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Was the Indian Women's Cricket Team the most improved and attacking team of the Commonwealth Games 2022?

It was a historic outing for the Indian women's cricket team, who clinched their first medal at the Commonwealth Games 2022.

Aug 8, 2022, 8:47 AM2 min read

Was the Indian Women's Cricket Team the most improved and attacking team of the Commonwealth Games 2022?

The Indian Women's Cricket team failed to clinch the gold at the Commonwealth games 2022. The Indian skipper Harmanpreet Kaur is not disappointed even after the loss from the winning situation. She is happy on the contrary as they gave their best and the most improved and attacking team of this tournament. Do you think the same? Let's discuss this in detail.

Also read: Commonwealth Games 2022: Full list of Indian medalists

Harmanpreet Kaur and Renuka Singh after the final of Commonwealth Games 2022 | Sportz Point
Harmanpreet Kaur (Right) and Renuka Singh after the final. Image- MyKhel

Once again, the Indian women's cricket team had to settle for second. Despite going close to winning, they had to lose from the winning situation. Harmanpreet's team lost by only 9 runs against Australia. Captain Harmanpreet herself played a fast inning of 65 runs. Jemima Rodriguez also scored 33 runs. But the lack of an experienced batter suffered in the end. The match was under their control for a while but they lost wickets one after another towards the end. Since then the team's batting has come under criticism.

India lost only two matches in Birmingham Games and both against Australia. It should be noted that both the matches seemed to be won by India at one time. But a few blunders in the match doomed India's gold hopes. Even India was ahead in total runs of the tournaments as well as total run rates and total boundaries too.

Also read: Most Wickets in Commonwealth Games 2022

However, despite losing the final, it was a historic outing for the Indian women's cricket team, who clinched their first medal at the Commonwealth Games 2022.

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Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians WPL 2025 Final Highlights: Mumbai Indians clinch their second title

Catch the Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians WPL 2025 Final highlights as Mumbai Indians defeated Delhi Capitals by 8 runs to clinch their second WPL title.

Mar 15, 2025, 7:23 PM1 min read

Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians WPL 2025 Final LIVE Updates, Scores, News and Free Commentary: Nat Sciver-Brunt dismissed Meg Lanning early | sportzpoint.com
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Hello and welcome to the final day of Women's Premier League (WPL) 2025. Tonight, we will bring you the LIVE updates, news and free commentary of the Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians WPL 2025 final match, at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai.

Mumbai Indians qualified for the final after beating Gujarat Giants in the eliminator. Meantime, Delhi Capitals qualified for the finals for the third time in a row after topping the league chart. 

Delhi Capitals will look for their maiden Women's Premier League title while Mumbai Indians will aim for their second title after they won the trophy in the inaugural season.

So, sit back and relax as we bring you all the LIVE updates of the match to you. Enjoy the coverage. 

LIVE Updates

Mar 15, 2025, 7:14 PM

Mumbai clinch WPL title for the second time

Mar 15, 2025, 7:01 PM

WPL 2025 Individual Winners' List

  • Emerging player of the season: Amanjot Kaur
  • Orange Cap Winner: Nat Sciver-Brunt
  • Purple Cap Winner: Amelia Kerr
  • Player of the season: Nat Sciver-Brunt

Mar 15, 2025, 6:00 PM

Mumbai win their second WPL title!

Mumbai win their second WPL title | sportzpoint.com

It is all over for Delhi Capitals. 

Harmanpreet Kaur becomes the first captain to win the WPL multiple times. 

Mumbai Indians clinch their second Women's Premier League title. 

Third consecutive defeat for Delhi Capitals in the final. 

Mar 15, 2025, 5:59 PM

10 from last ball

Mumbai now need to just ball the last ball and they will have their second trophy.

Mar 15, 2025, 5:58 PM

11 from 2!

Mumbai have one hand on the trophy!

Mar 15, 2025, 5:57 PM

Dot ball!

Back of the hand slower ball from Nat Sciver-Brunt and Niki played and missed it. 

12 from 3 now.

Mar 15, 2025, 5:57 PM

12 from 4!

Charani plays it straight down the ground and Niki is on strike. 

Mar 15, 2025, 5:56 PM

13 from 5 balls!

Niki swung it hard but it went straight to the fielder in the deep mid-wicket. 

13 needed from 5 balls. 

Mar 15, 2025, 5:54 PM

14 need from the last over!

14 needed from the last over. 

Can the youngster do it? 

Mar 15, 2025, 5:54 PM

Niki Prasad keeps on fighting!

A massive six from the former U19 Captain. 

Delhi now needs 15 from 7. 

Mar 15, 2025, 5:48 PM

Over 18: 23 needed from 12 balls

Minnu Mani hits her first ball for a four and Delhi now needs 23 from 12 balls. 

Mar 15, 2025, 5:47 PM

Two-in-two for Nat Sciver-Brunt

Another off-cutter and it knocks out Shikha Pandey's off-stump. 

Nat Sciver-Brunt can do anything. 

