TATA WPL GGT vs MIW: Check out Mumbai Indian Women’s playing XI for the season opener

Mooney-led Gujarat Giants have opted to bowl first in the season opening match against Mumbai Indians in the inaugural season of WPL.

Beth Mooney – We will bowl. Looks pretty even with the grass, it’s a hard and flat surface, plenty of runs here. Absolutely thrilled to be part of (WPL), a big crowd and I’m loving it. We have an entertaining group, we speak a lot about cricket. We have had the experience of playing in front of a big crowd, we can pass it on to the younger members. Three seamers and four spinners in our playing XI today, looking at taking some early wickets.

Harmanpreet Kaur – It’s a special day for all of us, want to enjoy this moment. This is a good wicket to bat on, but there will be something in it for the bowlers as well. We have some young players who’ll be featuring today and we’re looking forward to seeing how they play.

Mumbai Indians Women’s Playing XI –

Mumbai Indians Women (Playing XI): Hayley Matthews, Yastika Bhatia(w), Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Nat Sciver-Brunt, Amelia Kerr, Amanjot Kaur, Pooja Vastrakar, Humaira Kazi, Issy Wong, Jintimani Kalita, Saika Ishaque

🚨 Toss Update 🚨@GujaratGiants have won the toss and they have elected to bowl first against @mipaltan in Match 1⃣ of the #TATAWPL! pic.twitter.com/HCuPYBEfft

— Women's Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) March 4, 2023

The inaugural Women’s Premier League (WPL) is set to begin today in India. The first edition features six teams: Gujarat Giants, Mumbai Indians Women, UP Warriorz, Delhi Capitals, and Royal Challengers Bangalore. The structure will be similar to that of the Men’s Indian Premier League (IPL). The tournament will begin with round robins, in which each team will face each other at least once in their home stadium, followed by Eliminator and the TATA WPL 2023 final on March 26th.