Harmanpreet Kaur turns the clock back with an epic 95*, Mumbai Indians qualify for WPL 2024 playoffs
On Saturday at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Harmanpreet Kaur turned the clock back to 2017. In what is arguably the best knock of the Women’s Premier League so far, the India captain produced a chasing masterclass to help Mumbai Indians become the first team to qualify for the playoffs. The comparisons to her incredible 171* in the 2017 World Cup semifinal were unavoidable. A sedate start. A steady shifting of the gears. An explosive finish. Beth Mooney, the Gujarat Giants captain, would have had a sense of deja vu. She – along with Ash Gardner – witnessed an all-time great World Cup knockout innings in Australia’s colours that day in Derby. In orange this time, they were once again at the receiving end as MI chased down 191 with a ball to spare. On that day in 2017, she scored her 100 off 90 balls and the smashed her last 71 runs off 25 deliveries. In this chase, she was on 20 off 21 balls at the end of the 14th over, Mumbai’s score – incidentally – read 100. And that’s when the foot firmly went on the pedal
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