Strong start by winning 5 matches, things didn't work out in the end, Mumbai traveled a long way to the finals. wpl 2023 mumbai indians women road to final points table all match result harmanpreet kaur

The team of Mumbai Indians, captained by Harmanpreet Kaur, finished second in the points table. By defeating UP Warriors in the eliminator match, this team booked the final ticket

Harmanpreet Kaur is the captain of Mumbai Indians

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New Delhi. Women’s Premier League’s first final match on Sunday Mumbai Indians And will be played between Delhi Capitals. After the league round, Delhi Capitals had entered the final directly but Mumbai had to play an eliminator match for the title match ticket. Defeated UP Warriors in the Eliminator match. This team, captained by Harmanpreet Kaur, reached the final match right from the long way.

The team of Mumbai Indians remained at the top of the points table for most of the time. However, by the end of the league round, Meg Lanning’s captaincy Delhi won and made it to the finals by staying on top. Both the teams had won six out of 8 matches but Delhi Capitals remained on top due to better runrate.

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Showed dominance in league round

UP Warriors made a strong start in this league. He had won the first five matches by a big margin. In the first match, they defeated Gujarat Giants by 143 runs. In the next match, RCB got a crushing defeat by 9 wickets. Then they first defeated Delhi and then UP by 8-8 wickets. The team faced Gujarat for the second time and in this match also they won by 55 runs. UP Warriors gave the first defeat in the league round. UP won by 5 wickets in this match played at DY Patil. After this, Delhi also defeated this team by nine wickets. After two defeats, Harmanpreet Kaur & Co made a tremendous comeback and won the last two matches to secure their place in the playoffs.

Eliminator beat UP Warriors

The team had to face UP Warriors again for a place in the finals. Mumbai Indians came out to bat first. Natalie Siever Brunt scored an inning of 72 runs which helped the team score 182 runs. Issy Wong’s brilliant bowling made it impossible for UP to achieve this target. He took four wickets for 15. UP could not even play the whole over. The team was reduced to 110 runs in 17.4 overs.