It’s a proud record Mumbai Indians hold over the Gujarat Giants, and the streak is only getting longer! 2-0 in 2023, 2-0 in 2024 and make it 1-0 to kick 2025 off. And it’s come off a team performance, as complete as they come..

Aapli Nat, eat, sleep, fifty, repeat!

121 wasn’t the stiffest of targets and the bowlers can take a lot of the credit in setting this win up. But Nat Sciver-Brunt has just nailed it in. Both Hayley Matthews and Yastika Bhatia got off to a decent start, but couldn’t quite get going. Not Nat. She started off aggressively, making sure MI were always in front of the eight-ball, and with a 39-ball 57 where she nearly batted through the innings, ensured the team put the heartbreak against the Delhi Capitals in the previous game firmly behind.

Young Kamalini announces herself, Sajana finishes it

While the major part of the chase was done when Amelia Kerr (19) fell in the 15^th over, it was a chance to see young Kamalini G, fresh from the under-19 triumph with India. And delicately, she cut the first ball she faced past point for a boundary. That’s some arrival signal! First impressions is something Sajana S knows a thing or two about. She was right there at the end watching from the other end, while hitting the winning runs herself.  

The powerplay siege

The game, in all fairness, was sealed in the powerplay with the ball.

6-1 (Beth Mooney, 1.2)

14-2 (Laura Wolvaardt, 2.5)

16-3 (Dayalan Hemalatha, 3.3)

28-4 (Ashleigh Gardner, 5.6)

It was the experienced duo of Nat and Shabnim Ismail that drew first blood. The two spinners in Hayley Matthews and Amelia Kerr then joined in, shared five wickets among themselves, and ensured the Gujarat innings didn’t get a recovery and folded out for an under-par 120.

Right then, Paltan, we have a W, we have our two points, and we are well and truly on making this a winning juggernaut. This also marks the end of our Gujarat leg as we move to Bengaluru for the next three games. Garden City, here we come to paint you in our Blue and Gold!