Mumbai is an inch closer to the trophy now. 

Delhi is 123/8 after 17.5 overs. 

Mar 15, 2025, 5:45 PM

Nat Sciver-Brunt gets Kapp

The hopes are nearly over now for Delhi Capitals.

Marizanne Kapp wanted to loft the ball over the long off but could not get the power behind the slower ball from Nat Sciver-Brunt. 

She goes after a solid 40 from 26 balls. 

27 needed from 14 balls. 

Mar 15, 2025, 5:42 PM

Over 17: DC 121/6

Niki Prasad does a wonderful job here to get the boundary in the last ball of the over. 

Shabnim Ismail is done now with her spell. 

29 needed from 18 balls. 

Mar 15, 2025, 5:38 PM

16th over: DC 115/6

Huge over for Delhi Capitals.

Kapp hit Saika for a straight four and then a six, of which Kerr nearly pulled off an extraordinary catch. 

Shabnim Ismail misfielded one to give her another four. 

17 from the over.

35 needed from last 4. 

Mar 15, 2025, 5:33 PM

15th Over: DC 98/6

Kapp did not get that many strikes in this over against Kerr. 

Niki is now unbeaten on 6 from 10 and she needs to get off-strike.. 

52 needed from 30 balls. 

Mar 15, 2025, 5:27 PM

14th over: DC 93/6

Marizanne Kapp goes on the attack, Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals, WPL 2025, final, Mumbai, March 15, 2025

Marizanne Kapp keeps on fighting for Delhi Capitals. 

She hits two boundaries in the last two balls of the 14th over from Hayley Matthews. 

Delhi now need 57 runs in 36 balls.

Mar 15, 2025, 5:21 PM

Bryce is RUN-OUT!

Delhi Capitals lose their sixth.

Even after a six and a boundary from Kapp, they lose their sixth after a hesitation. 

Kapp tapped the ball towards the point and Bryce stopped in between before making a failed attempt to complete the run. 

DC 84/6 after 13. 

Mar 15, 2025, 5:13 PM

Kerr gets Jemimah | DC 67/5

Kerr gets Jemimah, Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians WPL 2025 Final | sportzpoint.com

Just when things were getting a tad good for Delhi, Kerr dismissed Jemimah Rodrigues. 

After two boundaries in the first two balls of the over, Jemiamah spooned one up in the air after managing a leading edge. 

Kerr took a diving catch to dismiss her. 

Delhi Capitals are 67/5 after 11 overs. 

Mar 15, 2025, 5:06 PM

9th Over: DC 53/4

Jemimah was able to hit a boundary in the over against Kerr but she will have to keep doing it. 

DC 53/4 after 9 overs. 

Jemimah 19 from 14. 

Mar 15, 2025, 5:02 PM

Saika Ishaque gets Sutherland | DC 44/4

Saika Ishaque and Harmanpreet Kaur celebrate a wicket, Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals, WPL 2025, final, Mumbai, March 15, 2025

Saika Ishaque gets the big wicket of Annabel Sutherland. 

Sutherland wanted to use her feet and came down the crease but only to miss the ball completely. 

Yastika did the rest to stump her out. 

Delhi Capitals 44/4 in 8 overs. 

Mar 15, 2025, 4:55 PM

Kerr dismisses Jess | DC 37/3

Amelia Kerr is mobbed by her team-mates after striking in her first over, Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals, WPL 2025, final, Mumbai, March 15, 2025

Amelia Kerr comes into the attack and dismisses Jess Jonassen with a googly. 

Jess tried to play it on the legside and managed only a top edge. Yastika Bhatia took the easy catch to dismiss her. 

Delhi Capitals 37/3 after 6.1 over. 

Mar 15, 2025, 4:51 PM

6th over: DC 37/2

15 comes from Hayley Matthews' over. 

Jonassen hit the first ball for a four and then a misfield from Saika Ishaque handed them another boundary. 

Jemimah finished the over with another boundary to make it big for them.

DC 37/2 after the powerplay. 

Mar 15, 2025, 4:46 PM

5th Over: DC 22/2

Only 1 run from the Shabnil Ismail's over and it is getting tighter now with every dot ball.

Delhi Capitals 22/2 after 5. 

Mar 15, 2025, 4:43 PM

4th over: DC 21/2

Hayley Matthews bowls a tight over. Jemimah was nearly run out in the last ball of the over but a dive saved her. 

Delhi Capitals 21/2 after 4. 

Mar 15, 2025, 4:40 PM

3rd Over: DC 17/2

Both the openers are gone now. 

Shabnim Ismail gets the big wicket of Shafali Verma. 

The off-cutter did the trick as Shafali went across the stumps and missed the ball completely. 

It was plumb in front and Delhi Capitals are 17/2 after 3. 

Mar 15, 2025, 4:33 PM

2nd over: DC 15/1

Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians WPL 2025 Final LIVE Updates, Scores, News and Free Commentary: Nat Sciver-Brunt dismissed Meg Lanning early | sportzpoint.com

Huge wicket!

