WPL 2023 [Twitter reactions]: Harmanpreet Kaur’s captain’s knock helps MI defeat GG and attain the WPL playoffs

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Gujarat Giants (GG) locked horns with Mumbai Indians (MI) in match no. 12 of the Girls’s Premier League (WPL) 2023 on the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on Tuesday (March 14).

Requested to bat first, MI misplaced their first wicket with only one run on the board. Nonetheless, they made a robust comeback and posted a aggressive whole of 162 for the lack of eight wickets of their allotted 20 overs. Harmanpreet Kaur top-scored for her workforce and scored a superb 51 off 30 balls, together with seven fours and two sixes. Supported by Nat Sciver-Brunt (36), Yastika Bhatia additionally contributed 44 essential runs to the MI’s whole. In the meantime, Ashleigh Gardner picked up three wickets for GG and gave away simply 34 runs in her quota of 4 overs.

In reply, Gujarat additionally didn’t begin nicely and saved dropping wickets at common intervals. Harleen Deol performed a resilient 22-run knock for her workforce however couldn’t sail them by way of. GG finally misplaced the competition by 55 runs as they managed to attain solely 109/9 in 20 overs.

Alternatively, Scier-Brunt and Hayley Matthews scalped three wickets every for the MI and helped the Mumbai-based workforce preserve their dominance by registering a fifth consecutive win within the match. Harmanpreet was adjudged ‘Participant of the Match’ for her distinctive half-century knock.

With the win, Mumbai maintained their prime spot within the WPL 2023 factors desk and have become the primary workforce to qualify for the playoffs, whereas Gujarat remained on the fifth place within the workforce standings with only one win of their final 5 encounters.

Right here’s how Twitter reacted:

𝐅𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐#OneFamily #MumbaiIndians #AaliRe #MIvGG pic.twitter.com/V4PUv4Iz06

— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) March 14, 2023

Make that 5️⃣ wins in a row! 🔥

One other dominating efficiency by @mipaltan

View Scorecard ▶️ https://t.co/Hr0F1X3aj4 #TATAWPL | #MIvGG pic.twitter.com/8XV0CpVS8n

— Girls’s Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) March 14, 2023

– Certified into play-offs.
– fifth consecutive win.
– High of the factors desk.
– 3 fifty from 4 innings.

Captain unbelievable of Mumbai Indians, Harmanpreet Kaur in WPL. pic.twitter.com/IBhncZFKDb

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) March 14, 2023

Historical past – Mumbai Indians grew to become the primary workforce to qualify into the Play-offs of WPL. pic.twitter.com/6lrpLnhj82

— MI Followers Military™ (@MIFansArmy) March 14, 2023

Mumbai Indians turns into the primary workforce to qualify for playoffs in WPL. pic.twitter.com/ThN1JYEZpC

— R A T N I S H (@LoyalSachinFan) March 14, 2023

The place plenty of gamers struggling, Harmanpreet Kaur has been on prime of her recreation as Batsman and as captain within the first ever WPL. So proud. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/TP5UdCTbdC

— ANSHUMAN🚩 (@AvengerReturns) March 14, 2023

– Certified into play-offs.
– fifth consecutive win.

Captain unbelievable of Mumbai Indians, Harmanpreet Kaur in WPL. Mumbai Indians grew to become the primary workforce to qualify for the playoffs within the inaugural WPL season. pic.twitter.com/KzKBEpvZuj

— 𝐑𝐨-𝐇𝐢𝐓 हैं। 🇮🇳 FC 45° (@imro45sh) March 14, 2023

Mumbai Indians rulling on this WPL 2023. pic.twitter.com/7x99qWq2Ui

— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) March 14, 2023

Mumbai Indians must be declared winner even earlier than WPL begins or a workforce must be introduced in WPL which might compete with MI

As a result of enjoying in opposition to all these groups is the bottom level of a workforce like MI particularly with RCB#WPL2023 | #MIvGG pic.twitter.com/M51Y7YxKjv

— ⧼ʀᴏʜɪᴛᴹᴵ⁻ᴵᶜᵀ🇮🇳 (@Rokum45) March 14, 2023