The Mumbai Indians slammed 37 runs for a wicket in the powerplay during the eliminators of the WPL 2025 season against Gujarat Giants on March 13.
They lost the wicket of Yastika Bhatia for 15 runs to Dani Gibson in the fifth over. Nat Sciver-Brunt joined Hayley Matthews at the crease aiming for a win in the match.
With Delhi Capitals securing a spot in the finals, the outcome of the match will get the second finalist of the season. Mumbai Indians has already secured a 9-run victory against Gujarat Giants in the league stage matches and it will be interesting to see if they can replicated their win.
Danielle Gibson with her first #TATAWPL wicket ☝️
Hayley Matthews 🤝 Nat Sciver-Brunt in the middle #MI 37/1 as the powerplay ends.
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Gujarat Giants won the toss and opted to bowl first, Speaking at the toss GG Women captain Ashleigh Gardner said, “We’re going to bowl. It’s another fresh wicket, and we feel that we did a lot of things right the other night.”
“Didn’t get the win, but taking a lot of positives from what we were able to do in the bowling innings. Dani Gibson comes in for Deandra Dottin. It happened five minutes ago because of an injury.”
“Really unfortunate for such a big game, but stoked for Danielle who makes her debut. It’s a pretty cool opportunity and hopefully she can shine. Generally it’s high-scoring. Might be a little bit in the wicket early.”
“Everyone’s super excited. We’ve played some really good cricket in this tournament. Apart from excitement, I’m sure there a lot of nerves as well in the camp as we’ve not been here before.”
Meanwhile, Mumbai Indians Women captain Harmanpreet Kaur said, “Yeah it’s a fresh pitch (would MI have bowled first as well?). For us, anything was okay. We have been in this situation twice and know how important this game is.”
“Only thing which works well is when you stay in the moment. One change – Parunika is not playing and Saika is back.”
Mumbai Indians Women Playing 11: Hayley Matthews, Amelia Kerr, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Amanjot Kaur, Yastika Bhatia(w), Sajeevan Sajana, G Kamalini, Sanskriti Gupta, Shabnim Ismail, Saika Ishaque
Gujarat Giants Women Playing 11: Beth Mooney(w), Kashvee Gautam, Harleen Deol, Ashleigh Gardner(c), Phoebe Litchfield, Danielle Gibson, Bharti Fulmali, Simran Shaikh, Tanuja Kanwar, Meghna Singh, Priya Mishra
