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After 3 losses connected the trot, UP Warriorz yet had thing to cheer about. On a sluggish aboveground astatine the D.Y. Patil Stadium connected Thursday (January 15, 2026), the UP outfit stunned defending champion Mumbai Indians with a seven-wicket victory — its archetypal successful the Women’s Premier League this season.
A mates of days ago, the Warriorz caput manager Abhishek Nayar had compared the defeats with acheronian chocolates, which sensation bitter owed to their ‘90% cocoa’ content, and hoped for sweeter days ahead. And, Harleen Deol (64 not out, 39b, 12x4) and Phoebe Litchfield forged a 73-run concern for the 3rd wicket to pursuit down Mumbai Indians’ full of 161 for 5 with 11 balls to spare.
Taking lessons from their mistakes successful the erstwhile outing, Harleen and Litchfield did not property the panic button, contempt the Warriorz losing skipper Meg Lanning and Kiran Navgire successful speedy succession.
The squad management, which successful the erstwhile crippled blundered by retiring retired a acceptable Harleen Deol and denied her a deserving half-century, too, showed religion connected the India batter arsenic she flexed her muscles, hitting a flurry of fours, aft the dismissal of Litchfield astatine a important juncture.
While Nat Sciver-Brunt, recovering from nutrient poisoning, claimed a mates of wickets, nary of the different Mumbai Indians bowlers could marque an interaction arsenic Harleen marched connected and yet earned the Player of the Match award.
Despite precise small turnaround time, UP Warriorz came retired fresh, buoying with assurance and opted to vessel - a determination which initially paid disconnected arsenic it managed to support a cheque connected Mumbai Indians until the archetypal 12 overs, before Sciver-Brunt and Nicola Carey enactment their ft down and guided the squad retired of the woods.
Making optimum usage of 2 reprieves, Sciver-Brunt toyed with the Warriorz bowlers en way her 43-ball-65 arsenic Mumbai Indians scored 93 runs successful the past 8 overs, aft struggling to people conscionable 68 successful the archetypal 12. Despite Deepti Sharma giving it her each with the shot successful the decease overs, Sciver-Brunt and Carey added 85 runs for the 4th wicket to assistance Mumbai past the 160-mark, which appeared to beryllium a distant imagination astatine 1 stage.
With Amanjot Kaur and G. Kamalini struggling with the caller ball, Mumbai could people conscionable 32 runs successful the Powerplay - its lowest of the season. And, arsenic Harmanpreet Kaur squandered a commencement and fell to a stunning drawback from Chloe Tryon, not galore expected MI to combat back. But Sciver-Brunt and Carey held fort and guided the squad to a competitory total, which successful the end, proved inadequate.
