WPL 2025: Mumbai Indians Women vs UP Warriorz Women Prediction

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The WPL 2025 season will see the Mumbai Indians Women (MI-W) face the UP Warriorz Women (UPW-W) on March 6, 2025, at the Ekana Stadium, Lucknow. It should be a great game, MI-W have been in good form this year, but UPW-W are struggling, though they started the tournament greatly.

Currently, MI-W sits on the 6 points and UPW-W sits on four points. MI-W have a massive advantage, with a better Net Run Rate (NRR) of 0.166, and occupy third place on the points table, while UPW-W are in fifth place in the table with an NRR of -0.786. 

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Mumbai Indians Women vs UP Warriorz Women: Mumbai Indians Women to win

Key Stats 

  • Mumbai Indians Women won 3 out of their first 5 matches.
  • UP Warriorz Women won 2 out of their first 6 matches
  • Mumbai Indians Women won three encounters against UP Warriorz Women and lost two.

Match Prediction: Considering the teams’ recent performances and their previous meetings, Mumbai Indians Women are expected to win this match. Though the league-stage head-to-head record between the two teams is drawn , Mumbai Indians have fared better overall against UP Warriorz. Victory for either side would greatly enhance its prospects of reaching the playoffs, particularly in light of its points-table standing.

Most Recent H2H and Pitch Report 

Winner Won by  Date
Mumbai Indians Women 8 wickets 26 Feb 2025
Mumbai Indians Women 42 runs 7 Mar 2024
UP Warriorz 7 wickets 28 Feb 2024
Mumbai Indians Women 72 runs 24 Mar 2023

Pitch Report 

The Ekana Stadium in Lucknow usually has a relatively good pitch, that’s helpful for both batsmen and bowlers. Dew might affect during the evening matches, possibly helping the batting side in the second innings. The average first innings score at this ground in T20 matches is around 160–170 runs.

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Mumbai Indians preview 

The Mumbai Indians Women, who won their last match against the UP Warriorz by 8 wickets. Nat Sciver-Brunt is in great form. who helps them to acquire that victory. Not only that, Nat Sciver-Brunt’s importance in MI-W’s current season is enormous in their last 3 victory in 5 matches. The Mumbai Indians’ most important players such as Nat Sciver-Brunt, Hayley Matthews, and Harmanpreet Kaur.

Predicted XI: Hayley Matthews, Yastika Bhatia (wk), Nat Sciver-Brunt, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Amelia Kerr, Sajeevan Sajana, G Kamalini, Amanjot Kaur, Sanskriti Gupta, Shabnim Ismail, Parunika Sisodia.

UP Warriorz preview 

UP Warriorz suffered a humiliating defeat in their last game against the Gujarat Giants on the other hand. When Beth Mooney scored an unbeaten 96 and Gujarat won by 81 runs. UP Warriorz also took part in WPL’s first Super Over. And won the nail-biting competition by four runs on February 24 when they played against RCB-W in the tiebreaker. They’ll try to regain their past form playing at home. UP Warriorz’s star players are Sophie Ecclestone, Deepti Sharma and Grace Harris.

Predicted XI:  Shweta Sehrawat, Tahlia McGrath, Kiran Navgire, Grace Harris, Deepti Sharma(c), Sophie Ecclestone, Anjali Sarvani, Poonam Khemnar, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Chamari Athapaththu.

Player to watch: Nat Sciver-Brunt (Mumbai Indians Women)

Sciver-Brunt has been in outstanding form with bat and ball. She has been instrumental in the Mumbai Indians’ success these past few matches, and is one player to watch in this match. In her previous outing against UP Warriorz, she had scored 75 not out and taken 3 wickets for 18 runs.

Md Saife Fida

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Published - March 4, 2025 13:04:35
Updated - March 4, 2025 13:05:50

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