Mumbai vs UP WPL: Mumbai Indians move closer towards the WPL playoffs, thrash the UP Warriorz by 6 wickets

Mumbai Indians defeated UP Warriors by 6 wickets. With this, the UP team is on the verge of being eliminated from the Women's Premier League (Women's Premier League 2025). The UP Warriors team scored 150 runs in this match while batting first. In response, Mumbai Indians won the match with 9 balls to spare. The biggest contribution to the victory for Mumbai was made by Hayley Matthews, who scored 68 runs and took 2 wickets in bowling.

During the hallway break, the bat positions of the two teams were comparable. UP was in a great position because the openers were playing well, but after Mumbai made the breakthrough, they fell apart quickly and lost seven wickets in ten overs, adding only 51 runs. Mumbai, on the other hand, lost Amelia Kerr soon after, but Hayley Matthews and Natalie Sciver-Brunt stabilized the ship by scoring 92 runs and all but ending the match. Mumbai did lose a few wickets, but they always had a chance to win.

When it came to the bowling department, UP was under pressure all game. To be fair, it was a bad day for their bowlers, who failed to carry out the strategy effectively and handed in a lot of freebies. Despite being under pressure as well, Mumbai rallied in the second half of the first innings to force UP to settle for a par score. 

Mumbai Indians close to playoffs

MI now have 8 points after 4 wins in 6 matches and this team has come to second place in the points table. So far only Delhi Capitals have qualified for the playoffs, which is currently at the top with 10 points. After this, Mumbai still has 2 matches left, by winning any one of those matches, they will also secure a place in the playoffs. If this happens, then this will be the third consecutive time for the franchise when they will reach the playoffs.

These are the heroes of Mumbai's victory

First of all, Amelia Kerr laid the foundation for the victory of the Mumbai Indians. She took 5 wickets for 38 runs in 4 overs. However, Hayley Matthews contributed with both bat and ball. She took 2 wickets in bowling and played an important innings of 68 runs in batting. During this innings, Matthews hit 8 fours and 2 sixes. Apart from Matthews, Nat Sciver-Brunt also shone in batting for MI, who scored 37 runs in the middle overs. In the last overs, Amanjot Kaur scored 12 runs and Yastika Bhatia scored 10 runs to ensure Mumbai's victory.

Updated Points Table

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