Amelia Kerr WPL 2024: In the third match of WPL 2024, Mumbai Indians defeated Gujarat Giants by 5 wickets. Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur top-scored for Mumbai Indians with 46. That's why Mumbai Indians won the match. This is the second consecutive win for Mumbai Indians in WPL 2024. Batting first, Gujarat had set a target of 127 runs for the visitors. Mumbai won by 5 wickets.
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WPL 2024 GG vs MI: Mumbai Indians defeated Gujarat Giants by five wickets with 11 balls to spare in the third match of the Women's Premier League. This is Mumbai's second win of the season. Earlier, the team had beaten UP by two runs in the opening match. Harmanpreet Kaur was the star performer for Mumbai Indians in the match. He scored 46 off 41 balls. His innings included five fours and a six.
Amelia Kerr's all-round performance and captain Harmanpreet Kaur's brilliant batting helped defending champions Mumbai Indians register their second consecutive win in the second edition of the Women's Premier League (WPL) by beating Gujarat Giants by five wickets on Sunday, February 25, 2024. Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat first at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
Wellington-born all-rounder Amelia Kerr was born October 13, 2000. Amelia bats right-handed and bowls leg-break. Kerr made her international debut in 2016 and scored the youngest double century in international cricket aged seventeen. The Kiwi all-rounder started a bidding war in the WPL's first auction, which Mumbai Indians won for Rs 1 crore. Kerr's versatility makes him a valuable part of any side.
Amelia Kerr 4 Wickets Haul Against Gujarat
Amelia Kerr didn't allow the middle and lower order batters to get going. He took 4 wickets for 17 runs in 4 overs. Only 4 batsmen from Gujarat could reach double figures. Tanuja Kanwar, batting at number nine, top-scored with 28. She shared a 48-run stand for the 8th wicket with Katherine Brice (25 not out). Skipper Beth Mooney and Ashleigh Gardner contributed 24 and 15 runs respectively.
After winning the toss, Harmanpreet Kaur invited Beth Mooney's team to bat first. Gujarat started with a bang. Veda Krishnamurthy walked back to the pavilion without scoring on the fourth ball of the first over. Harleen Deol, who came to bat at number three, also could not stay on the wicket for a long time. He scored eight runs. They were hunted down by Shabnim Ismail. Earlier, Shabnim trapped Veda lbw.
Gujarat have lost their third wicket of the innings. Siver Brunt has got Phoebe Litchfield out caught by Keerthana. He scored only seven runs. Apart from skipper Beth Mooney, Kathryn Bryce and Tanuja Kanwar, none of the batters could score more than 20 runs. The trio scored 24, 25 and 28 runs respectively. Dayalan Hemalatha scored three, Ashleigh Gardner scored 15, S Rana scored a duck, and Lea Tahuhu scored a duck. Gujarat scored 126 runs for the loss of nine wickets in 20 overs. For Mumbai, pacer Shabnim Ismail scalped three wickets while Amelia Kar picked up four wickets. Nat Sciver and Hayley Matthews took one wicket each.
With this win, Mumbai Indians have moved to the top of the points table. They have 4 points from 2 matches. Smriti Mandhana is the captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore. They have 2 points from 2 matches. None of the other teams (UP Warriors, Delhi Capitals and Gujarat Giants) have opened their account yet.
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