Ladies’s Premier League: Mumbai Indians smashed Gujarat Giants within the opener of the WPL 2023, defeating them by means of 143 runs. This used to be the most important margin of victory within the girls’s T20 cricket.
Navi Mumbai,UPDATED: Mar 4, 2023 23:41 IST
Mumbai Indians defeat Gujarat Giants by means of 143 runs in WPL opener. (Photograph: PTI/BCCI)
Via India Nowadays Sports activities Table: Mumbai Indians got here out victorious in opposition to Gujarat Giants within the opener of the Ladies’s Premier League held within the DY Patil Stadium on Saturday, 4 March. A ruthless MI secured a 143-run win in opposition to Beth Mooney’s Giants – the most important margin of victory ever observed within the historical past of girls’s T20 cricket.
WPL 2023: MI vs GG Highlights
The win used to be harking back to the opener of the Indian Premier League again in 2008, the place Kolkata Knight Riders demolished Royal Challengers Bangalore by means of a margin of 140 runs. Like that sport, on Saturday, Mumbai posted a complete of 200+ runs within the first innings of the sport after which defended the overall, choking out the opposition for a sub-100 overall.
Previous, the most important margin of victory whilst batting first used to be 122 runs, set by means of Wellington girls in opposition to Otago in 2021. Harmanpreet’s aspect bettered the report by means of a couple of extra runs, securing the huge victory on Day 1 of the a lot expected WPL.
Mumbai had been despatched to bat first at the day by means of Gujarat captain Beth Mooney. MI batters, Hayley Matthews, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Harmanpreet Kaur and Amelia Kerr mauled the Gujarat bowlers to position up a large overall. Issues went horribly improper for Gujarat in the second one innings of the chase the place they misplaced Mooney within the first over of the fit. The most productive batter within the ultimate of the 2023 T20 Global Cup, hobbled off injured, in what gave the impression of a subject together with her knee. Giants avid gamers had been requested after the fit about Mooney, however weren’t in a position to present any replace at the participant.
After Mooney departure, Gujarat folded like a pack of playing cards in opposition to each spin and tempo and had been in a position to muster simply 69 runs for the lack of 9 wickets in 15.1 overs of the sport.
Edited Via:
Kingshuk Kusari
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Mar 4, 2023