Minnu Mani dismissed two batters Sanjeevan Sanjana and Amelia Kerr in the middle order to haunt Mumbai Indians on February 28 at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Mumbai Indians who have been struggling to score runs and keep wickets during the WPL 2025 clash against Delhi Capitals have been put under more pressure by Minnu Mani.
Batting first, Mumbai scored only 35 runs for a wicket in the powerplay. They lost the wicket of Yastika Bhatia for 11 runs.
After Bhatia’s dismissal, Nat Sciver-Brunt joined Hayley Matthews aiming to balance the side, but the latter was sent out for 22 runs by Annabel Sutherland.
With Jonassen picking the wickets of Nat Sciver-Brunt and Harmanpreet Kaur for 18 and 22 runs Mumbai lost four wickets for 83 runs in the 14th over.
With their reduced run rate, Mumbai was further haunted by Minnu Mani, dismissing two batters in a over for 5 and 1. With their dismissals, Mumbai lost 6 wickets for 101 runs in the 17th over.
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Speaking at the toss, Meg Lanning said, “We are going to have a bowl tonight. That seems to be work at this venue. It is about tonight and playing well.”
“We know we have to play our best to win the competition. We have great depth and don’t rely on 1-2 players, different players have stepped up and I feel we have done that.”
“There is little bit in the wicket early on and we have two good new ball bowlers. Same team,” concluded Meg Lanning.
Meanwhile, Mumbai Indians captain Harmanpreet Kaur said, “It is a good wicket to bat on. We saw in the previous game on this pitch where 180+ was scored.”
“We are okay to bat first. We have to enjoy our cricket. Few of our batters are in good form and we want them to keep going. We are going with the same XI.”