Nat Sciver-Brunt after going for a boundary, comes back with a stunning delivery to rattle the stumps of Meg Lanning. 

Delhi Capitals are 15/1 after 2. 

Mar 15, 2025, 4:29 PM

1st over: DC 7/0

Delhi Capitals start well with seven from the first over. 

Lanning managed one boundary in the first ball against Shabnim Ismail as he went for a big drive and got a thick outside edge. 

Shafali took one single in the first over.

7/1 after 1. 

Mar 15, 2025, 4:23 PM

Can DC create history?

Welcome back from the break!

Delhi Capitals will be verge of history. Can they hold their nerve, that would be the most important thing! 

Mar 15, 2025, 4:06 PM

MI 149/7 in the first inning

Mar 15, 2025, 4:02 PM

Over 19: MI 137/7

A huge six from youngster Kamalini against Charani in the first over but the spinner got the final laugh with the wicket of the southpaw batter.

But, Aamnjot Kaur hit a boundary in the final ball to make it a big over for Mumbai. 

MI 137/7 after 19. 

Mar 15, 2025, 3:52 PM

Harmanpreet Kaur goes after 66!

Huge moment in the match. 

Harmanpreet Kaur goes after a stunning inning of 66 from 44 balls. 

Sutherland gets the big wicket in the 18th over. 

Mumbai 118/6 after 17.1

Mar 15, 2025, 3:50 PM

Over 16: MI 112/5; two-wicket over from Jess

Harmanpreet hits another six on the first ball of the over but Jess Jonassen came back strong in the over.

Jess Jonassen outfoxed Kerr with a flighted delivery to get their fourth wicket. 

But, the big moment of the match came out when she trapped Sajeevan Sajana in front of the wicket. 

MI 112/5 after 16. 

Jess Jonassen's double-wicket over dented Mumbai Indians, Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals, WPL 2025, final, Mumbai, March 15, 2025

 

Mar 15, 2025, 3:40 PM

Over 15: Nat Sciver-Brunt goes for 30

Shree Charani celebrates the wicket of Nat Sciver-Brunt, Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals, WPL 2025, final, Mumbai, March 15, 2025 | sportzpoint.com
Image | BCCI

Youngster Charani makes up for the poor balls she bowled in the first four balls of the over. 

After conceding a boundary and a five-wide, she gets rid of Nat Sciver-Brunt for 30. 

Nat went for a powerful sweep shot but Minnu Mani at square leg took a good catch to dismiss her. 

MI 104/3 after 15 overs. 

Mar 15, 2025, 3:32 PM

Over 14: MI 92/2

Only five come from Sutherland's third over.

Nat Sciver-Brunt played four dot balls before Harmanpreet hit the last one for four. 

Mumbai Indians are  92/2 after 14.

Mar 15, 2025, 3:25 PM

Fifty for Harmanpreet Kaur!

Two boundaries in the 13 over against Minnu Mani and Harmanpreet Kaur gets to her fifty in just 33 balls.

Mar 15, 2025, 3:24 PM

Over 12: MI 77/2

Another big over for Mumbai Indians. 

Harmanpreet Kaur started with a lofted cover drive in the first ball against Shikha Pandey.

Nat Sciver-Brunt finished the over with a boundary as well. 

11 from the over. 

MI 77/2.

Mar 15, 2025, 3:20 PM

Over 11: MI 66/2

Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians WPL 2025 Final LIVE Updates, Scores, News and Free Commentary: Harmanpreet Kaur scores fifty; MI 87/2 | sportzpoint.com

Harmanpreet Kaur shows how it is done. 

Three back-to-back boundaries against Jess Jonassen and the fifty partnership between Harman and Nat come up. 

It comes in just 39 balls as well. 

Kaur moves to 36 from 26.

MI 66/2 after 11. 

Mar 15, 2025, 3:15 PM

Over 10: MI 53/2

Harmanpreet Kaur at her best. 

She first shuffled across the stumps to hit Sutherland for a six over square leg and then a stunning cover drive to get a boundary. 

13 comes from the over.

Mumbai Indians 53/2 after 10.

Mar 15, 2025, 3:14 PM

Over 9: MI 40/2

Two boundaries for Nat Sciver-Brunt against the young spinner Charani. 

However, she was nearly run out at the batter's end while taking a quick single. 

If Niki Prasad had hit the stumps, it would have been the end of Nat Sciver-Brunt. 

MI 40/2 after 9.

Mar 15, 2025, 3:07 PM

Over 8: MI 28/2

Harmanpreet Kaur tried a few laps against Jess Jonassen as Delhi introduced spin. 

Six came from the 8th over. 

Mumbai Indians 28/2 after 8.

Mar 15, 2025, 3:03 PM

Over 7: MI 22/2

Marizanne Kapp bowls out her entire four overs in her first spell. 

Only two come from her final over of the match. 

Just 11 runs conceded off four overs, and two massive wickets.

Kapp 4-11-2. 

