Preview
2 of the best performing sides of the competition lock horns in Game No. 18, to be played at the DY Patil Sports Academy. Both MI & DC suffered shocking defeats in their respective previous games. Both sides are already through to the knockouts but there’s still lot to play for, as the winner will likely book a direct spot in the finals rather than having to go through the Eliminator
H2H
MI came out on top by 8 wickets & 5 overs to spare in the H2H meeting from earlier in the season
Top Performers at Venue
Harmanpreet Kaur (MI), Batter- RHB
Inns- 5 | Runs- 143 | Avg- 36
Meg Lanning (DC), Batter- RHB
Inns- 4 | Runs- 149 | Avg- 50
Hayley Matthews (MI), All Rounder- RHB/OS
Inns- 3 | Runs- 114 | Avg- 38 | Wkts- 4 | Avg- 13
Marizanne Kapp (DC), All Rounder- RHB/RAM
Inns- 4 | Wkts- 6 | Avg- 14 | Runs- 50 | Avg- 25
Issy Wong (MI), All Rounder- RHB/RAM
Inns- 3 | Wkts- 5 | Avg- 8 | Runs- 38 | Avg- 38
Shikha Pandey (DC), Bowler- RAM
Inns- 4 | Wkts- 7 | Avg- 13 | SR- 13
Top Picks
Harmanpreet Kaur (MI), Batter- RHB
- She’s the 4th highest & MI’s highest run-getter this season: Inns- 5 | Runs- 205 | Avg- 68
- She has performed brilliantly at the venue: Inns- 5 | Runs- 143 | Avg- 36
- She’s scored half-centuries in 2 out of the previous 3 outings
Meg Lanning (DC), Batter- RHB
- She’s the 2nd highest run-getter this season: Inns- 6 | Runs- 239 | Avg- 40
- With 43 runs she was the top scorer in the previous H2H game
- She’s performed exceedingly well at the venue: Inns- 4 | Runs- 149 | Avg- 50
Marizanne Kapp (DC), All Rounder- RHB/RAM
- She has the best bowling figures this season 4-0-15-5, which was registered at this very venue
- She has scored 125 runs at an average of 41.67 this season
- She top scored for DC in the previous game scoring 36 runs, and also had a good outing with the ball: 4-0-24-1
Saika Ishaque (MI), Bowler- LAO
- She was the POTM in the previous H2H game for her bowling figures of 3-0-13-3
- She’s the current holder of the purple cap: Inns- 6 | Wkts- 12 | Avg- 10 | SR- 11
- She’s been terrific at the venue: Inns- 3 | Wkts- 7 | Avg- 6 | SR- 9
Differential Picks
Issy Wong (MI), All Rounder- RHB/RAM
- She’s been mightily impressive with the ball at this venue: Inns- 4 | Wkts- 6 | Avg- 14 | SR- 11
- She played a valuable knock of 32 runs off just the 19 balls in the previous game
- She registered the best bowling figures in the previous H2H game: 4-0-10-3
Jemimah Rodrigues (DC), Batter- RHB
- She averages 38 in the competition, having accumulated 114 runs
- She looked in great nick in the previous H2H game before getting bowled for 25
- She’s scored 91 runs at an average of 45.5 across 3 outings at this venue this season
Arundhati Reddy (DC), Bowler- RAM
- She bowled really well during the death overs in the previous game, finishing with figures of 3-0-25-1
- She also chipped in with a handy knock of 25 runs, 2nd most by a DC batter
Jess Jonassen (DC), All Rounder- LHB/LAO
- She had the best bowling figures by a DC bowler in the previous game: 4-0-38-2
- She’s scored 73 runs at an average of 73 and a SR of 192 at this venue
- She was adjudged the POTM in 2 out of the 4 games she’s played at this venue this season
Safe Captaincy Pick
Hayley Matthews (MI), All Rounder- RHB/OS
- She is the 5th highest run-getter this season: Inns- 6 | Runs- 203 | Avg- 41
- Her 11 wickets are the 2nd most number of wickets this season
- She’s put in some brilliant all-round performances at this venue: Inns- 3 | Runs- 114 | Avg- 38 | Wkts- 4 | Avg- 13
- She registered figures of 4-0-19-3 in the previous H2H game and also played a good hand with the bat, scoring 32 runs
- She top scored for MI in the previous game with her knock of 35 runs and also struck with her very 1st ball, registering figures of 4-0-26-1
Differential Captaincy Pick
Amelia Kerr (MI), All Rounder- RHB/RALB
- With the decks having slowed down, spinners have started getting great purchase, and Kerr will look to continue on the same
- She has picked the 3rd most number of wickets this season: Inns- 6 | Wkts- 10 | Avg- 14 | SR- 12
- She had the best bowling figures by an MI bowler in the previous game: 4-0-22-2
- She’s performed consistently well at the venue: Inns- 3 | Wkts- 4 | Avg- 16 | SR- 13
- She’s also scored 48 runs at the same average across 2 origins at this venue
Base Team
WK: Yastika Bhatia
BAT: Meg Lanning, Harmanpreet Kaur
AR: Marizanne Kapp, Hayley Matthews, Natalie Sciver, Amelia Kerr
BOWL: Shikha Pandey, Saika Ishaque
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