Meghna holes out to Sciver-Brunt as Mumbai Indians beats Gujarat Giants by 47 runs to enter its second WPL final!

It will meet Delhi Capitals, a repeat of the WPL 2023 summit clash.

GG 166/9 in 19 overs.

Kerr and Ismail combine two save a few runs but next ball, Tanuja holes out to Amanjot at point.

Meghna hits it over the covers for a FOUR to end Kerr’s impressive spell of two for 28.

Simran went for the big shot but sends it straight up. Harmanpreet comes beneath it, after a bit of running, and takes the catch.

Kerr competing with Matthews for the Purple Cap there.

A botched run out attempt and batters take a two.

Tanuja cheekily reverse-hits it past the short third for a FOUR! And another FOUR! Sanskriti chases after the ball but she’s not able to stop the ball from reaching the boundary.

Tanuja Kanwer in at the middle.

GG 145/7 in 16.

A slow one, just above 70kmph, which rattles Bharti’s stumps as she tries to cut.

Bharti departs scoring 30. 

Sciver-Brunt back. Sanskriti lets the ball slip from her hands after she was trying to throw it to a teammate.

And the ball goes for a FOUR! Simran with a powerful pull to find the boundary for a FOUR through square leg.

Simran ends the over with a SIX over mid wicket! Consolation runs now for GG.

Kerr with her third over. Brilliant from the Kiwi leggie as she concedes just three runs from it.

Kashvee goes for the run but Bharti says no and that’s an easy run out for MI. 

GG 112/6 in 13.

Litchfield comes down the crease but misses the ball. Yastika is quick to stump the Australian out. Huge wicket for MI, huge loss for GG.

Kashvee Gautam the newest batter at the crease.

GG 107/5 in 12.

Amanjot with the ball. LBW call on Bharti and Harmanpreet takes a review but it’s drifting down leg.

Next ball, she muscles the ball as it sails over long off for a SIX!

Gibson falls short of her crease and gets run out! Amanjot, who was behind the throw at the striker’s end, has a small celebration.

GG 88/4 in 10. 

Litchfield uses the field well and smacks it over the mid off fielder for a FOUR! Misfield at fine leg as Litchfield swivels and pulls for another FOUR.

Gibson adds another FOUR in this over as she sends the ball to fine leg.

GG 79/3 in 9. 

Amelia Kerr with her first over. FOUR! Litchfield uses her feet well and smacks a FOUR down the ground! And then she backs it up with a huge SIX! Good over for GG, a single for Litchfield to retain strike.

Gibson swings and sends the ball over long on for a maximum. CLOSE! An inside edge there pinballed off Litchfield’s feet and almost castled her stumps.

A single and an lbw appeal so far in the over. Umpire not interested. A review shows an inside edge anyway.

Compatriot Phoebe Litchfield replaces Gardner in the middle.

A little fumble there in the deep by Sajana but saves some runs for MI to end the PowerPlay.

Gardner swings wildly and completely misses. The delivery removes the off stump bail to send the Australian back to the hut.

Sciver-Brunt returns. SLAP! Tennis-esque smack by Gibson to find the boundary for a FOUR! W hat’s happened there!?

The batters look for a quick single but Sanskriti at point unleashes a sharp throw back at Yastika Bhatia who runs out Harleen. Another wicket lost for the chasing side.

GG 35/2 in 5.

Great fielding at fine leg by Sanskriti Gupta who saves a couple of runs. Just four runs from it.

GG 15/1 in 2.

Danielle Gibson and Beth Mooney opening for GG. The openers have work cut out for them. Pace ace Shabnim Ismail with the ball. Cover drive by Mooney but good fielding by Sajana inside the circle.

Just two runs on that ball. FOUR! Mooney makes space for herself and slashes it over the point fielders for GG’s first boundary!

OUT! MOONEY GONE! A thick edge helps the ball fall kindly for Hayley Matthews at first slip. Early breakthrough for MI!

Harmanpreet on strike here. SIX! Stands and delivers! Launched over long off. SIX more! Opens the bat and powers this over deep cover fence. Wide and a single and it’s the new batter Sajana on strike.

