UP vs Mumbai WPL: Pitch Report & Weather Report of the Ekana International Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
UP vs Mumbai WPL: The caravan of theTata Women's Premier League (WPL) 2025 has now reached the city of Lucknow. The 16th match of this season will be played between UP Warriorz (UPW) Cricket Team vs Mumbai Indians (MI) Cricket Team (WPL) today i.e. on 6th March.
This match between the two teams will be played at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow from 7.30 pm IST onwards (Indian Standard Time). This season, UP Warriors is led by Deepti Sharma while, the command of Mumbai Indians is on the shoulders of Harmanpreet Kaur.
Both teams come into this contest after losing their previous matches, but the position of the Mumbai Indians is much better in comparison to the Deepti Sharma-led team. They have played the least number of matches so far and still remain in third place, due to which their chances of reaching the playoffs remain strong.
Both the teams are struggling this season and are in tricky spots in the points table. This match will be important for both the teams as both of them would be looking to secure their playoff berths.
In the current season, Mumbai Indians have played a total of five matches so far. During this time, they have won three matches, while suffering defeats in two contests. At the same time, UP Warriors have also played six matches, in which the team has won only two matches and faced defeat in 4 matches.
MI is placed the third position in the points table with six points to their name while the UP-based team is at number five in the table with just four points. In this match, both teams are eyeing victory. If the Harmanpreet Kaur-led team wins, then they will capture the number two with eight points. Whereas, if the Deepti Sharma-led outfit secures a victory, then they will come at number four with 6 points.
Ahead of this really exciting and thrilling contest, let's take a look at the pitch report & weather report of Lucknow's Ekana International Cricket Stadium.
UP vs Mumbai WPL: Head-2-Head records in the WPL
WPL Franchises UP Warriorz (UPW) and Mumbai Indians (MI) have faced each other six times in the Women's Premier League and the inaugural champions have had the upper hand in this head-2-head battle. Out of the six matches played, MI have secured victories on four occasions while UP have won on just two occasions.
Matches Played - 06
Won by UP Warriorz - 02
Won by Mumbai Indians - 04
Tied - 00
No Result - 00
UP vs Mumbai WPL: Pitch Report of Lucknow's Ekana International Cricket Stadium
The 16th match of the tournament between UP Warriors and Mumbai Indians will be played in Lucknow. Compared to other grounds, where the pitches are generally considered to be favorable for batsmen, the pitch of Ekana Stadium is known to assist the bowlers, especially slow & spin bowlers. Mixed results were seen during the IPL last season.
In such a situation, it will be interesting to see what kind of game this pitch shows in WPL 2025. So far one WPL game and 3 matches of Women's T20 International have been played on this ground. The Gujarat Giants in the previous game scored more than 180 runs and defended the total easily against the UP Warriorz.
This pitch is more helpful for the bowlers, due to which it is not easy for the batsmen to score runs. The team winning the toss on this ground may prefer to bowl first.
UP vs Mumbai WPL: Weather Report of Lucknow
The 16th match of the tournament between UP Warriors and Mumbai Indians will be played in Lucknow. The weather in Lucknow will be clear during the match and the temperature will be between 26-28°C. There is no chance of rain, so the match will be played without any interruption.
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