Mumbai Indians captain Harmanpreet Kaur performed a blistering inning to attain her maiden half-century of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) towards Gujarat Giants on Saturday.
Coming to the crease after the dismissals of Yastika Bhatia (1), Hayley Mathews (47) and Knut Sciver-Brunt (23), Kaur fired dwelling a 4 off Sneh Rana off the primary ball. ,
She hit 11 fours to deliver up a fast 50 off 22 balls because the Giants bowlers struggled to comprise her. His innings finally ended within the seventeenth over when he was caught by Dayalan Hemlata off Rana, however earlier than that he had scored 65 runs off simply 30 balls which included 14 fours.
Captain Harmanpreet Kaur helps MI cross 💯#mi 103/3 after 12 overs.
What goal do you assume Gujarat Giants should chase?#TATAWPL , #GGvMI pic.twitter.com/cqyn3k1uef
– Women’s Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) March 4, 2023
Complimenting Kaur’s lightning-fast knock, evaluating her to the Norse god Thor, worldwide teammate and Delhi Capitals participant Jemimah Rodrigues tweeted, “Naam ke peche Kaur hai log khet usse Thor hai!! What a technique to begin #TataWPL. Just sensible @ImHarmanpreet”
MI completed with an enormous 207/5, leaving the Giants with a tall mountain to climb within the second innings.
Mumbai Indians on Monday confirmed that Kaur will probably be their captain for the season and she or he didn’t disappoint together with her captaincy innings towards the Giants on Saturday.
Naam ke piche kaur hai log khete usse thor hai!!💥
what a technique to begin #TataWPL
simply superior 👏🏼@ImHarmanpreet— Jemima Rodrigues (@JemiRodrigues) March 4, 2023
Kaur, who not too long ago led India to the semi-finals of the Women’s T20 World Cup earlier than shedding to Australia, is the primary cricketer to play 150 T20Is. He was purchased by the Mumbai Indians franchise within the WPL public sale final month for Rs 1.80 crore.
After being purchased by MI on February 13, Kaur had stated, “It feels great, I’ve always seen Mumbai Indians do really well in the IPL and I also have the opportunity to be a part of the MI team and I love it.” Hopefully we are going to make a great workforce and we are going to do what we have now to do.”
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
