Mumbai Indians Beats Gujarat Giants: The 19th match of the Women's Premier League was played between Mumbai Indians Women and Gujarat Giants. Batting first in this match, the Mumbai Indians team scored a huge score of 179 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. In response, the Gujarat Giants team could only score 170 runs. In this way, Mumbai Indians won a tremendous victory as soon as they came to their home ground.

Gujarat Giants captain Ashley Gardner won the toss and decided to bowl first. However, his decision did not prove to be right. Batting first, Mumbai Indians did not have a good start. The team got the first setback in the form of Amelia Kerr on the score of 5 runs. However, after this Hayley Matthews and Natalie Seaver Brunt batted very well. Matthews played an innings of 27 runs with the help of 3 fours and 2 sixes in 22 balls. While Natalie Sewer scored 38 runs in 31 balls. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur also played a brilliant innings of 54 runs in 33 balls and Amanjot Kaur scored 27 runs in 15 balls to take the team to a big score.

Phoolmali's tremendous stormy innings went in vain

Chasing the target, Gujarat Giants kept losing their wickets at regular intervals. Opener Beth Mooney could score only 7 runs. While Keshavi Gautam scored 10 runs. At the same time, Harleen Deol played a quick innings of 24 runs in 17 balls but captain Ashley Gardner could not even open the account. Gujarat had lost its 6 wickets for just 92 runs and it seemed that they would lose this one-sided match. 

However, young batsman Bharti Phoolmali, who came to bat in the lower order, made the match exciting with her explosive innings. She played a stormy innings of 61 runs with the help of 8 fours and 4 sixes in just 25 balls. She jointly scored the fourth fastest half-century in the Women's Premier League. Due to this, the Gujarat team managed to make a comeback in the match but eventually had to face defeat.