The Mumbai Indians Women’s team showcased an impressive performance to clinch a 5-wicket victory against the Gujarat Giants Women in the 5th match of the Women’s Premier League 2025. The match, held at Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara on February 18, 2025, saw the Mumbai Indians successfully chase down the target set by Gujarat Giants.
Match Facts
- Toss: Mumbai Indians Women won the toss and opted to bowl first.
- Venue: Kotambi Stadium, Vadodara
- Umpires: Anish Sahasrabudhe, Gayathri Venugopalan
- Third Umpire: N Janani
- Match Referee: Meenakshi Mangla
Playing XI
- Gujarat Giants Women Squad
Beth Mooney (wk), Laura Wolvaardt, Dayalan Hemalatha, Ashleigh Gardner (c), Harleen Deol, Deandra Dottin, Simran Shaikh, Tanuja Kanwar, Sayali Satghare, Kashvee Gautam, Priya Mishra - Mumbai Indians Women Squad
Yastika Bhatia (wk), Hayley Matthews, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), G Kamalini, Amelia Kerr, Sajeevan Sajana, Amanjot Kaur, Sanskriti Gupta, Shabnim Ismail, Parunika Sisodia
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Match Scorecard
Gujarat Giants Women Innings – 120-10 (20 Overs)
Top Performers:
- Harleen Deol: 32 (31)
- Kashvee Gautam: 20 (15)
- Beth Mooney: 13 (9)
Best Bowling Figures (MI):
- Hayley Matthews: 3/16 (4 overs)
- Nat Sciver-Brunt: 2/26 (4 overs)
- Amelia Kerr: 2/22 (4 overs)
Mumbai Indians Women Innings – 122/5 (16.1 Overs)
Gujarat Giants didn’t lose against Mumbai Indians.They lost to Harmanpreet Kaur brilliance.
Her 95 runs of 48 balls will go down into the history book of brilliant Knocks.Nobody gave them a chance when they needed 91 of 36 balls.
Unbelievable knocks.pic.twitter.com/5LG9sgXzto
— Sujeet Suman (@sujeetsuman1991) March 9, 2024
Top Performers:
- Nat Sciver-Brunt: 57 (39)
- Amelia Kerr: 19 (20)
- Sajeevan Sajana: 10* (6)
Best Bowling Figures (GG):
- Priya Mishra: 2/40 (4 overs)
- Kashvee Gautam: 2/15 (3 overs)
- Tanuja Kanwar: 1/25 (3 overs)
Result: Mumbai Indians Women won by 5 wickets
Player of the Match : Hayley Matthews was awarded Player of the Match for 3 crucial wickets with 4.00 economy rate and additionally 17 runs.
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Women’s Premier League 2025 – Updated Points Table (as of Match 05)
| Team | Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | NR | Points | NRR |
| Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +1.440 |
| Mumbai Indians Women | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +0.783 |
| Gujarat Giants Women | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -0.525 |
| Delhi Capitals Women | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -0.882 |
| UP Warriorz Women | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.850 |
🚨 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝
G.Kamalini of @mipaltan becomes the youngest player to debut in the #TATAWPL 🥳
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— Women’s Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) February 18, 2025
Players Reactions After Match
- Matthews | Player of the Match: That’s just cricket sometimes (hitting a loosener straight to the fielder). Happy to get a couple away, but would’ve loved to carry the innings on for longer. The conditions suited me well. There definitely was a bit of turn for me. Just keeping the stumps in play. Obviously had the long boundary and wanted to have the batters hit to that side. The close ones always hurt the most. We got into a position in that match where we could’ve won it. At the same time, we were very hungry today to turn it around.
- Harmanpreet | MI captain: Really happy everything went according to our plans. Six overs are very important in the first innings. We picked the right bowlers for the first six. Want to be more consistent. Have a great team and a balanced side.
- Nat Sciver-Brunt: Give ourselves a chance, hit straight and bat with a mentality as if we are scoring a bigger score. The attitude was the same as if we are chasing 160, get boundaries, rotate strike and take pressure off yourself before it is too late. We take each game as it comes and mainly focus on the conditions, try to play as straight as I can and that has worked for me and I have to see how that wicket (in Bengaluru) plays out. Everyone had the right attitude and the right mentality to take the game on and we are not worried about that (the wickets column while chasing).
- Ash Gardner | GG captain: We lost wickets in clumps and we put a lot of onus on the top order to score a lot of runs and it wasn’t to be today. We could not adjust fast enough when we batted and Shabnim bowled really quick there it seemed a bit faster in the first 10 overs and I don’t think we adjusted overly fast and they bowled well. We have got a nice little break, a week, got time to reset and there are lot of positives to take from these 3 games and the younger players are shining which is so important to us. They (the younger players) love stepping into the field and bowling and you could see the passion in the way they celebrate the wickets as well. Hopefully we can put the perfect game going forward.
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