WPL 2024, MI vs UPW highlights: UP Warriorz beat Mumbai Indians by 7 wickets

Thank you for reading HT’s live blog. Opener Kiran Navgire smashed a quick-fire half-century as her 57-run knock sealed UP Warriorz’s first win of the new season. Navgire was also named the Player of the Match. Warriorz are placed third on the WPL 2024 points table while Mumbai have retained the second spot following their first defeat of the new season.

WPL 2024, MI vs UPW Live Score: Grace Harris and Deepti Sharma dealing in boundaries. Back-to-back fours for Harris off Vastrakar. No-ball so a free-hit for Grace. FOUR – That will do it for UP Warriorz. Mumbai Indians are outplayed by UP Warriorz, who recorded their first win of the new season.

WPL 2024, MI vs UPW Live Score: UP Warriorz are set to record their first win of the new season. Grace Harris gets a boundary off Amelia Kerr to complete the 50-run stand with Deepti Sharma. UPW 149/3 after 16 overs. UP Warriorz need 13 runs in 24 balls. Time for another strategic timeout!

WPL 2024, MI vs UPW Live Score: Pure class! Deepti Sharma gets two boundaries off Nat Sciver-Brunt and UP Warriorz are closing on the target set by Mumbai Indians. End of the 15th over. UPW 143/3 after 15 overs. UP Warriorz need 19 runs in 30 balls.

WPL 2024, MI vs UPW Live Score: Power-hitter Grace Harris is keen on playing a blinder against Mumbai Indians. She fired a six off Hayley Matthews and takes a single to keep the scoreboard ticking. Deepti cuts the next ball at the backward of point – gets two valuable runs. End of the over. UPW 132-3 after 14 overs. UP Warriorz need 30 runs in 36 balls.

WPL 2024, MI vs UPW Live Score: Deepti Sharma welcomes on-song Wong with a four. A strong response from the Indian batter. It’s still UP Warriorz’s game to lose. Since the dismissal of captain Healy, Grace Harris and Deepti have added 16 runs off 10 balls. Add four to the stand! Glorious by Grace – all timing. She flicks the next one nicely off the toes. Single taken. UPW 121-3 after 13 overs. UP Warriorz need 41 runs in 42 balls.

WPL 2024, MI vs UPW Live Score: Issy Wong returned to the attack after leaking 17 runs in her first over. Appeal for LBW and the umpire looks uninterested. Mumbai Indians have taken a review! No bat is involved and ball tracking confirms that the ball is hitting the stumps. Three reds and the decision is overturned. OUT! McGrath departs and Mumbai are back into the contest. McGrath lbw b Wong 1(4). Grace Harris has joined skipper Alyssa Healy. OUT! Healy departs next. A huge wicket for Mumbai Indians. Saika Ishaque makes no mistake and it’s a soft dismissal. Healy c Saika Ishaque b Wong 33(29). Deepti Sharma walks ahead of Shweta. UPW 98-3 after 11 overs. UP Warriorz need 64 runs in 54 balls.

WPL 2024, MI vs UPW Live Score: Big wicket! Kiran Navgire misses it completely and Yastika removes the bails to complete the dismissal. Kiran Navgire st Yastika b Amelia Kerr 57(31). Mumbai Indian drawing first blood in the 10th over. Tahlia McGrath has joined Alyssa Healy at the crease. UPW 96-1 after 10 overs. UP Warriorz need 66 runs in 60 balls.

WPL 2024, MI vs UPW Live Score: Kiran Navgire and Alyssa Healy are closing in on the 100-run partnership. The duo has added 93 runs off 68 balls. UP Warriorz need 69 runs in 68 balls. Down the track, one bounce and single take by Navgire. Healy retains the strike with a single. End of the over.

WPL 2024, MI vs UPW Live Score: Kiran Navgire and Alyssa Healy have launched an all-out attack on the MI bowlers. DROPPED! Wong drops Navgire on 42. The blunder also gets Navgire a maximum. She is two runs away from a 50. SIX! What a way to bring up a half-century. A big smile on Navgire’s face. Her third fifty of the WPL. UPW 90-0 after 8 overs. UP Warriorz need 72 runs in 72 balls.

WPL 2024, MI vs UPW Live Score: Alyssa Healy and Kiran Navgire have taken MI bowlers to the cleaners! SIX! Saika Ishaque has no answers. Navgire smokes a massive six. End of the powerplay, UPW 61/0 after 6 overs. This is the highest powerplay score of the WPL 2024.

WPL 2024, MI vs UPW Live Score: Trouble for UP Wariorz as a direct hit from Mumbai Indians has sent the final decision upstairs. Kiran Navgire is safe! A full-length dive extends her stay at the crease. UPW 51/0 after 5 overs.