Mar 15, 2025, 3:00 PM

Nat Sciver-Brunt becomes the first player to score 1000 WPL runs

Nat Sciver-Brunt, the English all-rounder becomes the first player in the tournament history to score 100 Women's Premier League runs. 

She is just 3 runs away from scoring 500 runs in the tournament this season. 

Mar 15, 2025, 2:56 PM

Over 6: MI 20/2

This is the second-lowest powerplay score for Mumbai Indians in WPL. 

Harmanpreet Kaur hit a wonderful square cut to get her first boundary of the match. But, she could not get any singles in the over against Annable Sutherland as only five came from the last over of the powerplay. 

Mumbai Indians 20/2 after 5. 

Mar 15, 2025, 2:49 PM

Over 5: Jemimah takes a stunning catch to dismiss Yastika!

Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians WPL 2025 Final LIVE Updates, Scores, News and Free Commentary: Marizanne Kapp took two wickets in the powerplay | sportzpoint.com
Image | BCCI

Mumbai lose their second wicket. 

Kapp gets her second wicket. 

Yastika Bhatia after hitting the first boundary of the final, went for the cover drive again and only managed to provide a low catch to Jemimah at cover. 

Jemimah dived in front of her to get the catch.

Mumbai Indians are 15/2 after 5. 

Mar 15, 2025, 2:44 PM

Over 3: MI 5/1 | Kapp gets Matthews

Mar 15, 2025, 2:40 PM

Over 2: MI 3/0

Top class from Shikha Pandey as well. 

Inswingers against Matthews to attack the stumps while she nearly managed an edge against Yastika. 

Only 1 from her first over. 

Mumbai Indians 3/0. 

Mar 15, 2025, 2:36 PM

Over 1: MI 2/0

Kapp was on the money with her outswingers. 

Bhatia took a single in the first ball while Matthes let a few go before punching one for a single in the final ball of the first over. 

Mumbai Indians 2//0. Shikha Pandey takes the new ball from the other end.

Mar 15, 2025, 2:32 PM

Yastika Bhatia and Hayley Matthews open for MI

Yastika Bhatia and Hayley Matthews are opening for Mumbai Indians. 

Matthews has been tremendous at the top of the order. Meantime, Yastika would love to score big in the final after missing out on many games this season. 

Marizanne Kapp with the new ball for Delhi Capitals.

Mar 15, 2025, 2:27 PM

One change for DC; MI unchanged

Shree Charani replaces Titas Sadhu for Delhi Capitals.

Mumbai Indians with an unchanged playing XI for the final.  

Mar 15, 2025, 2:21 PM

Playing XIs

Delhi Capitals: Meg Lanning, Shafali Verma, Jess Jonassen, Jemimah Rodrigues, Annabel Sutherland, Marizanne Kapp, Sarah Bryce, Niki Prasad, Shikha Pandey, Minnu Mani, Shree Charani.  

Mumbai Indians: Yastika Bhatia, Hayley Matthews, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Harmanpreet Kaur, Sajeevan Sajana, Amelia Kerr, Amanjot Kaur, G Kamalini, Sanskriti Gupta, Shabnim Ismail, Saika Ishaque.

Mar 15, 2025, 2:12 PM

Delhi win the toss!

Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians WPL 2025 Final LIVE Updates, Scores, News and Free Commentary

Meg Lanning wins the toss and decides to bowl first.

Harmanpreet Kaur says she would have bowled first as well. 

Mar 15, 2025, 1:59 PM

Toss Update!

The toss is coming to you right after this break. Stay tuned for the toss update. 

Mar 15, 2025, 1:48 PM

Win the toss and bat first or bowl first?

It would be interesting to see what both the captains think about the toss. 

We are just 12 minutes away from the important toss!

Mar 15, 2025, 1:45 PM

Shafali or Harmanpreet?

Both the Indian batters have been in six-hitting mode from the start of the season. 

Who will hit the most sixes tonight?

Only time will tell?

Mar 15, 2025, 1:45 PM

Who will win tonight?

Will it be Mumbai's night again or Delhi Capitals will be able to clinch their maiden WPL title? Only time will tell!

Mar 15, 2025, 1:35 PM

Too hectic for MI

This is 4th Game for MI on the last 6 Days (10-15 March) while the first game for DC in the last 8 days since facing GG, in their last league game

Mar 15, 2025, 10:31 AM

DC vs MI WPL Had-to-head stats

Matches Delhi Capitals Wins Mumbai Indians Wins No Result
7 4 3 0

 

Mar 15, 2025, 10:30 AM

DC vs MI WPL Match results so far

Team Result Margin Opposition Ground Date
DC Women Lost 8 wickets MI Women DY Patil 9 Mar 2023
DC Women Won 9 wickets MI Women DY Patil 20 Mar 2023
DC Women Lost 7 wickets MI Women Brabourne 26 Mar 2023
DC Women Lost 4 wickets MI Women Bengaluru 23 Feb 2024
DC Women Won 29 runs MI Women Delhi 5 Mar 2024
DC Women Won 2 wickets MI Women Vadodara 15 Feb 2025
DC Women Won 9 wickets MI Women Bengaluru 28 Feb 2025

 

Mar 15, 2025, 10:23 AM

Tonight's venue | Brabourne Stadium

Brabourne Stadium, WPL 2025 Final LIVE Updates | sportzpoint.com

Mar 15, 2025, 10:21 AM

How to watch the match?

