The first match of the inaugural Tata WPL 2023 is won by Mumbai Indians defeating Gujarat Giants by 143 runs. Indian Team skipper Harmanpreet Kaur who is also leading the team Mumbai Indians has made the highest score of 65 runs in 30. She is considered to be the game changer for the team.
Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI) initiative Tata Women's Premier League (WPL) 2023 started with a full swing on Saturday, March 4, and made history by starting the match between Gujarat Giants (GG) and Mumbai Indians (MI). The match began at 7:30 p.m. after the inaugural session held at the DY Patil Stadium. Bollywood celebrities like Kriti Sanon and Kiara Advani gave a mesmerizing performance to cheer up the players while music sensation AP Dhillon also gave a power-pack performance singing his songs.
The captains of the respective teams, Beth Mooney from Gujarat Giants and Harmanpreet Kaur from Mumbai Indians were present for the toss where team GG won the toss and decided to bowl first.
The playing XI for GG Vs MI:
Gujarat Giants:
Beth Mooney (w/c), Sabbhineni Meghana, Harleen Deol, Ashleigh Gardner, Annabel Sutherland, Dayalan Hemalatha, Georgia Wareham, Sneh Rana, Tanuja Kanwar, Monica Patel, Mansi Joshi.
Mumbai Indians:
Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Yastika Bhatia (w), Hayley Matthews, Nat Sciver Brunt, Amelia Kerr, Amanjot Kaur, Pooja Vastrakar, Humaira Kazi, Issy Wong, Jintimani Kalita, Saika Ishaque.
The players who were on the field from both teams are:
Gujarat Giants:
Beth Mooney (w/c), Kim Garth, Sabbhineni Meghana, Sushma Verma, Sophia Dunkley, Parunika Sisodia, Ashleigh Gardner, Shabnam Md Shakil, Harleen Deol, Hurley Gala, Sneh Rana, Monica Patel, Annabel Sutherland, Tanuja Kanwar, Georgia Wareham, Mansi Joshi, Ashwani Kumari, Dayalan Hemalatha.
Mumbai Indians:
Yastika Bhatia (w), Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Jintimani Kalita, Hayley Matthews, Sanam Yadav, Nat Sciver Brunt, Dhara Gujjar, Amelia Kerr, Saika Ishaque, Heather Graham, Issy Wong, Chloe Tryon, Neelam Bisht, Amanjot Kaur, Priyanka Bala, Humaira Kazi, Pooja Vastrakar.
The match umpires for the day:
On-field umpires: Vrinda Rathi, Nitin Pandit
TV umpire: Paschim Pathak
Match Referee: GS Lakshmi
The franchise Mumbai Indians made a huge target of 208 runs for the opposition team Gujarat Giants. They scored 207 runs losing 5 wickets in 20 overs.
Captain Harmanpreet Kaur lead the team and scored the highest 65 runs in 30.
Hayley Matthews scored the second-highest score of 47 runs in 31.
Kerr was the third-highest scorer for the day with 45* runs in 24.
MI was in full form starting with great batting and ending the match with miraculous bowling taking 9 wickets off the GG team and restricting them to 64 runs in 15.1 overs. Saika Ishaque from Mumbai Indians took 4 wickets. GG captain Beth Mooney was injured during the match making no run.
