque- 2/24 | Anjali Sravani – 1/24 |
Hayley Matthews, Yastika Bhatia (f), Nat Sciver-Brunt, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Melie Kerr, Pooja Vastrakar, Issy Wong, Amanjot Kaur, Humaira Kazi, Jintimani Kalita, Saika Ishaque
UP Warriorz plays 11
Alyssa Healy (w/c), Shweta Sehrawat, Simran Shaikh, Tahlia McGrath, Grace Harris, Kiran Navgire, Deepti Sharma, Sophie Ecclestone, Anjali Sarvani, Parshavi Chopra, Rajeshwari Gayakwad
MI vs UPW, WPL 2023 Toss
The throw in between Harmanpreet Kaur and Alyssa Healy was won by the latter, who chose to bowl first at Navi Mumbai’s DY Patil Stadium.
