Winning the toss and fielding first, Meg Lanning’s decision was backed by Shikha Pandey who starred with the new ball and drew the outside edge of Hayley Matthews in the first over itself. She followed it up by uprooting Yastika Bhatia’s stumps, before Natalie Sciver-Brunt and Harmanpreet Kaur stabilised the stage with a solid partnership. However, Harmanpreet failed to adapt for long as the aggressive intent brought down her downfall, making way for Amelia Kerr who was run out accidentally.
After rotating the strike on the first couple of balls, Sciver-Brunt drove a fuller, flighted delivery at the stumps from Mani on the third ball of the 14th over down the line. The ricocheting white rock hurled towards the bowler who tried to grab it but failed to do so firmly, resulting in a deflection onto the bowler’s end stumps. Meanwhile, Kerr at the same end left the crease as the bowler released the ball before heading to followthrough. Eventually, it was vivid to the onfield umpire that the Kiwi was run out, sparking a Twitterverse empathy on Kerr.
— jithesh (@jithesh1569353) February 15, 2025
The two biggest super 🌟 in WPL
1. Ellyse Perry (bat > bowl) &
2. Amelia Kerr (bowl > bat)
WPL is blessed to have these two stars🛐🛐#WPL2025 pic.twitter.com/Ssfh4u8uf8— Cricket × Film (@CricketxMovie) February 15, 2025
Not the best
Run out
RUN-OUT AT THE NON-STRIKER’S END ❌
Amelia Kerr dismissed for 9 runs off 9 balls. 🏏
MI – 129/4 (13.3)#Cricket #MIvDC #WPL pic.twitter.com/9FVZ4wfkEo— Harkishan Mahedele (@mahedele20181) February 15, 2025
Hopeless from the Mumbai Indians women. Harmanpreet Kaur showed poor game awareness. Hayley Matthews is barely consistent and Yastika Bhatia is a misfit. Amelia Kerr didn’t fire and Nat Sciver-Brunt was stranded. They will struggle this season.
— A (@Agd_1) February 15, 2025
Unlucky
Unfortunate
An Unfortunate Runout
Unlucky Amelia Kerr 🥲.#AaliRe#MumbaiIndians#TATAWPL#MIWVSDCW pic.twitter.com/byLPgH32Qj— Nitesh Prajapati (@itsmenitesh04) February 15, 2025
An Unfortunate Runout
Unlucky Amelia Kerr 🥲#AaliRe #MumbaiIndians #TATAWPL pic.twitter.com/O6iQLwb2ui— 𝑺𝒉𝒆𝒃𝒂𝒔 (@Shebas_10dulkar) February 15, 2025
Run out
Nat Sciver-Brunt remained notout after scoring 80 runs from 59 balls while Mumbai Indians got bowled out for 164.#WPL2025 #MIvsDD
— Shiva Prasad Samal (@ShivaBhaiiii) February 15, 2025
Fantastic
Highest individual scores for Mumbai Indians in WPL:
95* (48) – Harmanpreet Kaur vs GG, 2024
80* (59) – Nat Sciver-Brunt vs DC, today
77* (38) – Hayley Matthews vs RCB, 2023
72* (38) – Nat Sciver-Brunt vs UPW, 2023
65 (30) – Harmanpreet Kaur vs GG, 2023#WPL2025— The Stats Kid (@TheStatsKid1523) February 15, 2025
