Harleen Deol led UP Warriors to victory. (Photo- PTI)

WPL 2026 Mumbai Indians vs UP Warriors: In the 8th match of the Women's Premier League (WPL), UP Warriors opened the winning account by defeating Mumbai Indians. In this match played at Dr. DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai, UP Warriors won by 7 wickets, the biggest reason for which was a stormy inning by Indian batsman Harleen Deol. In the last match, Harleen Deol had to be retired due to poor strike rate. The team management had called him back. But in this match he remained unbeaten and led the team to victory.

Mumbai team could not put a big score on the board

After winning the toss, UP Warriors chose to bowl first and restricted Mumbai Indians to 161 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs. During this, Nate Siver-Brunt played a brilliant inning of 65 runs in 43 balls. While opening, Amanjot Kaur scored 38 runs. Nicola Carey also contributed 32 unbeaten runs. On the other hand, Shikha Pandey, Deepti Sharma, Sophie Eccleston and Asha Sabhana took one wicket each for UP Warriors.

Harleen Deol's match winning innings

While chasing the target, UP Warriors batted brilliantly and won the match by scoring 162 runs for 3 wickets in 18.1 overs. Harleen Deol played the biggest role in the match. He scored an unbeaten 64 runs. The special thing was that he scored these runs at a strike rate of 164.10. His innings included 12 fours. Harleen Deol had also played an inning of 47 runs in the last match, but she was suddenly retired out and called to the pavilion. The reason for which was believed to be poor strike rate. But in this match he gave a befitting reply.

Apart from Harleen Deol, Chloe Tryon also played an amazing inning and led the team to victory by scoring unbeaten 27 runs on 11 balls. Phoebe Lichfield also managed to contribute 25 runs. Before this, captain Meg Lanning also scored 25 runs. On the other hand, Nate Siver-Brunt took 2 wickets for Mumbai, but his performance was not enough for the team's victory.