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WPL 2023: Kate Cross impressed by ‘find of the tournament’ Saika Ishaque | Cricket News – Times of India

Mumbai Indians' left-arm spinner Saika Ishaque currently leads the list of Women's Premier League (WPL) wicket-takers with nine wickets in her kitty, and it has left England pacer Kate Cross mighty impressed. "She's jumped significantly ahead of Hayley Matthews, her teammate. She bowls stump-to-stump, and she changes the angles at which she bowls. She bowled with the cap and I don't think she wants to take it off," Kate was quoted as saying by Sports18 and JioCinema.1/11WPL 2023: Dominant Mumbai Indians register third consecutive winShow Captions<p>Read more on TOI Sports</p><p>Mumbai Indians produced a clinical performance to thrash Delhi Capitals by eight wickets in the seventh match of the Women's Premier League 2023 on Thursday.</p><p>This was Mumbai's ...
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MI vs DC, WPL 2023: Unbeaten Mumbai Indians crush Delhi Capitals to consolidate top spot | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: All-round Mumbai Indians brushed aside Delhi Capitals to continue their unbeaten run in the inaugural Women's Premier League on Thursday. Harmanpreet Kaur and co. inflicted a heavy eight-wicket defeat over Delhi for their third straight win and strengthened their position on top of the table. The defeat was also Delhi's first of the season.3️⃣/3️⃣ 💪A 𝐌𝐈ghty Performance 🔥#OneFamily #MumbaiIndians #AaliRe #DCvMI https://t.co/HdeF6nQBqb— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) 1678380648000Bowlers led from the front for Mumbai as Delhi were rolled over for a paltry 105 after opting to bat first. Pacer Issy Wong and spinners Saika Ishaque and Hayley Matthews grabbed three wickets each in a combined effort to shoot down star-studded Delhi batting line-up in 18 overs.As It HappenedOpeners Yasti...
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Saika Ishaque living her late father’s dream 

Roaring start: Saika scalped four wickets on her WPL debut for Mumbai Indians. | Photo Credit: ANI It was with boys that Saika Ishaque started playing cricket. That is not unusual at all for female cricketers, around the world. What is unusual is that the boys she played with, at an academy in Kolkata, thought that she was a boy.“I had short hair and looked quite like a boy; I was about nine then,” a smiling Saika said during an interview with The Hindu on Wednesday. “When those boys found out that I was a girl, I felt embarrassed. They stopped talking to me.” She is now the talk of the town. With six wickets from two matches in the WPL, she became an early owner of the purple cap. The left-arm spinner took four wickets on her Mumbai Indians debut, against Gujarat Giants, and th...
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Saika Ishaque living her late father’s dream 

Roaring start: Saika scalped four wickets on her WPL debut for Mumbai Indians. | Photo Credit: ANI It was with boys that Saika Ishaque started playing cricket. That is not unusual at all for female cricketers, around the world. What is unusual is that the boys she played with, at an academy in Kolkata, thought that she was a boy.“I had short hair and looked quite like a boy; I was about nine then,” a smiling Saika said during an interview with The Hindu on Wednesday. “When those boys found out that I was a girl, I felt embarrassed. They stopped talking to me.” She is now the talk of the town. With six wickets from two matches in the WPL, she became an early owner of the purple cap. The left-arm spinner took four wickets on her Mumbai Indians debut, against Gujarat Giants, and th...
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Saika living her late father’s dream

Saika has had a dream start for Mumbai Indians, scalping six wickets in the first two matches, in the Women’s Premier League. | Photo Credit: Sportzpics/WPL It was with boys that Saika Ishaque started playing cricket. That is not unusual at all for female cricketers, around the world. What is unusual is that the boys she played with, at an academy in Kolkata, thought that she was a boy.“I had short hair and looked quite like a boy; I was about nine then,” a smiling Saika said during an interview with The Hindu here on Wednesday. “When those boys found out that I was a girl, I felt embarrassed. They stopped talking to me.”She is now the talk of the town. With six wickets from two matches at the Women’s Premier League, she became an early owner of the purple cap. The left-arm spinner...
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GG vs MI Highlights: Harmanpreet Kaur shines as Mumbai Indians thrash Gujarat Giants by 143 runs in WPL opener | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Harmanpreet Kaur-led Mumbai Indians on Saturday started the inaugural Women's Premier League (WPL) in style, thrashing Gujarat Giants by 143 runs in the tournament opener at DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai.The Mumbai skipper scored the first half-century of the new league as her 30-ball 65 blitzkrieg powered her team to a massive 207 for 5 after being sent in to bat first by her counterpart, Gujarat captain Beth Mooney. As it happened: Gujarat Giants vs Mumbai IndiansMumbai bowlers then ended Gujarat's innings in the 16th over, reducing them to 64/9 in 15.1 overs to register a huge victory. Saika Ishaque (4 for 11) was the wrecker-in-chief for the Mumbai side, with Nat Sciver-Brunt (2/5) and Amelia Kerr (2/12) taking two wickets each.Gujarat captain Mooney suffered an injury ...