Fans can watch the Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians WPL 2025 final match LIVE on JioHotstar App and Website. They can also watch the match on Star Sports TV Network Channels on television. 

Mar 15, 2025, 10:20 AM

Match Details

Match: Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians

Tournament: Women's Premier League Season 2024/25 Final

Date: 15th March 2025

Time: 8 pm IST

Venue: Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai 

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Gujarat Giants vs Mumbai Indians WPL 2025 Report: Mumbai make it 5-0 over Giants, powered by Nat Sciver-Brunt's all-round performance

Mumbai Indians extended their winning streak over Gujarat Giants to 5-0 after beating them by six wickets in their second clash in WPL 2025, powered by Nat Sciver-Brunt's all-round performance.

Feb 18, 2025, 5:53 PM4 min read

Gujarat Giants vs Mumbai Indians WPL 2025 Report: Mumbai make it 5-0 over Giants, powered by Nat Sciver-Brunt's all-round performance | sportzpoint.com

Mumbai Indians extended their winning streak to 5-0 against Gujarat Giants in the Women’s Premier League as they defeated them by six wickets on Tuesday in Vadodara. The WPL 2023 champions chased down Gujarat’s 121-run target with 5 wickets in hands and 23 balls to go in the match. 

MI made two changes in the playing XI

Parunika Sisodia receives her MI cap from Devika Palshikar, Gujarat Giants vs Mumbai Indians, WPL 2025, February 18, 2025
Parunika Sisodia receives her MI cap from Devika Palshikar. Image | WPL

Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and handed debut caps to two young India U-19 champions G Kamalini and Parunika Sisodia before electing to bowl first. Both Kamalini and Sisodia were part of the India team which won the U-19 Women’s World Cup earlier this year. Kamalini and Sisodia replaced Jintimani Kalita and Saika Ishaque in the playing XI for them. 

Meantime, Gujarat Giants had an unchanged XI from their win against UP Warriorz on Sunday. 

Great start for MI bowlers

Gujarat Giants vs Mumbai Indians WPL 2025 Report: Mumbai make it 5-0 over Giants, powered by Nat Sciver-Brunt's all-round performance | sportzpoint.com
Nat Sciver-Brunt struck early with the ball. Image | WPL

Nat Sciver-Brunt struck early for Mumbai, dismissing Beth Mooney for 1 in the second over. In the next over Shabnim Ismail struck to dismiss Laura Wolvaardt for 4. Hayley Matthews then finished Gujarat’s top three by dismissing Dayalan Hemalatha on 9 in the next over.

At 16/3, Gujarat’s only hope was their captain Ashleigh Gardner who had struck back-to-back fifties in the first two games. But in the last over of the power play, Nat Sciver-Brunt got the big fish of Gardner on 10 and all Giants were in deep trouble. 

Hayley Matthews starred with three wickets, Gujarat Giants vs Mumbai Indians, WPL 2025, February 18, 2025
Hayley Matthews starred with three wickets. Image | WPL

Harleen Deol (32 off 31) tried her best to assess the situation and take the inning as deep as she could. But, the Indian batter kept losing partners from the other end. Kashvee Gautam was the other batter who reached the 20-run mark but could only add that many runs on the board. 

Hayley Matthews finished with three wickets for 16 while Nat Sciver-Brunt and Amelia Kerr took two wickets each to bundle out Giants for 120 in the first inning.

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Shaky start to MI's chase

Gujarat Giants vs Mumbai Indians WPL 2025 Report: Kashvee Gautam took the big wickets of Harmanpreet Kaur and Amelia Kerr, Gujarat Giants vs Mumbai Indians, WPL 2025, February 18, 2025 | sportzpoint.com
Kashvee Gautam dismissed Harmanpreet Kaur. Image | WPL

During the chase Giants got rid of Hayley Matthews (17 off 19) in the fourth over through Tanuja Kanwar to start a possible comeback. Yastika Bhatia also could only add 8 for Mumbai. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur also got out in the second ball, after striking a boundary in the first ball against Kashvee Gautam.

But, just like the first match, Nat Sciver-Brunt was the saviour with the bat for Mumbai Indians. With Amelia Kerr (19 off 20), Nat built a 45-run partnership to take Mumbai’s total to 100. 