WPL 2024, MI vs UPW Live Score: Hayley Matthews was asked to join the attack for the 3rd over. She ends her over with a boundary. Seven runs off it. Kiran Navgire punches to deep extra cover and gets a boundary. UPW 40-0 after 4 overs.

WPL 2024, MI vs UPW Live Score: Issy Wong has joined the attack for the Mumbai Indians. FOUR-FOUR-FOUR – A hat-trick of boundaries for Kiran Navgire. What a welcome for Wong. Navgire picks the next ball well but the fielder at mid-wicket prevents the UP batters from stealing a run. FOUR! Another boundary for Navgire. WIDE! A forgetful start for Wong. UPW 33-0 after 3 overs.

WPL 2024, MI vs UPW Live Score: Openers Alyssa Healy and Kiran Navgire have added 15 runs in the first 2 overs. Saika Ishaque leaks seven runs in her first over. Winless UPW now need 146 runs to defending champions Mumbai Indians.

WPL 2024, MI vs UPW Live Score: Stand-in skipper Nat Sciver-Brunt kickstarts the proceedings for Mumbai Indians. She starts with a wide. Kiran Navgire and Alyssa Healy have failed to open their accounts on the first three balls. Shouts of ‘Catch It’! FOUR – Pooja was confused by the awkward bounce and Healy gets the first boundary for UP Warriorz. FOUR! Another boundary and Healy ends the over in style. UPW 5-0 after 1 over.

WPL 2024, MI vs UPW Live Score: Issy Wong takes a quick double after making a mess of her slog. FOUR! Fine and four – no chance for the fielder. A single over long-on and Sajana is on strike. FOUR! Picking where she left off. What a start for her. Sajana only deals in boundaries at WPL 2024. OUT! Anjali Sarvani cleans up Sajana on the next ball. S Sajana b Anjali Sarvani 4(2). Amanjot Kaur is out lbw on the final ball of the MI innings. Mumbai Indians take a review! Clear spike and the decision has been reversed.

WPL 2024, MI vs UPW Live Score: Miscommunication! Overthrow gets Mumbai five runs. Sloppy work! Pooja’s throw was not backed by her UP Warriorz teammates. Wong takes a single over mid-wicket on the next ball. Vastrakar slices the ball hard but gets a single. OUT! Vastrakar mistimed her shot and Deepti Sharma takes a sharp catch. Vastrakar c Deepti Sharma b Ecclestone 18(12). MI 115-5 after 19 overs.

WPL 2024, MI vs UPW Live Score: Deepti Sharma doing the hard yards as a fielder in her over. Two runs taken. Amelia Kerr and Pooja Vastrakar have added 27 runs off 16 balls. Five runs off the first three balls. Kerr gets it fine again, takes two. OUT! Deepti has the last laugh as Kerr is out lbw for 23 off 16 balls. MI 140-4 after 18 overs.

WPL 2024, MI vs UPW Live Score: Expensive from Rajeshwari Gayakwad, who conceded 14 runs in her final over. Amelia Kerr’s quick-fire 21 takes Mumbai Indians to 127-3 in 17 overs. Only three overs left.

WPL 2024, MI vs UPW Live Score: Anjali Sarvani should have been at the bowler’s end. Direct hit and UP Warriorz would have the fourth wicket. Captain Alyssa Healy is not pleased. End of the over, only four overs left for Mumbai to set a challenging total. MI 113-3 after 16 overs. Time for another strategic timeout!

WPL 2024, MI vs UPW Live Score: MI opener Matthews takes the long way back to the pavilion. Gayakwad with the wicket. Matthews failed to clear Harris at long-on. Matthews c Grace Harris b Gayakwad 55(47). MI 107/3 after 15 overs.

WPL 2024, MI vs UPW Live Score: Hayley Matthews gets to her first half-century of the WPL 2024. The MI opener is leading the batting charge of the Harmanpreet Kaur-less side. MI 102-2 after 14 overs.

WPL 2024, MI vs UPW Live Score: Confusion! Nat Sciver-Brunt is run-out. A mix-up between the two batters! The troika of McGrath, Ecclestone and Healy have handed Sciver-Brunt her marching orders.Ecclestone could’ve run out Hayley Matthews but she opted to pick Nat Sciver-Brunt’s scalp. MI 93-2 after 13 overs.

WPL 2024, MI vs UPW Live Score: Grace Harris, who bagged the wicket of Yastika Bhatia, is roped in to bowl the 11th over. Another chance goes begging! Matthews gets four runs. She is seven runs away from a brilliant half-century. MI 87/1 after 12 overs.

