Kiran Navgire and Grace Harris took a lot of the limelight throughout UP Warriorz’ seven-wicket win over the Mumbai Indians however their captain Alyssa Healy wasn’t too far behind. While Healy was instrumental within the chase, scoring 33 off 29 balls herself, the Australian wicketkeeper-batter caught the eyeballs with how she handled a pitch invader in the course of the MI innings as nicely.
The incident occurred simply as Anjali Sarvani was on the point of bowl the final ball of the MI innings(PTI)
The incident occurred simply as Anjali Sarvani was on the point of bowl the final ball of the MI innings. She had simply bought a wicket off the fifth ball and the brand new batter was able to face up, however the umpire requested Sarvani to cease simply as she was entering into her run up. That was as a result of a person had run on to the sphere of play however Healy was having none of it. She might be seen tackling the invader to the bottom earlier than officers escorted him off the sphere. Australian media drew comparisons to how the late all-rounder Andrew Symonds and Australia ladies’s soccer icon Sam Kerr had additionally handled pitch invaders in a similar way.
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Alyssa Healy might be seen tackling the invader earlier than officers escorted him off the sphere.(PTI) 
Australian media drew comparisons to how the late all-rounder Andrew Symonds and Australia ladies’s soccer icon Sam Kerr had additionally handled pitch invaders in a similar way.(PTI)
MI, who’re the defending champions, have been restricted to a rating of 161/6 which UPW chased down in 16.3 overs. Healy (33 runs from 29 balls) and Kiran Navgire (57 runs from 31 balls) opened for the Warriorz and made a strong 94-run partnership.
The Healy-Navgire duo gave the UP-based franchise a fiery begin whereas chasing a goal of 162 runs. Healy smashed 5 fours with a strike charge of 113.79. Meanwhile, Navgire slammed his fifty after taking part in simply 25 balls. She smashed 6 fours and 4 sixes. However, the participant’s knock needed to come to an finish after Amelia Kerr made the primary breakthrough of the sport after she dismissed Navgire within the tenth over.
Issy Wong scalped the second wicket of the inning after she dismissed Tahlia McGrath (1 run from 4 balls) within the eleventh over. Wong’s spell helped Mumbai to make a comeback within the recreation after she eliminated skipper Healy within the tenth over. Even although the Mumbai-based franchise picked up two fast wickets however nonetheless didn’t take management of the sport.
After shedding three wickets, Grace Harris (38* runs from 17 balls) and Deepti Sharma (27* runs from 20 balls) took cost of the batting lineup as they chased the goal with none issue. Harris smashed 6 fours and 1 six with a strike charge of 223.53. Meanwhile, Deepti hit 4 fours.
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