Gujarat Giants<\/strong> (GG) locked horns with Mumbai Indians<\/strong> (MI) in match no. 12 of the Women\u2019s Premier League (WPL) 2023<\/strong> at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on Tuesday (March 14).<\/p>\n Asked to bat first, MI lost their first wicket with just one run on the board. However, they made a strong comeback and posted a competitive total of 162 for the loss of eight wickets in their allotted 20 overs. Harmanpreet Kaur<\/strong> top-scored for her team and scored a brilliant 51 off 30 balls, including seven fours and two sixes. Supported by Nat Sciver-Brunt<\/strong> (36), Yastika Bhatia<\/strong> also contributed 44 crucial runs to the MI\u2019s total. Meanwhile, Ashleigh Gardner<\/strong> picked up three wickets for GG and gave away just 34 runs in her quota of four overs.<\/p>\n In reply, Gujarat also didn\u2019t start well and kept losing wickets at regular intervals. Harleen Deol<\/strong> played a resilient 22-run knock for her team but couldn\u2019t sail them through. GG eventually lost the contest by 55 runs as they managed to score only 109\/9 in 20 overs<\/a>.<\/p>\n On the other hand, Scier-Brunt and Hayley Matthews scalped three wickets each for the MI and helped the Mumbai-based team maintain their dominance by registering a fifth consecutive win in the tournament. Harmanpreet was adjudged \u2018Player of the Match\u2019 for her exceptional half-century knock.<\/p>\n With the win, Mumbai maintained their top spot in the WPL 2023 points table<\/a> and became the first team to qualify for the playoffs, while Gujarat remained at the fifth position in the team standings with just one win in their last five encounters.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s how Twitter reacted:<\/p>\n