UP Warriorz Women vs Mumbai Indians Women, 10th Match, Women's Premier League 2026 - Commentary

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Meg Lanning | Player of the Match: It was a nice bounce-back for us. Losing the first three wasn’t ideal, but the group stayed upbeat. We were confident in our ability and knew we just needed to bring it for a little bit longer. It’s been really great from the group to come out and play against a really good Mumbai side and get two wins on the trot. That gives us some really nice momentum heading into Vadodara now. We did a lot of planning. We spoke a lot about how we wanted to execute. They’ve got some pretty strong batters, so you need very clear plans against them. I think in the last two games, we’ve really nailed that planning process. Then we came out into the game very clear about what we wanted to do. It’s been nice to have that work off the field transfer into execution on the field as well. It’s nice batting with Phoebe Litchfield. We hit to different areas of the ground and I think we complement each other really well. We’re starting to understand each other’s games too, so we can help each other out when needed. She took a lot of pressure off me with the strike rate she had. I certainly really enjoyed it, hopefully we can have a couple more before the tournament’s out. I think we can finish off our batting innings a little bit better. I thought Mumbai bowled extremely well and took the pace right off. So it’s about adjusting to that and making sure we can finish strongly and carry momentum into the second innings. We’ve tightened up a few areas, but it’s a good thing that there’s still stuff we can improve on.

Harmanpreet Kaur | MI captain: We wanted to chase as a group. And I think even though we didn’t bowl well, we were still able to restrict them to less than 200 runs, which was a good thing. But I think in batting, we were not great in the powerplay. Every game, we are not coming up with a positive mindset in the powerplay. That’s something we really need to work on in the batting powerplay. They both (Lanning and Litchfield) were batting really hard. Unfortunately, we missed a few chances in between. At this level, if you keep missing chances, the other team is going to put a lot of pressure on you. That’s exactly what happened today. As a team, we need to discuss this because we’ve been making a lot of mistakes. I know we have a very good side, but if we come together and make fewer mistakes, that can really help us win matches. She (Kamalini) is a very important player for the team and she’s doing really great things behind the stumps. Hopefully, she’ll continue that. At the start of the tournament, Hayley was not well, and because of that we had to make a lot of changes. But now things are quite balanced, and hopefully we’ll find the best playing XI and the best opening pair for us. They both (Amanjot and Kerr) put us in a situation where we had a little hope that we could win the match. It was good to see them batting really well, and hopefully they’ll continue. Unfortunate that we weren’t able to put a win on the board.

This is the first instance of Meg Lanning winning Player of the Match award across 32 WPL games.

Winning both league games against MI
DC in 2025
UPW in 2026
Both sides were captained by Meg Lanning.

WPL games in Navi Mumbai
Target > 180: Instances 9 | Won 1 | Lost 8
Target < 180: Instances 12 | Won 12 | Lost 0

18:21 Local Time, 12:51 GMT, 18:21 IST: That turned out to be a thoroughly entertaining contest. Mumbai Indians Women were on the back foot for most of the chase, but the sixth-wicket stand between Amanjot Kaur and Amelia Kerr brought the game to life. Amanjot lit up the innings with a few stunning strokes, while Kerr chipped in with a valuable contribution from the other end. At 69 for 5, MI were staring at a heavy defeat, but that partnership ensured the damage to their net run rate was limited. Earlier in the day, half-centuries from Meg Lanning and Phoebe Litchfield powered UP Warriorz Women to a formidable 187. They may have hoped for a bigger win margin, but MI lower-order batters made sure it stayed competitive till the end. Needing 34 off the final six deliveries, MI had a mountain to climb, and they eventually fell short by 22 runs. Stay around for the presentations..

Equation: 34 runs needed in 6 balls. Deepti Sharma will bowl the 20th over

Highest partnership for 6th wkt or lower (WPL)
109*Deepti Sharma & Poonam Khemnar UPW vs GG Delhi 2024
98*Deepti Sharma & Deandra Dottin UPW vs RCB Navi Mumbai 2026
83 Amelia Kerr & Amanjot Kaur MI vs UPW Navi Mumbai 2026