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Best performances - Batsmen

Nat Sciver-Brunt
57(39) 11x4 - 0x6
Control %89%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 19 runs
  • 4x4 - 0x6
4 16 4 5 2 0 10 16
H Deol
H Deol
32(31) 4x4 - 0x6
Control %93%
  • Productive Shot
  • sweep shot
  • 14 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
4 0 10 0 0 0 4 14

Best performances - Bowlers

HK Matthews
O4
M0
R16
W3
Eco4
RHB
OFFLEG
3W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
KS Gautam
O3
M0
R15
W2
Eco5
RHB
OFFLEG
2W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH

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

18 February 2025 - night match (20-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Mumbai Indians Women 2, Gujarat Giants Women 0

Scorer: Chandan Duorah | Commentator: Shashwat Kumar

11:03pm That will be all from us for tonight. Plenty of cricket lined up tomorrow, including the start of the ICC Champions Trophy and another key WPL contest between the Delhi Capitals and the UP Warriorz, both of whom come into that game on the back of losses. Each and every ball of those matches can be followed on ESPNcricinfo and we would love to have your company. Until then, this is goodbye from Chandan and myself. Take care, folks!

Hayley Matthews, Player of the Match: (On her dismissal) That is just cricket sometimes (smiles). Happy that I was able to get a couple away but would have loved to carry on. (On her bowling) The conditions suited me very well, there was a bit of turn, tried to use the wicket to the best of my ability. Just keeping the stumps in play and trying to get the batters to hit to that side (the longer one) as much as possible. (On the defeat to the Delhi Capitals) The close ones always hurt the most. We got ourselves into a position where we could have won it. We were definitely hungry to turn things around tonight, and everyone is chuffed with the way we were able to bounce back.

Harmanpreet Kaur, Mumbai Indians captain: Whatever we talked about in the team meetings, we executed. Really happy everything went according to our plans. The first six overs are very important. Our bowlers did a great job. We picked the right bowlers to bowl (in the first six overs) and that gave us a stable start. (On what they need to do this season, being played across multiple venues) Be more consistent. We have a great team, a balanced side and we need to keep doing the right things again and again.

Ashleigh Gardner, Gujarat Giants captain: (What went wrong in the batting innings) We just lost wickets in clumps. We put a lot of onus on the top order to score a bulk of the runs but it wasn't to be (tonight). Wicket played differently to the other two, but I don't think we necessarily adjusted fast enough. It seemed to be a little bit faster in the first ten overs. There was a bit of turn when the spinners came on and bowled slower. They bowled well, and we did not adjust fast. (Conversations before the next game) We have a nice, little break. Lots of time to reset. We have been talking about resetting and taking each game as it comes. Lots of positives (to take from the first three games), we could have won two. Different players have stood up at different times and the younger players have stood up, which is great to see. It is awesome and you see the passion they bowl with. Their celebrations are awesome and special to captain them, knowing they are giving their 110 percent.

Nat Sciver-Brunt: (On her batting approach) Give myself a chance, hit straight and take it on like we were scoring a bigger chase - I find that gets me into a better mentality. Not fully high-risk but keep getting boundaries. (On what that approach exactly is) The attitude you have to chase 160 or something like that, trying to pick up a boundary every ball and then take singles, trying to take pressure off yourself. (On what has worked on these pitches) Taking each game as it comes, start from zero every time and see where the game takes you. Majorly focussing on hitting straight, everyone who has tried to hit it across the line, has gotten into trouble. Off to Bengaluru now, we will see how that wicket plays (now). (On losing the number of wickets they did in the chase and if that is a worry) No, not really. Everyone had the right attitude (while chasing) to take the game on. I would have liked to finish the game myself having done the hard work earlier, not really worried about that.

10:43pm Comfortable and clinical. Two words that epitomize the 2023 winners' display tonight. They restricted the Giants to a paltry total and then went to work with the run-chase. Sciver-Brunt was the star of their batting show, like she was on Saturday and seemed to be batting on a different surface altogether. The rest chipped in to ensure there were no hiccups and to ensure that their spotless record against the Giants remains intact.

Speaking of the Giants, well, they just were not at the races. This was their final home game but they failed to turn up, with their batting unable to adjust quickly enough. Their bowlers tried their best but the lack of runs on the board ultimately caught up with them.

16.1
4
Dottin to Sajana, FOUR, there it is! Five matches against the Gujarat Giants, and five wins against the Gujarat Giants. This particular juggernaut rolls on and the Mumbai Indians have their first points of the 2025 edition! Slot ball outside off. Sajana knows mid off is in the ring and rather than over-hitting it, just concentrates on clearing that fielder. Gets plenty on it and caresses it away. Smiles, handshakes and embraces in the MI camp. They have been utterly dominant tonight and have, after tonight, perhaps fired a warning shot to the rest as well!

There is a new Mumbai Indian in Vadodara today - G Kamalini, the wicketkeeper-batter who opened the batting in India's successful Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup campaign earlier this year. Sruthi Ravindranath caught up with her just after the auction to know her story.

END OF OVER:
16 | 14 Runs 1 Wkt | MI-W: 118/5 (3 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 7.37, RRR: 0.75)

  • G Kamalini4 (1b)
  • Sajeevan Sajana6 (5b)
  • Priya Mishra4-0-40-2
  • Kashvee Gautam3-0-15-2
15.6
4
Priya Mishra to Kamalini, FOUR, and she starts off as she means to go on! A hint of width outside off and a bit short too. Kamalini rocks onto the back foot and scythes it past backward point!

Kamalini, on debut, strides out

15.5
W
Priya Mishra to Nat Sciver-Brunt, OUT, chopped on, and that is an anti-climactic end to what was another sumptuous knock! Floated up full outside off. NSB looks for the sweep but this time, perhaps looks too square. The angle of the bat seems to be wrong too and in the end, she drags it onto the stumps. She is disappointed as she walks off, but she has done her job and brought MI to the cusp of their first points this season!

Nat Sciver-Brunt b Priya Mishra 57 (55m 39b 11x4 0x6) SR: 146.15

15.4
4
Priya Mishra to Nat Sciver-Brunt, FOUR, splendid shot! A bit of flight on the stumps and that is all NSB needs to jump out of her bunker. Gets to the pitch of the ball and smokes it over mid on!
15.3
1lb
Priya Mishra to Sajana, 1 leg bye, shortish on leg stump. Comes off very slow and Sajana plays three strokes in her head before eventually making a mess of her fourth and actual attempt. Rolls off her pads past the keeper for a run
15.2
4
Priya Mishra to Sajana, FOUR, oh dear! Very high full toss outside off and it gets the treatment it deserves. Sajana opens up her stance and mows it over mid on. That could very well have been a No ball, but it was not give on the field

MI Women 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st22HK MatthewsYH Bhatia
2nd24Nat Sciver-BruntYH Bhatia
3rd9H KaurNat Sciver-Brunt
4th45Nat Sciver-BruntAC Kerr
5th14Nat Sciver-BruntS Sajana
6th8S SajanaG Kamalini