Women's Premier League: First match was a firecracker..!

Sowmiya Sriram
Women's Premier League: First match was a firecracker..!
The first league match of the Women's Premier League was played in mumbai today. The gujarat team won the toss and chose to bowl first. After this, Yashtik Bhatia of the mumbai team, who was the first to bat, got out for 1 run. Kanwar became the first woman to take a wicket in the Women's Premier League series, followed by Hayley Mathews and Nat Sivier who added runs in a dynamic partnership. Hayley Mathews scored 47 runs off 31 balls, hitting 4 Himalayan sixes and 3 fours.
Nat Sivier on the other hand scored 23 off 18 balls. After this, Harmanpreet Kaur started the captaincy of the innings. Facing 30 balls, Harmanpreet Kaur added 65 runs. It includes 14 boundaries. In the end, Amila Kerr added 45 runs off 24 balls. It included 6 fours and a six. Similarly, pooja added 15 runs and took 5 wickets in 20 overs.
By this mumbai, the team scored 207 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in 207 overs. After this, the start was shocking for the gujarat team, who entered the field with the target of winning if they score 208 runs.
Captain Beth Mooney retired Hurt due to injury, as did the much-anticipated Harleen Deol dugout, followed by Auslickardner. Annabelle Sutherland was out for 6 runs and Hemalatha was the only one to fight back and add 29 runs. gujarat was bowled out for 64 runs as the rest of the players got out in single-digit runs. With this mumbai, team won by 143 runs.
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