![WPL 2023 [Twitter reactions]: Harmanpreet Kaur’s captain’s knock helps MI defeat GG and reach the WPL playoffs](http://betvisa68.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Harmanpreet-Kaur-during-the-clash-against-Gujarat-Giants.jpg "WPL 2023 [Twitter reactions]: Harmanpreet Kaur’s captain’s knock helps MI defeat GG and reach the WPL playoffs")
Gujarat Giants (GG) locked horns with Mumbai Indians (MI) in match no. 12 of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2023 at the Brabourne Stadium in⛦ Mumbai on Tuesday (March 14).
Asked to bat first, MI lost their first wicket with just one run on the board. However, they made a strong comeback and posted a competitive total of 162 for the loss of eight wickets in their allotted 20 overs. Harmanpreet Kaur top-scored for her team and scored a brilliant 51 off 30 balls, including seven fours and two sixes. Supported by Nat Sciver-Brunt (36), Yastika Bhatia also contributed 44 crucial runs to the MI’s total. Meanwhile, Ashleigh Gardner picked up three wickets for GG and gave away just 3🐻4 runs in her quota 🐎of four overs.
In reply, Gujarat also didn’t start well and kept losing wickets at regular intervals. Harleen Deol played a resilient 22-run knock for her team but couldn’t sail them through. GG eventually lost the contest by 55 runs as .
On the other hand, Scier-Brunt and Hayley Matthews scalped three wickets each for the MI and helped the Mumbai-based team maintain their dominance by registering a fifth consecutive win in the tournament. Harmanpreet was adjudged ‘Player of the Match’ for her exceptional half-century knock.
With the win, Mumbai maintained their top spot in the and became the first team to qualify for the playoffs, while Gujarat remained at the fifth posi♋tion in the team standings with just𒉰 one win in their last five encounters.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
𝐅𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑 ��𝐄𝐑�🎐�𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan)
Make that 5️⃣ wins in a row! 🔥
Another dominating performance by
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— Women's Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20)
– Qualified into play-offs.
– 5th consecutive win.
– Top of the points table.
– 3 fifty from 4 innings.Captain fantasti𝔉c of Mumbai Indians, Harmanpreet Kaur in WPL.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
History – Mumbai Indians became the first team to qualify into the Play-offs of WPL.
— MI Fans Army™ (@MIFansArmy)
Mumbai Indians bಞecomes the first team to qualify for playoffs in WPL.
— R A T N I S H (@LoyalSachinFan)
Where lots of players struggling, Hꩵarmanpreet Kaur has been on top of her game as Batsman and as captain in the first ever WPL. So proud. ❤️
— ANSHUMAN🚩 (@AvengerReturns)
– Qualified into play-offs.
– 5th consecutive win.Captain fantasti🐻c of Mumbai Indians, Harmanpreet Kaur in WPL. Mumbai Indians became the first team to qualify for the playoffs in the inaugural WPL season.
— Ro-Hit = 📉 📈 (@imro45sh)
Mumbai Indians rulling in this WPL 2023.
— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh)
Mumbai Indians should be declared win🔯ner even before WPL starts or a team should be brought in WPL which can compete with MI
Because playing against all these teams is the lowest point of a team like 🥀MI especially with RCB |
— ⧼ʀᴏʜɪᴛᴹᴵ⁻ᴵᶜᵀ🇮🇳 (@Rokum45)
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