Mumbai Indians Women vs UP Warriorz Head to Head Records - WPL 2024, Match 6

Mumbai Indians Women and UP Warriorz Women will clash with each other for the fourth time when they take on each other in match 6 of WPL 2024. MI Women vs UP Warriorz clash of WPL 2024 will be played on Wednesday, February 28. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru will host the encounter.

Mumbai Indians Women and UP Warriorz faced each other in the crucial Eliminator match last season. Led by Harmanpreet Kaur, MI Women stunned UP Women by 72 runs in the match to clinch a place in the final.

Now, UP Women will look to avenge their defeat in that game in WPL 2024. Ahead of MI Women vs UP Warriorz clash, we take a glance at head-to-head records between both sides.

Mumbai Indians Women vs UP Warriorz Head to Head Records – WPL 2024, Match 6

Mumbai Indians Women vs UP Warriorz: Key Statistics

If we talk about MI Women vs UP Warriorz stats, both teams have faced each other in three matches in the Women’s Premier League. Mumbai won 2 games while UP won once during last season. The previous clash between both teams took place in the Eliminator match last season, where MI Women emerged victorious.

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Mumbai Indians Women vs UP Warriorz: Recent 5 Encounters

Both teams are yet to face each other in 5 encounters. They have played 3 matches so far. WPL 2024 match 6 is the fourth time that both teams will clash with each other. MI Women won the opening clash against UP last year by 8 wickets.

Later, UP Women bounced back to win the next clash by 5 wickets. In the Eliminator match, the Harmanpreet Kaur & Co. outplayed UP Warriorz by 72 runs.

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Key moments and stand-out performances

If we glance at MI Women vs UP Warriorz clashes, MI’s Nat Sciver-Brunt is the leading run-getter with 122 runs in 3 games. She owns a strike rate of 158+ and also slammed a fifty.

For UP Warriorz, Tahlia McGrath is the highest run-scorer with 95 runs off 3 matches including a fifty.  Nat Sciver-Brunt slammed unbeaten 72 runs in one game. Alyssa Healy shattered a 58-run knock- the top score by a UP W’s batter.

Among bowlers, UP-W’s Sophie Ecclestone has clinched the most 6 wickets. Ecclestone stole 3 wickets for 15 runs for UP, which is the best show by a UP Warriorz bowler against Mumbai.

MI-W’s Issy Wong and Saika Ishaque have hunted the most 5 wickets against UP. Issy Wong also has the best bowling figures against UP. She picked a 4-wicket haul for 15 runs last season.

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Trends and Patterns

In two games out of three in WPL last season, the chasing team won the encounter. However, MI Women stole victory by batting first in the Eliminator game. Two games were high-scoring ones where the teams batting first posted more than 160. One encounter witnessed MI Women getting bowled out for just 127.

Conclusion

The MI Women vs UP Warriorz encounter of WPL 2024 is expected to be a nail-biting one. After three games, MI Women have an upper edge by winning two games. UP can equal their record against MI by winning the next clash. Both teams qualified for playoffs last season and were among the best performers.