Nat Sciver-Brunt to rescue MI

Gujarat Giants vs Mumbai Indians WPL 2025 Report: Mumbai make it 5-0 over Giants, powered by Nat Sciver-Brunt's all-round performance | sportzpoint.com
Nat Sciver-Brunt hit successive fifties in WPL 2025. Image | WPL

Run scoring was not that easy on that wicket but Nat Sciver-Brunt was like playing on a different surface all-together. The English all-rounder completed her second fifty of the season in 33 balls. Nat though could not finish the job as she dragged one down to the stumps from Priya Mishra on 57 from 39 balls. 

S Sajana hit the winning runs for Mumbai as they chased down the total with 23 balls remaining in the inning. With this win, they have now moved up to the number two position on the points table. 

What did the captains say after the match?

 "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)," Gardner said in the post-match presentation. 

"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," Harmanpreet Kaur stated. 

Gujarat Giants vs Mumbai Indians: Match Summary

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Gujarat Giants vs Mumbai Indians WPL 2025 Match 5 Preview, Head-to-head stats, Possible Lineups and Fantasy team prediction

Read the full match preview of Gujarat Giants vs Mumbai Indians WPL 2025 Match 5 as Gujarat Giants look to win their first-ever match against Mumbai Indians.

Feb 17, 2025, 11:47 PM4 min read

Gujarat Giants vs Mumbai Indians WPL 2025 Match 5 Preview, Head-to-head stats, Possible Lineups and Fantasy team prediction | sportzpoint.com
Kaur scored 95 against GG, when these two teams met last time in WPL 2024. Image | BCCI

Harmanpreet Kaur's Mumbai Indians will take Gujarat Giants in the Match No. 5 in Women's Premier League 2025 looking for their first win of the season. Here is everything you need to know before the Gujarat Giants vs Mumbai Indians clash in WPL 2025. 

Match Details 

Match: Gujarat Giants vs Mumbai Indians

Tournament: WPL 2025, Match No. 5

Date: 18 February 2025

Time: 7.30 pm IST

Venue: BCA Stadium, Vadodara

Streaming Details

Cricket fans from Indian can watch the Gujarat Giants vs Mumbai Indians match LIVE on Star Sports TV Channels on Television. They can also stream the match LIVE on JioHotstar for free.

GG vs MI: Head-to-head stats in WPL

Gujarat Giants have never won against the mighty Mumbai Indians in the Women's Premier League history. In the 4 games they have played against Mumbai Indians, they have faced huge defeats so far. 

Team Result Margin BR Opposition Ground Start Date
GG Women lost 143 runs - MI Women DY Patil 4 Mar 2023
GG Women lost 55 runs - MI Women Brabourne 14 Mar 2023
GG Women lost 5 wickets 11 MI Women Bengaluru 25 Feb 2024
GG Women lost 7 wickets 1 MI Women Delhi 9 Mar 2024

Team News: Gujarat Giants

Ashleigh Gardner smacked a fifty off 28 balls, Gujarat Giants vs UP Warriorz, WPL 2025, February 16, 2025 | sportzpoint.com
Ashleigh Gardner is the current Orange cap holder of WPL 2025. Image | BCCI

Gujarat Giants under new captain Ashleigh Gardner have looked a far better side, specially as a batting unit. After scoring 201 against RCB in their first match, they chased down 144 with two overs to go against UP Warriorz in their second match. 

In both the games, captain Ashleigh Garner was the star of the show. She scored fifties in both the games and registered the feat as the first Gujarat Giants batter. With 131 runs in two matches, she is currently the Orange cap holder of WPL 2025. 

The bowling line up also did better in the second match, after getting bashed down against RCB in the first match. Priya Mishra was excellent with here three-wicket haul against UP Warriorz.

Priya Mishra removed Tahlia McGrath and Grace Harris in her second over, Gujarat Giants vs UP Warriorz, WPL 2025, February 16, 2025
Priya Mishra was excellent with her three-wicket haul vs UP Warriorz. Image | BCCI

However, it is the all-rounder Dendra Dottin, who has been the "missing link" for them this season as the West Indian powerhouse has been solid for them. 

The Orange army would love to continue their winning run and momentum. Thus, we can expect no changes in the playing XI as well. However, toss would be a vital factor in the match as chasing has looked an easier task in Vadodara with the dew in effect. 

Team News: Mumbai Indians

Gujarat Giants vs Mumbai Indians WPL 2025 Match 5 Preview, Head-to-head stats, Possible Lineups and Fantasy team prediction | sportzpoint.com
Harmanpreet Kaur scored 95 off 48 balls last time these two teams met. Image | BCCI

Mumbai Indians after their defeat in the last ball of the match at the hands of Delhi Capitals would love to turn their fortunes. Harmanpreet Kaur in the post match presentation had stated that the batters who were set including herself needed to score big to get a total closer to 180 or plus. 

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Nat Sciver-Brunt scored an unbeaten 80 in the last match. Image | BCCI

Nat Sciver-Brunt as usual looked by far the best batter from their team with a solid unbeaten 80 from 59 balls. However, she lacked support from the other as Mumbai were only able to put 164 on the board. They would love to have players like Hayley Matthews, Yastika Bhatia and Amelia Kerr. 

