The one-sided nature of the first ever WPL match reminds me of the first IPL match, that occurred way back in 2008. Back then it was Brendon McCullum of the Kolkata Knight Riders, who came up with a massive score of 158 not out from 73 balls. KKR made 222/3 and in return, the Royal Challengers Bangalore were bowled out for 82 runs. Victory margin was 140 runs. Yesterday it was Harmanpreet Kaur in the place of McCullum. The victory margin was eerily similar, at 143 runs. The difference is that yesterday it was not a one-man show. Hayley Matthews and Amelia Kerr also contributed to Mumbai Indians batting.
I just remembered that first match of IPL. After this match he did not have any big score throughout the first season if I remember it correctly.
I never ever thought that Harmanpreet Kaur would be so agressive yesterday. She scored 65 runs at the strike rate of over 200 percent. The noise generated by the crowd while she batted was simply unbelievable. I once felt I was watching an IPL match. Jio cinema made it more interesting to watch the first match with their graphics.
It was a total one sided match where Mumbai Indians Women scored a massive 207 runs and in the chase, Gujarat Giants Women were all out on 64 runs. Saika Ishaque took 4 wickets and only 11 runs were given by her.
However, the captain of Mumbai Indians Harmanpreet Kaur was the player of the match as she scored 65 runs in only 30 balls.
Since, its the first ever IPL, we are yet to see which teams are strong and which teams are weak before deciding to bet on them.