Mumbai Indians hammer Gujarat Giants in WPL 2025: Key stats
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Mumbai Indians hammered the Gujarat Giants in match 5 of the Women's Premier League 2025 season.
GG were folded for a paltry score of 120 runs in 20 overs. Harleen Deol was her side's top scorer with 32.
For MI, Hayley Matthews claimed a three-fer. In response, Nat Sciver-Brunt hit 57 runs from 39 balls as MI scored 122/5 in 16.1 overs.
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GG innings
GG suffer versus solid MI
GG were off to a horror start and lost 4 scalps for 28 runs. GG's innings never got any momentum.
Deol hung in and scored 32 from 31 balls. Kashvee Gautam scored a 15-ball 20.
Tanuja Kanwar and Sayali Satghare scored 13 runs each.
Matthews was solid and clocked 3/16 from her 4 overs. Sciver-Brunt managed 2/26. Amelia Kerr claimed 2/22.
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Deol surpasses 300 WPL runs
Deol's 32 from 31 had 4 fours. Amanjot Kaur dismissed her in the 17th over. Deol has surpassed 300 WPL runs. She owns 325 runs at 29.54 from 14 matches. Her strike rate is 112-plus.
Bowling
MI bowlers excel again
Shabnim Ismail clocked 1/17 from her 4 overs (1 maiden). In 12 games, she now owns 13 scalps at 23.07.
Sciver-Brunt managed 2/26 as mentioned above. She has raced to 23 WPL scalps at 22.04.
Matthews was superb and choked GG. She now owns 28 scalps at just 16.46.
Kerr played her 21st WPL match. She now owns 26 scalps at just 18.15.
Chase
Sciver-Brunt's brilliance helps MI win
MI saw Matthews depart in the powerplay. She scored 17 runs from 19 balls. Yastika Bhatia and Sciver-Brunt then added 24 runs for the 2nd wicket before the former fell (46/2).
Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur suffered, getting dismissed for 4.
A 45-run stand between Sciver-Brunt and Kerr saw MI gain stability.
MI then got past the target as GG suffered.
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Sciver-Brunt amongst the runs again
Sciver-Brunt smashed 11 fours in her knock. She struck at 146.15. In 21 matches, she has 641 runs at 42.73. Sciver-Brunt slammed her fifth WPL fifty. She is closing in on 100 fours (97). Her SR reads 133.82.
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Unique records made
Mumbai Indians have won all five games against Gujarat Giants in WPL. Meanwhile, all five matches this season have been won by chasing sides.
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Gardner on her side's loss
GG skipper Asheigh Gardner said her side lost wickets in clumps and they put a lot of onus on the top order to score a lot of runs.
She also said GG could not adjust fast enough when they batted. She also credited Shabnim for bowling really quick.
She added that she didn't think GG adjusted as MI bowled well.