By Admin 
With Harleen Deol’s brilliant half-century, UP Warriors achieved the target of 162 given by Mumbai Indians with 11 balls to spare. Harleen scored unbeaten 64 runs in 39 balls with the help of 12 fours. Batting first, Mumbai scored 161 runs, Natalie Siver scored the highest score of 65 runs. This is the first win of UP Warriors this season.
In this match played at DY Patil Sports Academy Stadium, UP Warriors had to score 162 runs to win. While chasing the target, captain Mag Lanning and Kiran Navgire made a good start, both made a partnership of 42 runs for the first wicket. Lanning was out after scoring 25 runs in 26 balls. After this, Kiran Navgire returned to the pavilion after scoring 10 runs, both of them were dismissed by Natalie Siver in the 7th over. After this, Harleen Deol along with Phoebe Litchfield took charge of the innings and made the target easier by making a partnership of 73 runs.
Harleen Deol scored a half century
Phoebe Lichfield scored 25 runs in 22 balls with the help of 2 fours and 1 six, this innings was also important because after 2 consecutive wickets, she supported Harleen Deol well. Harleen stayed till the end, she scored 64 runs in 39 balls with the help of 12 fours. For this brilliant innings he was chosen Player of the Match.
Chloe Tryon’s innings also cannot be ignored, she scored an important 27 runs in 11 balls. In this innings, Chloe hit 1 six and 4 fours.
Earlier, after losing the toss and batting first, Mumbai Indians had scored 161 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs. This score was low considering the pitch. For Mumbai, Amanjot Kaur scored 38 runs, Natalie Siver scored 65 runs. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur’s bat did not work, she could score only 16 runs. Nicola Carey had scored 32 runs in 20 balls.
For UP Warriors, Shikhar Pandey took 1 wicket for 25 runs in 4 overs. Deepti Sharma took 1 wicket for 31 runs in 4 overs. Sophie Ecclestone and Sobhana Asha also took 1 wicket each.
A clinical chase💛@UPWarriorz open their account in #TATAWPL 2026 with a 7⃣-wicket victory over #MI 🥳
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UP Warriors’ first win
This is UP Warriors’ first win in the Women’s Premier League 2026. UP had lost all the three matches played before this. However, the team still remains at the bottom position (5) in the points table. The team has 2 points and net run rate of -0.906. Delhi also has 2 points, but their net run rate (-0.833) is slightly better than UP.