They take a quick single and the skipper is back on strike. Last ball of the innings, OUT! Meghna can’t gather the ball but the ball gets off her wrist and into the stumps. 

MI 213/4 in 20 overs.

Gibson to bowl out. FOUR! NSB pulls it with ease to an empty deep square region. DROPPED! Gets a leading edge and skies it, Tanuja had plenty of time to track it but lets it go.

FOUR! Goes down the ground this time. OUT! Litchfield makes no mistake at deep midwicket and NSB has to go. 

MI 198/3 in 19.

Tossed up wide and Harmanpreet gets a mighty swing at it over cover for SIX! FOUR! Sliced through point and backward point.

Roll it again but it’s a midfield that ends up costly again. FOUR! A single now and NSB on strike. Whipped away to deep midwicket for a run.

SIX! Harmanpreet with plenty of muscle on it, sails over deep midwicket. 

Harmanpreet Kaur comes. Starts with a full delivery to the skipper. Off the mark on the second, a single to deep cover.

NSB gets down low and goes towards deep midwicket for a run. Close call! Could have been the game for Harmanpreet but Priya’s leap at short mid wicket fielder wasn’t enough to get the ball.

FOUR! Down the ground by NSB to end the over. 

Kashvee to bowl out. OUT! GG FGETS THE BREAKTHROUGH! It’s a nick to Mooney behind the stumps that brings an end to her incredible knock. 

Priya to Matthews, SIX! Skips down and launches it over long on. One more SIX! Well over deep extra cover. FOUR now! Between long on and deep midwicket. A single now and NSB on strike. Litchfield does well at deep midwicket fence to slide, dive and save two runs. 19 runs off the over. 

NSB moves behind and lofts it short of the fielder in the deep. DROPPED! Gardner this time.

Matthews didn’t time it properly but Gardner running in from long on drops an easy one. A direct hit on the last ball was another missed chance.

MI 140/1 in 15.

SIX! NSB brings up her fifty in style! Hammered over long on for a maximum.

SIX more! Goes bigger and the ball sails into the stands. 

Gibson returns for her third over.

Matthews edges it back into her pads. 6 runs off the over. 

Down leg and easily put away by Matthews for FOUR! Stopped by the short third fielder, a single taken.

NSB slices it to point for one run. 

Bharti at extra cover does well to stop the ball again. NSB blocks it back to Meghna.

She had enough and that’s FOUR! Whacks it between long on and deep midwicket. 

NSB goes far across and tries to scoop it behind but cannot get a good connection. Off her pads.

A single to extra cover and Matthews on strike. Wide. Bharti at extra cover does well to stop the ball again. 

Kashvee returns. Up and over from NSB but fielder running from deep cover does well to save two.

FOUR! Misfields galore for GG! Simran couldn’t hold on to the ball again and it rolls away to the fence. Has to struggle to complete the double but NSB manages to get back.

A single and Matthews on strike now. A couple of singles to end the over. 

Much tidier over this from the left-arm spinner. SIX! What a way to bring up her 50! Steps to the right and hammers it over deep mid wicket. 

MI 100/1 in 11.

Fuller and on the stumps, NSB flicks it down to long on. Matthews pulls to deep square leg for a run. One more single. 

NSB starts with a single through Matthews’ legs to long on. Matthews too flicks it to long on for a run

FOUR! NSB with a tidy reverse scoop that beats the wicketkeeper who tracked it well. Misfield and FOUR! The backward point fielder lets it through. But manages to stop the next one.

MI 89/1 in 10.

They take a couple of singles and NSB is back on strike. Restricted to a single at deep midwicket area.

FOUR! Edged and runs away to third man ropes. 

Meghna Singh into the attack. A single to begin with. FOUR! NSB gets a free boundary.

Fielder in the deep lets it slip through her hands and the ball rolls away to the fence. 

Priya Mishra handed the ball. FOUR! Googly to start but bowled short, Matthews finds the gap in the deep midwicket region.

FOUR more! Hangs on her bat foot, slices it past backward point to the fence. Tries to go fuller but bowls a full toss, Matthews puts it away to deep backward square leg.

Lithfield does well but ball rolls away to the fence. Two singles follow. Gets the length right and Matthews sticks to a single. 15 runs this over. 

