Mumbai Indians Women vs UP Warriorz, Eliminator, Stats, Pitch Report, and Preview of WPL

The first Women’s Premier League comes down to the last stage of the tournament, and now Mumbai Indians Women will play against UP Warriorz Women in the Eliminator on March 24, 2023, at Dr. DY Patil Stadium. Mumbai Indians Women missed the chance to reach in final directly by just a few net run rate margins as Delhi Capitals women had +1.856 and Mumbai Indians Women had + 1.711.

Mumbai Indians Women and UP Warriorz played 2 matches before in the same Women’s Premier League in 2023. In the first head-to-head match, Mumbai Indians Women won the match by 8 wickets and showed the batting dominance of their side. Nat Sciver-Brunt showed her power hitting as she scored 45 runs in 31 balls and also bowled 3 overs for them. Tahlia McGrath and Alyssa Healy tried to save the team from defeat as both scored fifty for the UP Warriorz team.

In the 2nd head-to-head, UP Warriorz won the match against Mumbai Indians Women by 5 wickets in the low-scoring encounter. UP Warriorz bowled out Mumbai Indians Women on a 127 as Sophie Ecclestone took 3 crucial wickets and Deepti Sharma also took 2 wickets. They both also contributed in batting as they both scored 13 and 16, respectively.

Mumbai Indians Women will be the favorite to win as they had a better season and were the first team to qualify for the eliminator. They also have a better squad and inform players who can win the match for them. If UP Warriorz has to win this match, then their star players have to perform well in the match. Tahlia McGrath had a great season but she needs to keep her performance going because she has been very expensive in bowling.

Pitch Report of Dr. Dy Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai

Dr. Dy Patil’s pitch has mostly favored batsmen and spin bowlers but in the later part of the tournament, the pitch started to assist more spinners. There were many low-scoring matches that happened in the later stage of the tournament on this pitch.

In Eliminator and final matches, fresh pitches are used so the batsmen have more favorable conditions for them so they can score big. The team batting second has been more successful on this pitch as they won 7 out of 9 matches and batting first won just two matches. Chasing has been easy on the surface because most of the matches were played under the light, which helps batsmen more than bowlers.

Mumbai Indians Women won 3 matches on the venue out of 5 and UP Warriroz won 2 matches out of 4, which shows Mumbai is more favorable to the condition of the pitch.

Players to look out for in the Match between MIW VS UPW

Hayley Matthew (Mumbai Indians Women’s Team)

She started off the season with fire but has recently was not able to give any good performance with the bat. Hayley Matthew has been one of the best All-Rounders in the Women’s Premier League (WPL) as she has scored 232 runs and taken 12 wickets which helps Mumbai Indians Women’t to qualify first in the league for the playoff.

Harmanpreet Kaur (Mumbai Indians Women’s Team)

The Indian Women’s Team captain and the Mumbai Indians Women’s team captain also showed their class and scored 230 runs in 8 matches. She can bowl some spin also but till now, she did not go for that. Her last 3 inngins were not really good as she scored only 59 in three matches.

Sophie Ecclestone: She is the leading wicket-taker in the tournament right now, as she picked 14 wickets in 8 matches. She is the top-ranked bowler in women’s T20 and wants to outperform her last two performances. She took 97 wickets in 70 games while also scoring runs at an average of 17, but she has a higher average in the 100 leagues of England and the BBL of Australia, where she batted higher in the order.

Tahlia McGrath:  She is one of the most important players for UP Warriorz and is the 2nd highest run-scorer in the tournament. She scored around 295 runs in 7 innings and took 1 wicket in her 1st match. She performed superbly in her last match against Delhi Capital Women, in which she scored an explosive 90 Runs in 50 balls and took 1 wicket. She is the current ranked 1 batter in T20 Cricket and ranked 14th All-Rounder.

Deepti Sharma: She took 8 wickets and scored 74 runs which is not really great as potential. The Indian All-Rounder will look to perform well in the next match against the MIW. She has an average of 25 and took around 102 wickets in 92 matches. She is the best All-rounder on the Indian cricket team. She took 8 wickets and scored 74 runs which are not really great as potential.

Probable Lineup

Mumbai Indians Women (Playing XI): Hayley Matthews, Yastika Bhatia(w), Nat Sciver-Brunt, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Amelia Kerr, Issy Wong, Humaira Kazi, Dhara Gujjar, Amanjot Kaur, Jintimani Kalita, Saika Ishaque

UP Warriorz (Playing XI): Alyssa Healy(w/c), Devika Vaidya, Kiran Navgire, Tahlia McGrath, Grace Harris, Deepti Sharma, Parshavi Chopra, Simran Shaikh, Sophie Ecclestone, Anjali Sarvani, Rajeshwari Gayakwad