Mumbai Indians Trounce Gujarat Giants Again, Clinch WPL Playoff Berth

WPL: Mumbai Indians clinched a playoff berth with 3 matches still staying. © Twitter Mumbai Indians’ juggernaut continued in the Women’s Premier League on Tuesday as the Harmanpreet Kaur-led group stormed to their 5th win in a row, squashing Gujarat Giants by 55 runs. MI hence clinched a playoff berth with 3 matches still staying. After making a thumping start to the inaugural WPL versus Gujarat Giants with a huge 143-run win at the DY Patil Stadium, Mumbai Indians as soon as again overcame their challengers with a thorough overall program at the Brabourne Stadium. Gujarat Giants, who stammered to a 4th loss in 5 matches and stayed on the penultimate area in the five-team points table, made 107/9 in 20 overs going after 163 on a pitch that had something for all celebrations. In their previous conference, Gujarat were bundled out for 64 in 15.1 overs in a chase of 208. Hayley Matthews offseted her failure with the bat to return with 4-0-24-3 while leg-spinner Amelia Kerr bagged 2/18 to sustain Mumbai’s yet another excellent win in front of a partisan crowd. Producing an overall program for Mumbai was Nat Sciver-Brunt, who returned 4-0-21-3 after scoring an important 36 off 31 balls studded with 5 fours and a 6. While each of Mumbai’s abroad bowlers were amongst wickets, India’s uncapped Saika Ishaque stayed wicketless in her 4-0-20-0. Mumbai Indians looked constant however uncertain of a strong overall at the midway mark in their innings after being asked to bat initially, having actually scored 64 for one in 10 overs. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur smashed a 30-ball 51 laced with 7 fours and 2 6s, her blitz powering Mumbai Indians to a tough 162/8. Yastika Bhatia (44) and
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