After three losses on the trot, UP Warriorz lastly had one thing to cheer about. On a sluggish floor on the D.Y. Patil Stadium on Thursday, the UP outfit shocked defending champion Mumbai Indians with a seven-wicket victory — its first within the Girls’s Premier League this season.
A few days in the past, the Warriorz head coach Abhishek Nayar had in contrast the defeats with darkish goodies, which style bitter because of their ‘90 per cent cocoa’ content material, and hoped for sweeter days forward. And, Harleen Deol (64 not out, 39b, 12×4) and Phoebe Litchfield cast a 73-run partnership for the third wicket to chase down Mumbai Indians’ complete of 161 for 5 with 11 balls to spare.
Taking classes from their errors within the earlier outing, Harleen and Litchfield didn’t the press the panic button, regardless of the Warriorz shedding captain Meg Lanning and Kiran Navgire in fast succession.
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The crew administration, which within the earlier sport blundered by ‘retiring out’ a set Harleen and denied her a deserving half-century, too, confirmed religion on the India batter as she flexed her muscle groups, hitting a flurry of fours, after the dismissal of Litchfield at an important juncture.
Whereas Nat Sciver-Brunt, recovering from meals poisoning, claimed a few wickets, not one of the different Mumbai Indians bowlers might make an influence as Harleen marched on and ultimately earned the ‘Participant of the Match’ award.
Regardless of little or no turnaround time, the Warriorz got here out contemporary, upbeat with confidence, and opted to bowl — a call which initially paid off because it managed to maintain a test on MI till the primary 12 overs, earlier than Sciver-Brunt and Nicola Carey put their foot down and guided the crew out of the woods.
Whereas Nat Sciver-Brunt, recovering from meals poisoning, claimed a few wickets, not one of the different Mumbai Indians bowlers might make an influence as Harleen marched on and ultimately earned the ‘Participant of the Match’ award.
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Whereas Nat Sciver-Brunt, recovering from meals poisoning, claimed a few wickets, not one of the different Mumbai Indians bowlers might make an influence as Harleen marched on and ultimately earned the ‘Participant of the Match’ award.
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Making optimum use of two reprieves, Sciver-Brunt toyed with the Warriorz bowlers en route her 43-ball-65 as Mumbai Indians scored 93 runs within the final eight overs, after struggling to attain simply 68 within the first 12. Regardless of Deepti Sharma giving it her all with the ball within the demise overs, Sciver-Brunt and Carey added 85 runs for the fourth wicket to assist Mumbai previous the 160-mark, which gave the impression to be a distant dream at one stage.
With Amanjot Kaur and G. Kamalini battling the brand new ball, Mumbai might rating simply 32 runs within the Powerplay — its lowest of the season. And, as Harmanpreet Kaur squandered a begin and fell to a surprising catch from Chloe Tryon, not many anticipated MI to combat again. However Sciver-Brunt and Carey held fort and guided the crew to a aggressive complete, which ultimately, proved insufficient.
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