In the 14th match of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2024 between the UP Warriorz and the Mumbai Indians at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, the latter had a clinical victory over the Warriorz.
After winning the toss for the 4th consecutive occasion, Harmanpreet Kaur opted to bat for the 1st time in WPL. After a slow early start in the powerplay by the Mumbai Indians, captain Harmanpreet Kaur and her deputy Nat Sciver-Brunt stabilized the innings, stitching a 50-run partnership. Eventually, Saima Thakor got the better of Harmanpreet Kaur (33) with her maiden WPL wicket.
Top partnerships between Harmanpreet Kaur and Nat Sciver-Brunt in the WPL
106* VS UPW 2023
72 VS DC 2023
59 VS UPW 2024
At the end of 20 overs, Mumbai Indians scored 160 runs at the loss of 6 wickets against UP Warriorz with contributions from Amelia Kerr (39) and Sajeevan Sajana (22*)
In reply, the Warriorz didn’t have the desired start, losing 3 wickets in the powerplay for just 17 runs.
Lowest ever powerplay scores in WPL
17-4 GG VS MI 2023
17-3 UPW VS MI 2024
19-3 MI VS DC 2023
Notably, both the lowest and highest scores of UPW in the powerplay in the WPL came in the last 5 matches and against Mumbai.
21-3 VS DC 2024
61-0 VS MI 2024
59-2 VS GG 2024
56-1 VS RCB 2024
17-3 VS MI 2024
It was to the credit of Shabnim Ismail that Mumbai once again had a great outing as she finished her quota of 4 overs, giving away only 6 runs, including a crucial wicket of Alyssa Healy. With 19 dot balls in her spell, she leads the list for having bowled the most dot balls in an innings in the WPL.
Grace Harris came in the powerplay and could not consolidate much earlier and went on to play 14 dot balls before getting a run on the scoreboard, becoming the player to face the most number of balls before getting off the mark in the WPL. She could only score 15 runs in 23 balls before getting out.
After the powerplay, UP Warriorz looked nowhere in the chase with a steep chase ahead. In the last over of the match when Sajana came to bowl as the 8th bowling option, Mumbai Indians became the team to use the most bowlers to bowl in an innings in WPL, and Deepti Sharma was able to complete her consolation maiden WPL fifty on the final ball of the match. Mumbai Indians went on to win the match by 42 runs, which is also the largest win in terms of runs in WPL 2024.
Orange cap list
Smriti Mandhana – 6 matches 243 runs
Meg Lanning – 5 matches 201 runs
Amelia Kerr – 6 matches 174 runs
Grace Harris – 6 matches 173 runs
Sabbhineni Meghana – 6 matches 168 runs
Purple cap list
Jess Jonassen – 3 matches 9 wickets
Radha Yadav – 5 matches 8 wickets
Marizanne Kapp – 4 matches 8 wickets
Sophie Ecclestone – 6 matches 7 wickets
Sophie Molineux – 6 matches 7 wickets