WPL 2024, MI vs UPW Live Score: Back into the attack, Rajeshwari Gayakwad is welcomed with a four by stand-in skipper Nat Sciver-Brunt. The MI skipper moves to 14 off 9 balls. Much better length from Gayakwad. Nine runs coming from the over. MI 71-1 after 11 overs.

WPL 2024, MI vs UPW Live Score: Stand and deliver! Hayley Matthews ends the over with a four. The MI opener creamed two fours in the same over earlier. Three boundaries highlight the 13-run over bowled by Deepti Sharma. MI 71-1 after 10 overs.

WPL 2024, MI vs UPW Live Score: We are heading to the first strategic break of the contest. Hayley Matthews has smashed 25 off 27 balls as Mumbai Indians reached 58/1 in the first 9 overs. Grace Harris dismissed Yastika Bhatia for 26 off 22 balls in the 7th over. Can UP Warriorz restrict MI to a below-par total?

WPL 2024, MI vs UPW Live Score: Grace Harris returned after Rajeshwari Gayakwad conceded 10 runs in her first over. Chance! Should have been taken by Poonam. OUT! Harris is delighted this time as Rajeshwari makes no mistake. Yastika departs as UP Warriorz have managed to draw first blood in the 7th over. Yastika c Gayakwad b Grace Harris 26(22). MI 50/1 after 8 overs.

WPL 2024, MI vs UPW Live Score: UP Warriorz spinner Deepti Sharma comes into the attack for the 5th over. She started with a flighted delivery on off, no run taken. FOUR! Brilliant strokeplay from Matthews as she gets a boundary. Chance of a run-out? Misfield and a comfortable single in the end for the MI batters. Five runs off the end and that’s the end of the powerplay. MI 36-0 after 6 overs.

WPL 2024, MI vs UPW Live Score: Anjali Sarvani returned to the attack for the 4th over. FOUR AND FOUR – Back-to-back boundaries for Mumbai Indians as Yastika Bhatia gets into the act. After a slow start, MI openers are planning to accelerate the innings. Strong appeal for LBW on the next ball, umpire says no. EDGE AND FOUR! No slip in place and Hayley Matthews earns the third boundary of the over. SIX! First maximum of the over. Matthews ends the over in style. MI 31-0 after 5 overs.

WPL 2024, MI vs UPW Live Score: MI opener Hayley Matthews smashed the first boundary of the contest with the cut shot over cover. OUT! Grace Harris exacted revenge on the next ball and Matthews has taken the review. No bat is involved as there is a flat line on UltraEdge. Yes, the decision has been reversed. MI 13-0 after 4 overs.

WPL 2024, MI vs UPW Live Score: Sophie Ecclestone is also keeping things tight for the Mumbai Indians openers. Hayley Matthews and Yastika Bhatia have been under the pump. Confusion between the batters! No run was taken. Both batters wanted to get off the strike! MI 8-0 after 3 overs.

WPL 2024, MI vs UPW Live Score: Thick outside edge and just short! Grace Harris gets some turn in her first over. Good effort by Kiran Navgire as she saves one run with a brilliant dive. Just four runs off the second over. MI 7-0 after 2 overs.

WPL 2024, MI vs UPW Live Score: Anjali Sarvani kickstarted the proceedings for UP Warriorz after Alyssa Healy won the toss and opted to bowl. Hayley Matthews takes a single to get off the mark. Just three runs off the first over. MI 3-0 after 1 over.

WPL 2024, MI vs UPW Live Score: “Harman has got a niggle, too early in the competition and we wanted to rest her. Shabmin Ismail has a niggle and she misses out as well. Harman has led us well, I’ve picked up a bit from her. Lots of chants for RCB, but we’ve done well to silence the crowd as well,” said Nat Sciver-Brunt, who has replaced the India batter as the captain of the MI side.

WPL 2024, MI vs UPW Live Score: Mumbai Indians have made two changes in their lineup. Humaira Kazi and Issy Wong have been added to the lineup.

MI playing XI: Yastika Bhatia(w), Hayley Matthews, Nat Sciver-Brunt(c), Amelia Kerr, Pooja Vastrakar, Amanjot Kaur, Issy Wong, S Sajana, Humaira Kazi, Keerthana Balakrishnan, Saika Ishaque.

WPL 2024, MI vs UPW Live Score: Anjali Sarvani comes in place of Gouher Sultan in the UP Warriorz lineup. Superstar Chamari Athapaththu was also snubbed from the playing XI.

UP Warriorz playing XI: Alyssa Healy(w/c), Vrinda Dinesh, Tahlia McGrath, Grace Harris, Shweta Sehrawat, Kiran Navgire, Poonam Khemnar, Deepti Sharma, Sophie Ecclestone, Anjali Sarvani, Rajeshwari Gayakwad.