However, Hayley Matthews and Amelia Kerr were superb with the ball in hand along with Shabnim Ismail. Except for Saika Ishaque, who went for 43 in her 4 overs, everyone was on point with their bowling effort. 

With only one game behind them, Mumbai are unlikely to change and chop many things this early. So, we can expect the same playing eleven against a team they have never lost. 

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Possible lineups 

Gujarat Giants: Beth Mooney (wk), Laura Wolvaardt, Dayalan Hemalatha, Ashleigh Gardner (C), Harleen Deol, Deandra Dottin, Simran Shaikh, Tanuja Kanwar, Sayali Satghare, Priya Mishra, Kashvee Gautam.

Mumbai Indians: Hayley Matthews, Yastika Bhatia (wk), Nat Sciver-Brunt, Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Amelia Kerr, S Sajana, Amanjot Kaur, Sanskriti Gupta, Jintimani Kalita, Shabnim Ismail, Saika Ishaque.

Fantasy Team Prediction

Yastika Bhatia (wk), Hayley Matthews, Ashleigh Gardner (C), Nat Sciver-Brunt (VC), Harmanpreet Kaur, Harleen Deol, Deandra Dottin, Priya Mishra, Tanuja Kanwar, Shabnim Ismail, Saika Ishaque.

 

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Top Female Cricketers Who Are Making History

There are female cricketers who paved the way for others and continuously tried to grow the game even when only the smallest spotlight was on the sport, and such players need commending for their efforts.

Feb 7, 2025, 11:59 AM7 min read

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Women’s cricket is constantly growing, and matches are continuously being played on a bigger stage with larger crowds. 

There are female cricketers who paved the way for others and continuously tried to grow the game even when only the smallest spotlight was on the sport, and such players need commending for their efforts. 

So, let's dig into the incredible careers and achievements of some of the best female cricketers who are making history.

Top Female Cricketers

10. Chamari Athapaththu | Sri Lanka 

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Chamari Athapaththu is the greatest cricketer from Sri Lanka to have played women’s cricket. 

Debuting as a 19-year-old, she was soon noted for her aggressive batting. 

She became captain of the Sri Lanka national team and has helped a not-so-strong team challenge much more formidable opponents on the global stage.

In 2024 she led Sri Lanka to an underdog win in the Asia Cup women’s T20I series and finished as Player of the Tournament. 

Chamari has also led Sri Lanka to its first-ever series wins over South Africa and England in T20Is and over New Zealand in ODIs. 

She holds the record for most runs for Sri Lanka in women’s ODIs and T20Is, and her nine women’s ODI hundreds are a Sri Lankan record as well. 

In April 2024, her unbeaten 195 helped Sri Lanka complete the first-ever successful chase of more than 300 runs in a women’s ODI.

In 2023, a seating zone at the Sydney Cricket Ground was named “Chamari Bay” in her honor.

9. Laura Wolvaardt | South Africa 

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Laura Wolvaardt made her debut for South Africa as an opening batter at age 16, and by age 25 she became her country’s record holder for most ODI runs, most ODI hundreds, and most T20I runs in women’s cricket. 

Along the way, she became the youngest centurion, male or female, for South Africa in international cricket. 

In 2024 Wolvaardt became only the third woman to score a hundred in all three formats of international cricket, achieving the feat in a Test vs. India. 

After that, she was also named captain of the South Africa T20I team for the World Cup and captained her side to the final where it lost to New Zealand.

8. Heather Knight | England 

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Heather Knight took over as captain of the England women’s team in 2016 when Charlotte Edwards retired and led it to victory in the 2017 women’s ODI World Cup at home. 

She was named a Wisden Cricketer of the Year that year and was also awarded an OBE. 

As of 2024 Knight has more than 5,000 runs in international cricket.

7. Amelia Kerr | New Zealand 

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Amelia Kerr is a third-generation New Zealand cricketer who emerged on the international scene with a bang. 

At age 16, she was the youngest to earn a New Zealand Cricket contract and to debut for the national team in 2017. 

The next year, at 17, she became the youngest cricketer, man or woman, to score an international double century. During that innings, she beat the women’s ODI record held by Belinda Clark on her way to an unbeaten 232.

Not content with scoring a double, she also took 5 wickets while bowling in one of the all-time great all-round displays. 

Kerr has since been a consistent performer for New Zealand and in 2024 was named both the Player of the Final and the Player of the Tournament as New Zealand won the women’s T20I World Cup.

6. Hayley Matthews | West Indies 

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Hayley Matthews is a cricketer from Barbados who plays for the West Indies women’s cricket team and became the team’s captain in 2022. 

Matthews is an all-rounder who has more than 4,000 runs in women’s ODIs and T20Is, as well as more than 100 wickets in each format. 

A natural athlete, she played both track and field and cricket in her youth, before focusing on cricket and making her debut for the West Indies. 

Her crowning glory was a Player of the Match performance in the women’s T20I World Cup final in 2016, as the West Indies beat favorites Australia to win its first title.