Gibson to Matthews, FOUR! Going down leg and strikes Matthews’ thigh pads, rolls away past the short fine leg fielder to the fence. Four leg byes.

Bowling it wide enough to get Matthews to reach out for a swing at it and miss. Waits it out this time and finds a single on the on side.

FOUR for NSB! Down leg side, NSB picks the line and pulls between deep square leg and fine leg! FOUR more! Whacks it over mid on to end the over. 

MI 50/1 in 7.

Tanuja continues. Darts back into NSB who edges it on to her pads. Works the next one to deep midwicket for a run.

Reaches forward to slog sweep but doesn’t connect completely, ball falls short of the deep square leg fielder.

Nudges it to the off side for a single. FOUR to end the over. NSB walked across the stumps and swept it behind to deep square fence. 

NSB off the mark with a strong single to deep square leg. FOUR! Matthews leans back and targets the deep mid-wicket area. 5 runs, 1 wicket - a good start for Gibson. 

Debutant Danielle Gibson into the attack. OUT! She strikes in her very second ball.

A shorter ball and Yastika tries to pull but Bharti Fulmali at short mid-wicket takes an easy catch.

Tanuja Kanwer into the attack. FOUR! Tossed up on middle stump, Matthews waited patiently to flick it past mid-wicket.

Gets down and slog sweeps to deep mid wicket for a run. Yastike skips down but is hit on the pads.

Gets back in her crease in time. FOUR! Driven through an empty cover region. Another 10-run over. 

MI 26/0 in 4.

Kashvee back, and FOUR! Yastika gets her reverse scoop right and the ball rolls safely to short third fence.

FOUR more! Short and wide, easy picking for Yastika who pierces the gap between point and backward point. Going around the wicket now.

Two dots to the left-hander now. Steps forward and drives it to deep cover for a run. A quick single to mid on and that’s 10 runs this over.

Skipper Ashleigh Gardner from the other end. FOUR! Plenty of width, Matthews uses the face of the bat to move the ball through point.

Mooney misses a big opportunity! Matthews nicked one behind but the ball bounced off the gloves. Just the boundary off the over. 

MI 6/0 in 2.

Hayley Matthews and Yastika Bhatia to open for MI. Kashvee Gautam with the new ball. Starts with a dot, ball staying low and swings away from Yastika. Cuts it to deep point and takes a single.

In-form Matthews on strike. Shapes it back into off stump, Matthews defends. Tucked into the deep square region for a run.

Yastika tried to go the reverse way but her attempt to scoop behind the keeper was to no yield. 2 runs. 

Hayley Matthews, Amelia Kerr, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Amanjot Kaur, Yastika Bhatia (wk), Sajeevan Sajana, G Kamalini, Sanskriti Gupta, Shabnim Ismail, Saika Ishaque.

Beth Mooney (wk), Danielle Gibson, Harleen Deol, Ashleigh Gardner (c), Phoebe Litchfield, Kashvee Gautam, Bharti Fulmali, Simran Shaikh, Tanuja Kanwer, Meghna Singh, Priya Mishra.

Gujarat Giants wins the toss and elects to bowl first.

Deandra Dottin has to sit out this Eliminator as Danielle Gibson steps in as a last moment change, skipper Ashleigh Gardner says at the toss.

One change for MI too. Parunika Sisodia out for Jintimani Kalita.

The live telecast of the Mumbai Indians vs Gujarat Giants Eliminator match will be available on the Sports18 Network in India.

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• Match: Mumbai Indians vs Gujarat Giants
• Tournament: Women's Premier League 2025 - Eliminator
• Date: 13 March 2025
• Time: 7:30 pm IST
• Venue: Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai

Just a single and UP Warriorz wins.

UPW beats RCB in the first super over in the WPL history.

RCB 4/0 in 1 over.

Hard hit to long on and RCB now needs 7 runs to win off 2 balls. Another single and that’s 6 off one ball needed. 

Starts with a dot, bowled on the stumps. Richa gets it too straight and crashes into the stumps but Ecclestone doesn’t get a hand on it.

Smriti on strike now. LBW given OUT! Smriti reviews in the last second but is saved. Impact is outside leg and she jogs back. 

