Mumbai Indians Women vs Gujarat Giants Women, 6th Match, Womens Premier League 2026 - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

That wraps up our coverage of today’s WPL clash between MI Women and Gujarat Giants Women. We’ll be back tomorrow with more live action as Delhi Capitals take on UP Warriorz. See you then!

Harmanpreet Kaur | Player of the Match: It was a good game. I think while bowling, we gave away too many runs. Again, we need to sit down and discuss our plans. But batting-wise, we were good. We calculated it well. Amanjot and I, while batting together, calculated things nicely. She batted beautifully, and in the end, Nicola Carey came in and took all the pressure off me. So overall, it was a good game for us. I feel nowadays scores like this are becoming normal. If you’re batting first, you have to score close to 200. And if you’re chasing, you have to chase these kinds of totals as well. So that mindset is there. Whenever you go out, you have to bat for your team. That clarity helps. You understand what the team requires, you calculate accordingly, and then you just go and execute. When you have that much clarity, things become easier. That’s a tough question. I didn’t actually know that stat (5 fifties vs Gujarat), but for me, every match is important. I just want to go out there and bat for my team. Whatever comes, I’ll take it. It’s really good to see all these girls taking responsibility and doing their bit for the team. Whenever we have discussions, they’re always ready to do whatever the team needs. Amanjot is someone who’s ready to bat anywhere - opening, one down, or lower down the order. It all comes down to preparation. When you’re preparing at home, you prepare for the team. It’s great to see that wherever the team needs them, they’re ready.

MI-W have now won each of their eight games vs GG-W in the WPL. That remains the only 100% win-record for a team against an opponent in the competition's history.

Harmanpreet Kaur vs GG-W
65(30)
51(30)
46*(41)
95*(48)
4(2)
54(33)
36(12)
71*(43)
Eight innings, 422 runs at 84.4, SR: 176.56

1000-plus runs in the WPL
1101 - Nat Sciver- Brunt (Avg: 45.87, SR: 142.43)
1016 - Harmanpreet Kaur (Avg: 46.18, SR: 146.18)

Harmanpreet Kaur in successful WPL run-chases
Innings: 12
Runs: 432
Avg: 72
SR: 143.52
50s: 5
HS: 95*

Highest targets successfully chased down in WPL
202 - RCB-W vs GG-W, Vadodara, 2025
193 - MI-W vs GG-W, Mumbai DYP, 2026
191 - MI-W vs GG-W, Delhi, 2024
189 - RCB-W vs GG-W, Brabourne, 2023
179 - UPW-W vs GG-W, Brabourne, 2023

MI-W in WPL run-chases
Matches: 17
Wins: 14
Defeats: 3
W/L ratio: 4.67

-The next best W/L ratio in WPL run-chases is 1.833 for DC-W (11 wins, six defeats)

Nicola Carey: It’s pretty easy when you get to come in after Harmanpreet and see what she’s doing out there. Hayley and the rest of the top order really got us off to a great start. So yeah, it helps a lot when you’ve got Harman at the other end just slotting them over cover for fun. It’s been a lot of fun so far. I feel like in any game you want to go out there and play to your strengths, and that’s what I’m trying to do. It doesn’t always come off. I swung and missed a few times today, and that happens. You’ve just got to stick with it and hope it comes off eventually. You know, the other girls came off as well, so it was a really good team performance. I suppose we needed about 10 or 11 an over at that point, which is a pretty high run rate. But as you’ve seen, you can score runs really quickly on these grounds. The boundaries are small, the outfield’s fast, and the wickets are good. So we wanted to put some pressure back on the bowlers and make them do something different. Thankfully, it came off for us today.

Ashleigh Garnder: I think it’s obviously pretty cliche, but catches sometimes win matches. I think what we prided ourselves on in the first two games was how we fielded, and tonight you just can’t afford to drop chances, especially against some of the best players in the world. Unfortunately for us, we’ve played three really tight games, and tonight we’re on the losing side, which is disappointing. I mean, if you look at the stats, I probably don’t match up overly well against Harmanpreet. She’s probably had the better of me over my international career. As a captain, sometimes you do have a tendency to underutilise yourself. I had about eight bowling options, so at the time I felt there were better match-ups than myself. That said, hindsight is a wonderful thing. Maybe I was the better option, but I can say that standing here after a loss. If we’d won, I probably would’ve made all the right bowling choices. So yes, I could have bowled more overs, but I also felt I wasn’t the right match-up at that point. I think the best thing about our side is the amount of firepower we have in the middle. Fulmali in particular, we’ve seen what she’s been able to do in domestic cricket. She sets up her innings really well and is then able to clear the boundaries at the back end. We also know what Webb is capable of. So for them, it’s really pleasing that they can finish innings strongly. I felt like 193 was a winning target, but like I said earlier, when you don’t take your chances, you tend to pay for it. After our batting innings, I went straight up to her (Ayushi Soni) and told her that it was a team decision. She nodded her head, but I’m sure she was extremely disappointed. At that moment, we needed boundaries regularly. We wanted someone who could run well between the wickets and then clear the ropes at the end. It’s obviously really tough for her. It was her first game in the WPL, and there would’ve been nerves. But she made the team play. I thought we finished the innings really well. It just wasn’t our night tonight.

23:01 Local Time, 17:31 GMT, 23:01 IST: What a thrilling contest it turned out to be. Earlier in the day, a late burst from Fulmali, along with useful contributions from Ahuja, Mooney and Wareham, lifted Gujarat Giants to another imposing total of 190-plus. In reply, Mumbai Indians lost Kamalini early, but Hayley Matthews provided early momentum with a brisk start before she departed. The chase steadied through a crucial third-wicket stand as Amanjot and Harmanpreet added 72 valuable runs. Sophie Devine broke that partnership in the 13th over, removing Amanjot at a key moment. Nicola Carey followed next and after a cautious beginning, found her rhythm with a few timely boundaries. At the other end, Harmanpreet anchored the innings with a true captain’s knock, bringing up a fluent fifty and keeping MI firmly in the hunt. Harmanpreet was given a few chances by the fielders and she made Gujarat Giants pay for those mistakes, steering MI Women home in the final over. Stay around for the presentations..

Equation: 5 runs required in 6 balls

Equation: 14 runs required in 2 overs..