Matthews is a highly sought after player in franchise leagues across the world and was Player of the Tournament in the first edition of the WPL in 2023, when she helped her team, Mumbai Indians, win the title.

5. Nat Sciver-Brunt | England 

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Nat Sciver-Brunt plays international cricket for England. She has scored more than 6,000 international runs with 10 centuries and taken more than 150 wickets as of 2024. 

She is credited with inventing the “Natmeg” shot, in which she hits the ball between her legs for runs. 

In 2013 she became the first England bowler to take a women’s T20I hat trick.

Nat Sciver was named a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 2018 and won the ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year award in both 2022 and 2023. 

She is married to fellow England cricketer Katherine Sciver-Brunt.

4. Ellyse Perry | Australia 

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Ellyse Perry is one of the greatest all-rounders in the history of cricket based on sheer numbers: a Test batting average of over 60, a Test bowling average below 22, and women’s ODI batting and bowling averages of 50 and 25, respectively. 

In 2007, at age 16, Perry became the youngest Australian to play international cricket. 

She is also the first Australian to have appeared in cricket as well as football (soccer) World Cups, playing the latter in 2011 in Germany. 

She has won the ICC Women’s Player of the Year award twice, in 2017 and 2019. 

In 2020 she was named the ICC Female Player of the Decade. Perry is one of the most famous female cricketers in the world.

3. Harmanpreet Kaur | India

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Harmanpreet Kaur debuted for India in 2009 but is best remembered for an unbeaten innings of 171, which helped underdogs India beat Australia to reach the final of the 2017 women’s ODI World Cup.

The knock made her a household name in India and helped take the popularity of the women’s game to the next level. 

She has also scored India’s fastest T20I hundred off only 49 balls. Harmanpreet has more than 7,000 international runs and more than 70 wickets. 

In 2016 she became the first Indian cricketer to sign a contract with the Australian Big Bash League, playing for Sydney Thunder. In 2017 she was awarded the Arjuna Award. 

Picked as captain by the Mumbai Indians in the WPL, she led them to victory in the inaugural season of the WPL in 2023. She was named a Wisden Cricketer of the Year the same year.

Harmanpreet has also captained the Indian women’s national team across formats since 2016.

2. Alyssa Healy | Australia 

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Alyssa Healy is a wicketkeeper batsman who captains the Australian women’s national team.

She had a middling batting record until 2017 but has since remodeled herself into a formidable opening batter. 

In 2018 she was Player of the Tournament in Australia’s women’s T20I World Cup win; she was named Women’s T20I Player of the Year that year. 

Healy was also Player of the Match when Australia successfully defended its T20I title in the 2020 final. 

She continued her big-match streak with a Player of the Match performance in the 2022 women’s ODI World Cup final, scoring a mammoth 170 runs and earning the Player of the Series award. 

In 2020 Healy surpassed MS Dhoni’s record for the most wicketkeeping dismissals in T20Is by any keeper, male or female. 

1. Smriti Mandhana | India

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Currently regarded as one of the best batters in women’s cricket, Smriti Mandhana holds several coveted records to her name.

She has scored more than 7,000 international runs with more than 10 hundreds across formats. 

Her nine ODI hundreds are an Indian women’s record. 

She captained her state team Maharashtra in 2013 at just age 16 and debuted for India the same year. 

Mandhana was the costliest buy in the inaugural WPL auction and was picked by the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) as captain for 3.4 crore rupees. 

She led RCB to victory in the second edition of the WPL in 2024. 

Mandhana won the ICC Women’s ODI Player of the Year award in 2018. She has also won the Rachael Hayhoe Flint Award for Best Women’s Cricketer of the Year twice, in 2018 and 2021.

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Why can't Indian Women's Cricket team win any trophies? Here are the reasons and solutions to that

Indian Women's Cricket team have failed yet another time in the ICC tournament as they crashed out from the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024 from the group stage.

Oct 15, 2024, 3:46 PM1 min read

Why can't Indian Women's Cricket team win any trophies? Here are the reasons and solutions to that

Indian Women's Cricket team have failed yet another time in the ICC tournament as they crashed out from the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024 from the group stage.

But, it was not the first time India failed to do well in an ICC tournament. In fact, the Indian Women's team never won an ICC trophy since their existence. But, what are the reasons for that?

Read Also  | India's performance in every Women's T20 World Cup 

Problems and Solutions

Sportz Point came up with all the reasons for India's failure and the probable solutions.

  • Fewer matches before the T20 World Cup 2024.
  • Basic game awareness.
  • Poor running between the wickets
  • Deepti Sharma's lack of performance as an all-rounder.
  • Shafali Verma and Richa Ghosh's inability to perform against big teams.

Solutions to those issues -

  • More power hitters from the grassroots. 
  • Smriti Mandhana as the captain, keeping Harmanpreet Kaur as the batter.
  • Changes in the mindsets of the coaches in domestic tournaments.
  • More pace bowling all-rounders.
  • Players who want to dominate the opponent. 

 

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