Mumbai Indians Women registered another brilliant victory by defeating Gujarat Giants by 9 runs in the 19th match of Women’s Premier League 2025.
The brilliant performances of Harmanpreet Kaur (54 runs, 33 balls) and Hayley Matthews (3 wickets, 38 runs) gave Mumbai the victory.
Mumbai Indians’ innings: Captain Harmanpreet’s brilliance
Batting first, Mumbai Indians posted a strong score of 179/6 in 20 overs.
Captain Harmanpreet Kaur (54 runs, 33 balls) and Natalie Sciver (38 runs, 31 balls) batted brilliantly.
Top 5 Scorers – Mumbai Indians:
- Harmanpreet Kaur – 54 (33 balls, 9 fours)
- Natalie Sciver – 38 (31 balls, 6 fours)
- Hayley Matthews – 27 (22 balls, 3 fours, 2 sixes)
- Amanjot Kaur – 27 (15 balls, 3 fours, 1 six)
- Yastika Bhatia – 13 (4 balls, 1 four, 1 six)
Top 5 Bowlers – Gujarat Giants:
- Ashleigh Gardner – 4 overs, 27 runs, 1 wicket
- Priyanka Mishra – 3 overs, 23 runs, 1 wicket
- Tanuja Kanwar – 4 overs, 41 runs, 1 wicket
- Kashvi Gautam – 4 overs, 32 runs, 1 wicket
- Diandra Dottin – 4 overs, 44 runs, 0 wickets
Gujarat Giants’ innings: Bharati Fulmali’s explosive fifty also went in vain
Gujarat Giants chased the target of 180 runs but were all out for 170 runs in 20 overs.
Bharati Fulmali’s (61 runs, 25 balls) stormy innings also could not make Gujarat win.
Top 5 Scorers – Gujarat Giants:
- Bharti Fulmali – 61 (25 balls, 8 fours, 4 sixes)
- Harleen Deol – 24 (17 balls, 5 fours)
- Phoebe Litchfield – 22 (16 balls, 4 fours)
- Simran Sheikh – 18 (16 balls, 1 four, 1 six)
- Kashvi Gautam – 10 (14 balls, 2 fours)
Top 5 Bowlers – Mumbai Indians:
- Hayley Matthews – 4 overs, 38 runs, 3 wickets
- Amelia Kerr – 4 overs, 34 runs, 3 wickets
- Shabnim Ismail – 4 overs, 17 runs, 2 wickets
- Sanskriti Gupta – 2 overs, 18 runs, 1 wicket
- Natalie Sciver – 3 overs, 28 runs, 0 wickets
Mumbai Indians’ entry into the playoffs is almost confirmed!
After this thrilling victory of Mumbai Indians, their place in the playoffs is almost certain.
Gujarat Giants also gave a tough fight, but the excellent performance of Hayley Matthews and Harmanpreet Kaur helped Mumbai win by 9 runs.
Now Mumbai Indians will be fully prepared for their next victory!
WPL 2025 MI vs GG, After Match Statement
Amelia Kerr(Mumbai Indians Women)- It’s been nice to be up the order and open the batting for my side. There is plenty of more cricket to come and hopefully I can get the runs when it matters. The likes of Amanjot Kaur and Yastika Bhatia were fantastic. At the halfway mark, we were slightly behind but we managed to get to par score in the end. It’s nice to get a win batting first. There is one short side and I was bowling with the short leg side boundary. The batters need to be smart and we need to stick up to the challenge as bowlers. I tried to keep the stumps in play. There was some incredible ball striking tonight and that was a challenge for us. Shabnim Ismail is ridiculously good. It’s great to have her in our time and she always delivers in the powerplay. Her pace and yorkers are an asset for us.
Ashleigh Gardner (Gujarat Giants captain): We obviously knew that this is a high-scoring venue, but we let a few runs slip by in the field. We wanted to chase it down in 18 overs to finish on top, gave it a good shot, but knowing that we are in the finals have given us a cushion. We have taken lots of positives from this game to be honest. Yes there are lots of learnings as always, but we are happy with where we are. We believe in Kashvee as a batter who can do a job at the top of the order. Bharati too is a good player, she can blast teams out with the bat! Let’s see whom we play next, but we want to reach the final for sure!
