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WPL 2025: MI’s Harmanpreet fined 10% of match fee for showing dissent
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WPL 2025: MI’s Harmanpreet fined 10% of match fee for showing dissent

Mumbai Indians’ Harmanpreet Kaur plays against UP Warriorz in the WPL match at Ekana Stadium, in Lucknow on March 6, 2025 | Photo Credit: Sandeep Saxena Mumbai Indians skipper Harmanpreet Kaur was fined 10% of her match fee for breaching the Code of Conduct in the victory against UP Warriorz in the Women’s Premier League on Thursday (March 6, 2025). She admitted to the Level 1 offence, which pertains to showing dissent at an umpire’s decision.The 35-year-old has been guilty of losing her cool on the field of play in the past. In July 2023, she received a two-match ban for her outburst against an umpiring decision while playing Bangladesh in Dhaka — she smashed the stumps with the bat following her dismissal and...
Harmanpreet & Co. spoil RCB’s homecoming
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Harmanpreet & Co. spoil RCB’s homecoming

MI’s Harmanpreet Kaur, plays a shot, during the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2025 match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Mumbai Indians (MI), M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, in Bengaluru on February 21, 2025. | Photo Credit: Murali Kumar The Garden City rarely misses an opportunity to turn up in numbers for a Women’s Premier League match. And so it did on Friday, filling the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium to the brim. Unfortunately, it had to return home disappointed as its beloved Royal Challengers Bengaluru lost to Mumbai Indians by four wickets.An Ellyse Perry special (81, 43b, 11x4, 2x6) had carried RCB to a competitive 167 for seven but MI, via Nat Sciver-Brunt’s scorching 42 (21b, 9x4), captain Harmanpreet K...
WPL 2025: Matter of frames as Delhi Capitals prevail in dramatic finish against Mumbai Indians
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WPL 2025: Matter of frames as Delhi Capitals prevail in dramatic finish against Mumbai Indians

In the end, it was all about the frames. On a dramatic night in the Women’s Premier League, Delhi Capitals beat Mumbai Indians in a thriller that was decided by the smallest of margins, with the TV umpire’s decisions on run-out appeals causing plenty of drama in the closing stages. DC won by 2 wickets off the last ball of the match in Vadodara.Chasing 165, DC were off to a blazing start thanks to Shafali Verma but MI fought back impressively to have the upper hand in the middle stages. DC’s debutants Niki Prasad and Sarah Bryce played crucial cameos before the lower order held on to win. With 2 runs needed off 1 ball, Arundhati Reddy scampered back for the second run and was deemed to have crossed the line just in time. Earlier, opting to bowl, DC put up a strong showing with the ball desp...
Women’s Premier League 2025: WPL season 3: Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Gujarat Giants on February 14, 2025
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Women’s Premier League 2025: WPL season 3: Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Gujarat Giants on February 14, 2025

Captains of Gujarat Giants, UP Warriorz, Delhi Capitals, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians pose with sponsors during the Women’s Premier League season 3, in Vadodara.dia on the 13th February 2025. | Photo Credit: Sportzpics for WPL Royal Challengers Bengaluru captain Smriti Mandhana won the toss and elected to field against Gujarat Giants in the first match of the third season of Women’s Premier League, in Vadodara on Friday (February 14, 2025).The injury-hit and defending champions RCB picked Ellyse Perry, Georgia Wareham, Danielle Wyatt-Hodge and Kim Garth as their four overseas players while handing debuts to Prema Rawat, Joshitha VJ and Raghvi Bisht.Gujarat Giants handed debuts to five players ...