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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

H Kaur
71(43) 7x4 - 2x6
Control %84%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 14 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
0 0 3 10 22 6 11 19
G Wareham
G Wareham
43(33) 4x4 - 1x6
Control %81%
  • Productive Shot
  • slog shot
  • 16 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
6 8 1 0 1 6 9 12

Best performances - Bowlers

S Ismail
O4
M0
R25
W1
Eco6.25
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
SFM Devine
SFM Devine
O3.2
M0
R29
W1
Eco8.7
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Match Details

Toss

Mumbai Indians Women , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Season

Hours of play (local time)

19.30 start, First Session 19.30-21.00, Interval 21.00-21.20, Second Session 21.20-22.50

Match days

13 January 2026 - night match (20-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Mumbai Indians Women 2, Gujarat Giants Women 0

Scorer: Harshith Gowda | Commentator: Shashwat Kumar

11:21pm And that will be all from us. Another scintillating run-chase - we have now had two in ss many days - and we also have only one unbeaten side left in the competition now. We hope you enjoyed our coverage and we will be back with more WPL action tomorrow. Until then, from Harshith and myself (Shashwat), it is goodbye!

Harmanpreet Kaur, the Mumbai Indians captain, is also the Player of the Match: (How pleased she is) It was a good game. While bowling, we gave too many runs away. Batting wise, we were good, calculated really well. She (Amanjot) batted really well. In a tournament like this, everyday you have to try and score 200 batting first or chase these many. You know you have to go and bat for your team. We have to calculate and keep batting accordingly. When you have that much clarity, you can just execute. (On her record against the Giants) For me, every match is important. I didn't know this stat. Important for me to go in every day and bat for my team. Good to see all these (youngsters) girls taking responsibility and doing their bit for the team. Aman is someone who is willing to bat wherever. Whenever the team needs, they are there.

Vishal Pawar: "Make that 8-0 against the GG for MI women!"

Prakash: "This was the 2nd-highest score chased in the WPL. The top 5 scores have now all been chased against the Gujarat Giants."

Ashleigh Gardner, Gujarat Giants captain: It is pretty cliche but catches win matches. We pride ourselves on how we fielded in the first two games. We cannot drop world-class players. (On not bowling more tonight) If you look at the stats, I don't match up well to Harman. Sometimes as a captain, you have a tendency to under utilize yourself. Felt there were better match-ups. Hindsight is a wonderful thing, and maybe I was the right match-up. Could have bowled more overs but I felt I was not the right match. (Batting finish) The best thing about us is we have so much firepower. We know what Wareham and Bharti are capable of. Really pleasing they could finish off the innings. (Decision to retire out Soni) After our batting innings, I said and told her it was the team play. She was extremely disappointed but at that stage, we needed to find boundaries and clear the ropes at the end. First game, sure there were a few nerves around for her.

Nicola Carey: My job is pretty easy coming in off the back of what Amanjot and Harmanpreet did. Been very enjoyable so far. In any game, you want to play to your strength and that is what I am trying to do. Swung and missed some times but you have to stick to it. Really good team performance. We needed 10s or 11s an over, but you can score quickly on these grounds. We wanted to put pressure back on the bowlers and make them want to do something different.

11pm A record-breaking run-chase. The highest WPL total ever chased at this venue. The highest MI have ever chased in the competition, and it was fitting that Harmanpreet struck the winning blows. In Sciver-Brunt's absence, she had even more responsibility on her shoulders and she revelled in that extra pressure. The MI skipper hit the ball to all parts and even though she rode her luck, there was no denying the quality of her innings.

Take nothing away from Carey and Amanjot as well. Both played their parts and gave Harmanpreet the time to bat deep into the innings. GG will be disappointed with how often they missed their lines and lengths, and with the catches they put down. This was their third close game in succession but after two wins, they have now encountered their first blip.

19.2
4
Devine to H Kaur, FOUR, one ball is all Harmanpreet needs! That is all over, Red Rover, and the Mumbai Indians, turbocharged by their skipper, mount their highest-ever run-chase! Slower ball on a length on the stumps. Harmanpreet snaps her wrists into action and whips it away. Right in the gap between deep square leg and deep mid wicket, and that is soon followed by smiles, hugs and embraces in the MI camp. Their captain came to the party and as so many teams in the past have found out (including the Giants), that was more than enough!

4 off 5 now

19.1
1
Devine to Carey, 1 run, very full outside off. Carey opens her bat face and guides it towards backward point

Ah, here we go again. 5 off 6. Devine to bowl. Surely not? Around the wicket

END OF OVER:
19 | 9 Runs | MI-W: 188/3 (5 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 9.89, RRR: 5.00)

  • Harmanpreet Kaur67 (42b)
  • Nicola Carey37 (22b)
  • Kashvee Gautam4-0-33-1
  • Rajeshwari Gayakwad2-0-22-0
18.6
2
Gautam to H Kaur, 2 runs, Harmanpreet skies another, and the Giants put it down again! They might not catch a cold in the Arctic tonight! Length ball outside off. Harmanpreet has a wild whoosh at it and slices it. Soni swirls under a ball that swirls even more and grasses it in the point region. Might not have gotten hands to it in the end...
18.5
1
Gautam to Carey, 1 run, fullish on middle and leg. Carey jabs it towards deep mid wicket
18.4
2
Gautam to Carey, 2 runs, slanted in full on off. Carey plants her front foot and tugs it towards deep mid wicket. Harmanpreet takes on Fulmali's arm and makes it back

Sreeni: "The way all the teams are stacked up, the margins for winning match will be slim and teams with better fielding may come on top more often than not. Taking those half-chances, tidying up the ground fielding are the key. "

18.3
1
Gautam to H Kaur, 1 run, back of a length outside off. Harmanpreet sits deep in her crease and slugs it towards long on. Wanted the second too but it was never on

VinayMudunuru: "The best of Harman!!"

MI Women 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st20HK MatthewsG Kamalini
2nd17HK MatthewsAB Kaur
3rd72H KaurAB Kaur
4th84H KaurNJ Carey