Mumbai Indians Playing XI against Gujarat Giants | WPL 2025 Eliminator

Eliminator: Mumbai Indians Playing XI against Gujarat Giants| MI-W vs GG-W

The third season of the Women's Premier League is about to conclude, with just two minutes remaining. Following the completion of the group stage matches, the playoff matches will start. The eliminator of the season will be played between the first-season champions, Mumbai Indians, and the Gujarat Giants. This article will discuss the predicted playing XI for the Mumbai Indians in the upcoming match. 

The Mumbai Indians team will be tired as they play their third consecutive match in four days. Mumbai played its last two group matches against the Gujarat Giants and Royal Challengers Bengaluru on March 10th and 11th, respectively, and it will play the Eliminator against Gujarat on March 13th. After finishing at the top of the points table after the group stage, Delhi Capitals has already qualified directly for the finals and will play against the winner of the eliminator for the Champions Trophy.

Mumbai Indians predicted playing XI for the upcoming match against Gujarat Giants

Top Order

In the top order, Hayley Mathews and Amelia Kerr will be opening for Mumbai Indians in this match. Both the batter's didn't performed well in the last match against the Gujarat Giants, in the match Hayley Scored 19 runs, while Amelia Kerr Scored five runs. For the third no. Mumbai will be Nat Sciver-Brunt, who scored an impressive half-century against RCB in the last match, while she is also the highest run scorer of this season. Nat has scored 416 runs in the eight matches played so far, with an average of 69.33, and is currently the Orange Cap holder. 

Middle Order

For the middle order, captain batter Harmanpreet Kaur will be leading the team. After struggling to score runs in the tournament Harmanpreet scored 70 runs in the last two matches, including one half century showing the signs of form coming back just before the crucial playoffs' matches. She will be batting along with wicketkeeper Yashtika Bhatia, and Amanjot Kaur will be in the middle order.

Lower order

In the lower order, Mumbai Indians have Sanjeevana Sanjana and Kamalini Gunalan. Both the batters can hit some big shots and scored runs quickly in the last few overs.

Bowlers

On the bowling side, the Mumbai Indians is having Amelia Kerr, Nat Sciver Brunt and Hayley Matthews as key bowlers. Amelia and Hayley are in phenomenal form and are the top wicket-taker of the season. Both the bowlers have taken 14 wickets each in the tournament and are currently in 1st and 2nd place in the points table. Along with them, Shabnim Ismail will also play a key role; in the last encounter against Gujarat, Ismail took two important wickets. Additionally, other all-rounders in the team will also be helping with the bowl.