WPL 2024, MI vs UPW Live Score: “We’ll bowl first. We got pretty close in the first game, but were outclassed in the second game. One change for us. It’s always some extra spice, but this is WPL and it’s Indian conditions (on the possible AUS-ENG rivalry with Nat Sciver-Brunt),” she said after UP Warriorz opt to bowl.

WPL 2024, MI vs UPW Live Score: UP Warriorz have won the toss and Mumbai Indians are invited to bat first. Mumbai Indians are without skipper Harmanpreet Kaur for matchday 6 of the WPL 2024. Nat Sciver-Brunt has replaced Harmanpreet as MI’s captain for tonight’s match.

WPL 2024, MI vs UPW Live Score: Should Mumbai Indians change their winning formula? Here’s a quick look at MI’s starting XI against UPW.

MI’s expected XI: Hayley Matthews, Yastika Bhatia (wk), Natalie Sciver-Brunt, Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Amelia Kerr, Pooja Vastrakar, Amanjot Kaur, S Sajana, Shabnim Ismail, Keerthana Balakrishnan, Saika Ishaque

WPL 2024, MI vs UPW Live Score: A look at the likely XI of UP Warriorz: Alyssa Healy (C&wk), Chamari Athapaththu, Vrinda Dinesh, Tahlia McGrath, Shweta Sehrawat, Deepti Sharma, Kiran Navgire/Anjali Sarvani, Poonam Khemnar, Sophie Ecclestone, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Gouher Sultana.

UP Warriorz squad: Alyssa Healy(w/c), Vrinda Dinesh, Tahlia McGrath, Grace Harris, Shweta Sehrawat, Kiran Navgire, Poonam Khemnar, Deepti Sharma, Sophie Ecclestone, Gouher Sultana, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Saima Thakor, Anjali Sarvani, Laxmi Yadav, Parshavi Chopra, Soppadhandi Yashasri, Chamari Athapaththu, Danielle Wyatt.

Mumbai Indians squad: Yastika Bhatia(w), Hayley Matthews, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Amelia Kerr, Pooja Vastrakar, Amanjot Kaur, S Sajana, Shabnim Ismail, Keerthana Balakrishnan, Saika Ishaque, Chloe Tryon, Fatima Jaffer, Issy Wong, Humaira Kazi, Jintimani Kalita, Priyanka Bala, Amandeep Kaur.

WPL 2024, MI vs UPW Live Score: “It’s not about being reckless, need to be smart with the decision making. We got to be better,” said Alyssa Healy, who is leading the UP Warriorz side in the WPL 2024.

WPL 2024, MI vs UPW Live Score: “Sajana has been smashing sixes throughout the practice sessions and she showed what she is capable of (tonight). We had depth in our batting, and because of Sajana, I am standing here (smiles). We wanted to chase because of the conditions. Batting first or second does not matter, what matters is the conditions,” Harmanpreet said after Mumbai’s thrilling win in the WPL 2024.

WPL 2024, MI vs UPW Live Score: Sparking wild celebrations at the Mumbai Indians, Sajana Sajeevan fired her first ball for a six to seal a famous win for Harmanpreet Kaur and Co. in the WPL 2024 opener against Delhi Capitals. Harmanpreet Kaur and Yastika Bhatia slammed 50s for Mumbai in MI’s thrilling win over DC in the WPL opener at Bengaluru. Amelia Kerr’s all-round show helped Mumbai thrash Gujarat Giants by five wickets in their second game of the new season. Can Mumbai register a hat-trick of wins tonight?

WPL 2024, MI vs UPW Live Score: UP Warriorz have one of the strongest squads in the five-team competition. The franchise has roped in Alyssa Healy, Deepti Sharma, Grace Harris, Sophie Ecclestone, Tahlia McGrath, Danni Wyatt and Chamari Athapaththu for the 2024 season of the cash-rich league. Healy, who is leading the UP Warriorz franchise this season, replaced Meg Lanning as Australia’s full-time captain. Healy had memorable outings for Australia against India and South Africa. Jon Lewis, who is the head coach of the franchise, also manages the England women’s team.

Winless UP Warriorz are up against defending champions Mumbai Indians in match No.6 of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2024 at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. UP Warriorz recorded a nine-wicket defeat at the hands of Delhi Capitals in their previous WPL 2024 fixture. Harmanpreet Kaur’s Mumbai Indians hammered Gujarat Giants by five wickets to seal their second-straight win of the new season. With two wins in two games, Mumbai Indians are expected to start tonight’s contest as the overwhelming favourites.