WPL 2025: Mumbai Indians Beat UP Warriorz by Six Wickets: Mumbai Indians (MI) defeated UP Warriorz (UPW) in the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2025, winning the match rather convincingly by six wickets. The game was more entertaining with some action from both sides, with UPW starting strong before fizzling, while MI took the game calmly, showing mental strength and depth in their batting department. The triumph strengthened MI’s chances of being among the fiercest contenders in the tournament, as their all-round strength tilted the match in their favor in pivotal moments.
WPL 2025: MI vs UPW Match Summary
UP Warriorz Innings
Putting their batting armor first allowed UPW to lose some early wickets. Yet they stretched their score to a decent 150 runs for nine wickets at the end of 20 overs. Georgia Voll added live wires in the top, scoring a quick 55 (33) with 6 fours and 2 sixes. Followed by Deepti Sharma’s 27 off 25 balls. Unfortunately, a prompt middle-over collapse saw UPW falling like a deck of cards, losing 8 wickets for just 54 runs, which did hinder their tempo altogether. Amelia Kerr was the pick of the MI bowlers, with a figure for her name of 5/38.
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Mumbai Indians Chase
On the other side, the big MI chase was under wet ground from Hayley Matthews and Nat Sciver-Brunt. They put together a massive partnership of 105 runs. Matthews smashed 68 off 46 balls with 7 fours and 2 sixes, with Sciver-Brunt standing stoutly by her side with an unbeaten 37 off 23 balls, dominated by 5 boundaries. With MI losing a few wickets in the middle overs, the lower order kept their calm and guided the team to victory, finishing with several balls to spare.
Key Performances:
Nat Sciver-Brunt (MI): All-round carnival with a bowling figure of 1/16 and batting composed of an unfinished tally of 37 runs.
Hayley Matthews (MI): Another solid stone in the wall that holds the top order silently. 68 runs is the altitude at which Ms. Matthews elevates her claim.
With this victory, MI secures the WPL 2025 table, underlining their dominating form this season. UPW will have to re-strategize to keep afloat in the tournament.
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Playing 11 of Mumbai Indians and UP Warriorz
UP Warriorz: Kiran Navgire, Vrinda Dinesh, Deepti Sharma (c), Tahlia McGrath, Shweta Sehrawat, Grace Harris, Uma Chetry (wk), Chinelle Henry, Sophie Ecclestone, Saima Thakor, Kranti Goud.
Mumbai Indians: Hayley Matthews, Yastika Bhatia (wk), Nat Sciver-Brunt, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Amelia Kerr, Amanjot Kaur, Pooja Vastrakar, S. Sajana, Sanskriti Gupta, Shabnim Ismail, Saika Ishaque
