Dominant mumbai indians

Dominant Mumbai Indians: Playing at home, the Mumbai Indians dominated in all departments of the game and completed a comprehensive 47-win over the Gujarat Giants in the Eliminator at the Brabourne Stadium on Thursday and set up Saturday’s WPL 2025 title clash against the Delhi Capitals.

On a fresh pitch, knocks of 77 each from Hayley Matthews and Nat Sciver-Brunt, along with a breathtaking 36 from captain Harmanpreet Kaur, took MI to a massive 213/4. In defence of the massive total, Hayley shined with her off-spin bowling to pick 3-31, as GG were bowled out for 166 in 19.2 overs. She also got good support from Amelia Kerr, who picked two wickets, while Nat and Shabnim Ismail were also amongst the wickets, as they sealed MI’s place in playing the summit clash against DC at the same venue on Saturday, in what is also the rematch of the 2023 WPL final.

Shabnim struck early for Mumbai when Beth Mooney’s outside edge was pouched by Hayley, moving to her right at first slip. Harleen Deol and Danielle Gibson hit five boundaries between themselves before the former was run out by an accurate throw from Sanskriti Gupta and Yastika Bhatia, dislodging the stumps in time.