Richa Ghosh and Smriti Mandhana is walking in to bat.

Sophie Ecclestone with the ball. 

Game-changer Sophie Ecclestone walks in. Dot ball. Garth nailing the wide yorkers. Wide and full, Ecclestone reaches out for it and musters another single. Grace Harris on strike. Another wide. 

Henry gets an outside edge and garth has gotten her out for the second time in this match. 

UPW 5/1

Chinelle Henry whacks that high up but gets no distance.

Smriti does well to save two runs. Next one lands in no man’s land.

Tempting Henry with an outside off delivery but umpire calls it wide. RCB reviews it but in vain. 

Chinelle Henry is padded up. So is Grace Harris. Both of them make their way to the centre with only one goal, GO BIG! 

Kim Garth with the ball. 

That’s a run out on the last ball! We are going to a super over. The first ever in WPL.

UPW 180/10 in 20 overs.

Renuka starts with a crucial SIX over deep square leg! 

SIX more! Ecclestone not giving up without a fight! 

Kranti Goud is the last batter in. Gets an edge that runs away behind the keeper and gets two.

UPW 163/9 in 19 overs.

Saima and Ecclestone finding fielders in the deep. SIX! Saima has unleashed some unbelievable power to hammer this over the bowler.

Doesn’t time this one but lands in no man’s land. Cannot complete the second and OUT! 

SIX! Ecclestone has gotten enough power under this to cross the backward square ropes.

One more SIX! Launches this straight over long-on to the stands. Three dots to end the over. Game isn’t over yet. 

UPW 152/8 in 18 overs.

Saima Thakor gets an edge to go for FOUR! Six runs and a wicket off the over. 

UPW 139/8 in 17 overs.

Garth to bowl out. OUT! Gets Chinelle Henry to chop one back on. That might be the much-needed wicket for RCB to get a grip on this match. 

Saima Thakor gets an edge to go for FOUR! 

SIX! That’s gone a long way! Chinelle connects well and launches the ball over long on. Wareham now bowling to Ecclestone.

The Australian spinner does well to keep the big-hitter in control.

UPW 133/7 in 16 overs.

Perry with the ball. OUT! Shweta falls soon after and UP is in big trouble. Fullish in the sixth stump channel and Shweta cannot get enough on it. 

Sohpie Ecclestone and Chinelle Henry are yet to get off the mark. 

The batters running hard between the wickets. Finding all the gaps and finds the best one.

Shweta gets a FOUR! Swept over short third and runs away to the ropes.

Uma gets the time and power right but not the area. OUT! Sneh has her third. 

UPW 123/6 in 14 overs.

FOUR! Shweta gets on one knee and whips it back, over short fine leg. 

Uma this time with a FOUR!

Powered between deep mid-wicket and deep backward square leg. The Warriorz maintaining a healthy run rate, 12 off this over. 

UPW 115/5 in 13 overs.

Sticking to a couple of singles. FOUR! Uma smashes the short, wide ball between cover and extra cover. 

Wide, has to bowl the last one again. FInishes with a single. 

UPW 103/5 in 12 overs.

Garth returns. Pressure starting to build for the batters in search for boundaries. OUT!

Harris finds Sneh Rana at long on and that’s the fifth wicket down for UP. 

UPW 94/5 in 11 overs.

Ten runs coming off the over. 

Wareham into the attack. Back-to-back FOURs! Sehrawat guides it behind and threads the gap on the off side. 

FOUR! Short and wide, powered through the gap between backward point and short third. 

Two fours in a row.

UPW 80/4 in 9 overs.

Ellyse Perry bowling her first over in this season of the WPL. Grace Harris walks in. Challenges the wide call and wins it. No run from Perry’s over so far. 

Sneh to Deepti, FOUR! Tossed up full just outside off, Deepti sweeps in the gap, between deep mid-wicket and deep square leg.

Sehrawat bangs one down the track but long off was stationed there. FOUR! Deepti’s sweep serves her well. Picks out the same gao and is just toying with the field now.

Huge shout for lbw and review taken confidently! The ball grazed the skipper’s gloves and Sneh has two. 

