MI Vs UPW Highlights, WPL 2026: Harleen Deol’s Half-Century Guides UP Warriorz To First Win Of Season

Good evening, cricket fans! This is the start of our live blog covering the WPL match between Mumbai Indians and UP Warriorz. Stay tuned for pre-match and toss updates as they take place.

• Fixture: Mumbai Indians vs UP Warriorz, Match 8

• Series: Women's Premier League (WPL) 2026

• Venue: DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai

• Date: Thursday, January 15, 2026

• Time: 7:30 PM IST

The Women’s Premier League matches, including Match 8 between Mumbai Indians and UP Warriorz, will be live-streamed on the JioHotstar app and website in India. Television broadcasts will take place on the Star Sports 1 and 2 (SD & HD) channels. Regional commentary will be available in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada.

UP Warriorz captain Meg Lanning won the toss and opted to bowl first in the WPL 2026 Match 8.

Meg Lanning (UP Warriorz): "We are going to have a bowl first. It is something that has worked in the tournament. We are sticking to the same team, we think that gives us the best chance and on this wicket. We haven't played our best but tonight is another chance. There is a lot of talent within this group, it is about getting the best out of them. Today we go out and improve on those skills. We have done well lot of things right and hopefully tonight's the night."

Harmanpreet Kaur (Mumbai Indians): "We have one change; Nat is back and Hayley is resting. She (Carey) is someone who is contributing with both bat and ball, she is in form and should continue playing. Throughout this tournament we have seen, everyone is scoring close to 180, we have played on this pitch and it was seaming early on, hopefully we adjust and put up a good total on the board."

Mumbai Indians Women: Gunalan Kamalini (wk), Amelia Kerr, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Amanjot Kaur, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Nicola Carey, Sajeevan Sajana, Sanskriti Gupta, Poonam Khemnar, Shabnim Ismail, Triveni Vasistha.

UP Warriorz Women: Kiran Navgire, Meg Lanning (c), Phoebe Litchfield, Harleen Deol, Shweta Sehrawat (wk), Chloe Tryon, Deepti Sharma, Sophie Ecclestone, Asha Sobhana Joy, Shikha Pandey, Kranti Gaud.

Kamalini and Kerr are out in an empty DY Patil Stadium to open the innings for Mumbai Indians. Interestingly, local municipal elections means that the match I taking place behind closed doors, with the fan noise added by broadcasters reminding me of lockdown days.

Regardless, it has been a good start from MI, with Amanjot hitting a good boundary off the penultimate ball.

Pandey makes a half-hearted LBW appeal against Amanjot. The keeper, however, instructs Lanning to go for the review, which the UPW skipper does. However, ball tracking shows that the impact was outside off, as it looked like to the naked eye as well. MI's opening pair survives.

MI's quiet start to the innings continues as they post just 32 – the lowest powerplay score in WPL 2026. With Kamilini struggling to settle, Amanjot has been forced to face most of the deliveries and take the risks, with luck favouring her so far.

Amanjot's lone fight comes to an end. With pressure mounting up, she attempts to slog one over the park. However, the flighted ball lacked any pace, and the ball carried to Kranti Gaud, who completed a smart catch to hand the Warriorz their first breakthrough. Sciver-Brunt comes on as the new batter.

Kamalini's frustrating innings comes to an end. She tried to go over extra cover, but could not middle the shot. As a result, she holes it straight to Navgire, and Mumbai Indians lose two in two overs. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur comes on as the new batter.

What a superb catch from Tryon to dismiss Harmanpreet. The MI captain finally opened up her arms, hitting Arsha for a big six off the first ball of the over. The bowler switches to round the wicket, with Harmanpreet attempting a sweep. Tryon comes flying out, grabbing the ball with both hands.

Excellent batting from Sciver-Brunt, who hits Asha all over the park. Two boundaries and a six in the first three balls, with the over bringing 15 runs and taking Mumbai Indians over the 100-run mark. Will this signal a twist in tale?

The Sciver-Brunt show is in full effect, and the batter reaches a well-deserved 50 in just 32 balls with a boundary off the very first ball from Deepti's final over. Her partnership with Carey has led the MI innings, which was struggling after Harmanpreet's dismissal.

The full-toss finally bears fruit for Shikha, with the dangerous Sciver-Brunt being dismissed for 65. She tried to dispatch it over cover-point, but Tryon ws at full stretch to take her second brilliant catch of the innings. Sajana comes on for the remaining three balls.

A very good final over from Shikha, with just seven runs coming off it and two wickets. Sajana is run out after attempting for a second in the final ball, but Mumbai Indians reach 161 at the end of 20 overs. The credit for that goes to the partnership between Sciver-Brunt (65) and Carey (35*).

What an opening over from Carey. She almost got the prize in the final ball, with Navgire being struck on the pads. There's a huge LBW shout, but the umpire is not impressed. Ball tracking confirms that it's umpires call, and the Warriorz batter survives.

After a slow start, Navgire is finally opening up more, going on the attack against Ismail and getting a boundary. That gives her confidence, with the opener closing the over with a straight hit that runs away for four.

Lanning's luck runs out as Sciver-Brunt gives MI their first breakthough. It was a poor ball, to be honest, but Lanning hung back a bit while playing the shot. As a result, she did not get the elevation that she wanted, picking out Sajana in the deep.

Sciver-Brunt can do no wrong tonight, as UP Warriorz lose their second wicket in five balls. Navgire attempted to pull it on the back foot, but there was no pace on the ball. The top-edge flies up and is taken well by Sajana at backward square-leg.

Brilliant power-hitting from Litchfield and Deol. 33 runs in the last three overs, with Deol leading the onslaught with a host of boundaries. The MI bowlers are leaking runs at the moment. Harmanpreet turns to Sanskriti now after a change in ball.

Sanskriti Gupta oversteps, and it’s a no-ball. She fires in a quicker good-length delivery outside off, Deol goes on the back foot and pushes it towards extra cover, but the whistle comes, Gupta has crossed the line.

Triveni Vasistha bowls full outside off, and Chloe Tryon goes down on one knee, leans back, and lofts it beautifully over extra cover for four, long-off left stranded.

Harleen Deol starred with an unbeaten half-century to steer UP Warriorz to a seven-wicket win over Mumbai Indians in WPL 2026, chasing 162 with 11 balls to spare. Chloe Tryon’s quick 27 off 11 and a key partnership with Litchfield supported the chase, giving UP Warriorz their first win of the season after three consecutive defeats.