UPW 72/4 in 8 overs.

The spinner keeps the runs to a minimum. Loud appeal for lbw! They don’t take the review and rightfully so. There was an edge. Three runs off the over. 

UPW 60/3 in 7 overs.

FOUR! Deepti keeps the momentum going. going down leg and there’s no protection behind short third. 

UPW 57/3 in 6 overs.

Sneh Rana strikes on her RCB debut and takes McGrath's wicket.

Outside off and beats an advancing McGrath. Easy work for Richa Ghosh with the gloves. 

Vrinda struck on the pads by Renuka but no interest to the appeal. Comes down the track and whacks the next ball over over mid-on for FOUR! OUT! Looked to go the other side of the ball but holes out to Smriti at mid-off. 

Tahlia McGrath is the new batter in. 

Garth going for runs aplenty. Deepti tickles the ball fine behind for FOUR!

The skipper and Vrinda run three on the first. FOUR more! Deepti picks the short one and pulls it over mid-wicket. 

OUT! Navgire has to walk back! Castled by Renuka’s in swing. 

Deepti Sharma comes in at 3. 

FOUR! Vrinda finds her groove and slices the ball past point. 

Kim Garth been taken on by Navgire. Judges the in swings and steps back on the first two balls to smash a FOUR and SIX!

Follows it up with a single. Vrinda Dinesh cannot replicate her partner’s intent. Swing and a miss and Smashes one into the air, but lands in no main’s air.

Shorter and punsihed! Navgire on a roll! Whacks it over the bowler. 

FOUR! Navgire opens her account with an inside edge that runs away to the boundary behind the keeper.

FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries for Navgire as she thumps the ball to the long-on boundary. 

UPW 9/0 in 1 over.

Kim Garth hands the strike over. Close call! Garth came a long way down and had to dart back.

Ecclestone has denied Perry her century. Has kept Perry’s big-hitting to a minimal. And gets Garth run out on the last ball!

Perry is unbeaten on 90 and has steered RCB to a competitive 180-run total. 

FOUR and SIX! No stopping Perry here! And another FOUR! She is racing away to what can be the first WPL century. Batting on 84 and keeping the strike.

RCB 173/5 in 19 overs.

Deepti with the ball. OUT! Mix-up in the middle and Wareham has to walk back. Saima Thakor aces the pick-up and throw. 

Perry on the charge! Short and down leg from McGarth, picked up and put away into the stands. FOUR!

Wareham tagging along, width on offer, stands up tall and slaps it over mid-off. 

Close call! Perry gets her dive right and avoids a runout attempt. 

RCB 158/4 in 18 overs.

Georgia Wareham is off the mark with a single. Perry has once again been witness to a collapse at the other end and has taken things into her hands. FOUR! 

RCB 144/4 in 17 overs.

Deepti strikes! A loud appeal for lbw but Uma Chetry quickly swiped the bails off.

Kanika Ahuja had started walking back but umpires are have a check. 

Kanika cannot capitalise the free hit and settles for a single. A long over finally winds up. 

RCB 136/3 in 16 overs.

Kanika picks up from Richa left off and that’s FOUR! Exquisite placement between cover and mid off. And Henry has to bowl again, oversteps.

Bouncer and called wide, another free hit! And another wide! Free hit continues. Kanika cannot capitalise and settles for a single. 

Henry to bowl out. Richa steps out to muscle it past mid off but mistimes. But she nails it on the next one. FOUR!

Henry retaliates with a shorter one and Richa fails for it. OUT! Shot high up Henry completes the catch.

Richa Ghosh starts with a bang! FOUR! Slot ball on middle stump and she punches it over the bowler.

RCB 121/2 in 15 overs.

McGrath to Wyatt-Hodge. OUT! The Warriorz have a breakthrough.

Miscues the cut and fielder tracks the ball to complete a fine, important catch. 

Both batters on half-centuries and raring to score more.

Ecclestone does well to limit the damage. Limits them to running behind the wickets. Ten coming from the over, nevertheless. 

RCB 115/1 in 14 overs.

What a way to bring up a fifty! SIX for Wyatt-Hodge! 

Back-to-back ones! FOUR! Wyatt-Hodge picking up the pace now. Two FOURs in a row!

Swatted behind square and goes past the bowler. Make that three! Smacked over covers this time. 

RCB 105/1 in 13 overs.

Kranti replaces Henry. The Warriorz upping their fielding game. Vrinda aces the drive to thwart the ball from deep point ropes. Perry takes a single and that’s fifty!

Could this be the over RCB needed to step on the gas? 14 coming from it. 

RCB 89/1 in 12 overs.

SIX! Wyatt-Hodge picks up the floated delivery and launches it over long on.

Perry joining in on the fun now, FOUR! Shorter and Perry swings past short fine leg to the ropes. 

Henry returns. FOUR! Give Perry width and she will make you regret it. Flicks it hard past cover point to the ropes.

Edged but safe! Outside off bounce, Perry gets a top edge but no fielder there. afew singles, eight coming off the over. 

RCB 75/1 in 11 overs.

Wyatt-Hodge on strike but can’t make use of the free hit from McGrath’s overstep.

A couple of singles and a double, that’s 10 off the over. 

RCB 67/1 in 10 overs.

Tahlia McGrath starts with a wide. FOUR! Crafty shot from Perry who took it with the height and guided it over point. 

Sticking to the outside off line, forcing Perry to try hammering one through the tight protection. But has to settle for the single again. 

RCB 57/1 in 9 overs.

Perry’s edge just out of reach for a diving Uma Chetry but that’s FOUR! Kranti is in shock. 

Perry bangs that straight to the bowler who seemed to have gotten a finger on the ball which crashed into the stumps. A brief check to see if Wyatt-Hodge’s bat was in the crease, and she was. 

Wyatt-Hodge on strike, finding the gaps but having to settle with running. 

RCB 50/1 in 8 overs.

Bouncer! Wyatt-Hodge does well to avoid contact. Wider line and Wyatt-Hodge can only swing at air. 

RCB 45/1 in 7 overs.

Sixth bowler in seven over. Kranti Goud into the attack. Perry finds a asingle at short third. 

A single to end the eight-run over. 

Wyatt-Hodge strikes with intent but the fielder in the deep was in place. SIX! Slot, outside off, easy picking for Perry who dislodges the ball over long on. 

Ecclestone reels it back in, finishing with four dots after. 

Back-to-back FOURs for Ellyse Perry.

Full on the pads, Perry sweeps it past backward square leg and smashes through covers on the next. 

Length ball, on middle and off, Smriti Tries to get room and cut but only manages an inside edge that goes on to flatten off stump.

RCB 26/1 in 4 overs.

First boundary off the bat for Smriti and that’ll be some relief for the skipper. Times the straight drive to perfection. 

RCB 22/0 in 3 overs.

Henry comes for the third over.

FOUR!! Short and wide, Wyatt-Hodge cuts with power past short third to the fence. Scampers down for a quick single. 

The RCB skipper is handed a second life after backward point cant hold on. That’s 11 from the over. 

RCB 13/0 in 2 overs.

Grace Harris, the hat-trick taker, has been handed the ball quite early here. SIX!

Didn’t get the release right and Wyatt-Hodge smashes the full-toss over deep backward square ropes. 

Cutter, Wyatt-Hodge finds deep point for a run. Smriti unable to breakthrough the heavily guarded off-side region.

Just two runs this over. 

RCB 2/0 in 1 over.

Smriti gets off the mark with a single to mid-off. 

Smriti Mandhana (capt), Danni Wyatt-Hodge, Ellyse Perry, Raghvi Bist, Richa Ghosh (wk), Kanika Ahuja, Georgia Wareham, Sneh Rana, Kim Garth, Ekta Bisht, Renuka Singh.

Kiran Navgire, Vrinda Dinesh, Deepti Sharma(c), Tahlia McGrath, Shweta Sehrawat, Grace Harris, Chinelle Henry, Sophie Ecclestone, Uma Chetry(w), Kranti Goud, Saima Thakor.

UP Warriorz win the toss and decides to bowl first.

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Match: Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs UP Warriorz 

Tournament: Women's Premier League 2025 - Match 9

Date: 24 February 2025

Time: 7:30 pm IST

Venue: M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru