🏏WPL 2026: Match 19: MI W vs GGT W at Vadodara on 30/01/26🏏 - Page 2

Recent Form & Tournament Situation

Mumbai Indians Women have been one of the most consistent teams in the tournament so far. Their batting lineup has delivered regularly, and their bowling unit has controlled matches in key phases. MI have handled pressure situations well, especially while chasing, which has kept them among the top contenders on the points table.

Gujarat Giants Women, on the other hand, have shown improvement after a slow start to the season. While inconsistency has hurt them at times, recent matches suggest better balance between bat and ball. However, they still need a near-perfect performance to challenge the stronger teams.

Team Analysis

Mumbai Indians Women

Strengths:

• Deep and reliable batting lineup
• Multiple all-rounders providing balance
• Experienced bowling attack

Concerns:

• Occasional slow starts in the powerplay
• Dependence on key players in big moments

Key Players to Watch:

• Harmanpreet Kaur
• Nat Sciver-Brunt
• Hayley Matthews

Mumbai Indians will look to dominate the middle overs and control the tempo of the match.

Gujarat Giants Women

Strengths:

• Improved team balance in recent games
• Effective spin bowling options

Concerns:

• Finishing innings strongly
• Handling pressure in high-stakes matches

Key Players to Watch:

• Beth Mooney
• Ashleigh Gardner
• Harleen Deol

Gujarat Giants need a disciplined all-round effort to challenge MI

Toss Prediction

Considering the conditions at Vadodara:

Toss Preference:

• Team winning the toss may prefer to bowl first, keeping dew in mind.

Match Prediction

Based on current form, points table situation, and overall squad depth:

• Mumbai Indians Women are clear favourites going into this match due to their consistency and experience.
• Gujarat Giants Women can compete if they deliver a strong collective performance, but they enter as underdogs.

Final Thoughts

Mumbai Indians appear well-settled and confident as the tournament approaches its business end. Gujarat Giants have improved but will need to play near-perfect cricket to upset one of the strongest teams in the league. Expect Mumbai Indians to control the game unless Gujarat Giants produce something special.

Disclaimer

This match preview and prediction is based on current team form, recent performances, and pitch conditions. Cricket matches are unpredictable, and outcomes can change due to toss, player performance, or on-field situations.

18:30 Local Time, 13:00 GMT, 18:30 IST: It’s the penultimate game of the WPL 2026 league stage. RCB have already sealed a spot in the final, but the other two places are still wide open - and today’s clash between Gujarat Giants and Mumbai Indians is a virtual knockout. Gujarat Giants come in placed second. A win today will confirm their place in the Eliminator, while a loss will leave their fate hanging on the outcome of the final league game. Mumbai Indians, currently third, also need a win. It won’t mathematically guarantee qualification, but with their healthy net run rate, it would put them firmly on the brink of the Eliminator. History, though, favours MI in emphatic fashion. Gujarat Giants are yet to beat Mumbai Indians in the WPL, with Harmanpreet Kaur’s side holding a commanding 8-0 head-to-head record. If Ashleigh Gardner’s team are to book their place in the playoffs, they’ll need to finally snap that streak. Both sides arrive with momentum - the Giants edged past Delhi Capitals in a thriller, while Mumbai Indians cruised past RCB in their last outing. It’s second versus third, and a place in the Eliminator is on the line. Plenty at stake, and all the ingredients for a cracker. Toss and teams coming up..

Big picture: A ticket to the playoffs

The most closely fought WPL so far has reached sudden death. Whoever wins Friday's match between Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Giants will be through to the playoffs of WPL 2026. The loser will have to wait for the result of Sunday's clash between Delhi Capitals and UP Warriorz to know their fate.

MI and GG enter this all-important match on the back of contrasting wins. MI, led by Nat Sciver-Brunt's hundred, took down RCB in style. Let's be honest: Richa Ghosh's knock was never going to change the result, only protect RCB's net run rate (NRR).

GG, against DC, barely survived Niki Prasad and Sneh Rana's onslaught at the death. While they are currently second on the points table, they have a negative NRR, and a defeat on Friday could severely damage their playoffs chances.

Form guide

Gujarat Giants WWL (last three games, most recent first)

Mumbai Indians WLL

Previous meeting

After being sent in, GG posted 192 for 5 with contributions from almost every batter. But Harmanpreet Kaur's unbeaten 71 off 43 balls meant MI broke little sweat in their chase and crossed the line with seven wickets and four balls to spare.

Thanks for the tag Madhu.

May the best team win.

Cheers..

Nat Sciver-Brunt and Hayley Matthews played key roles in MI's win over RCB

In the spotlight: Sophie Devine and MI's overseas combination

Sophie Devine is easily the MVP of the season. She is GG's leading run-getter with 212 runs at a strike rate of 158.20. With the ball, she has more wickets (15) than anyone else in the tournament. She has smashed 32 runs in an over, and defended six and eight in the final over. Can she take GG into the playoffs on Friday?

Have MI finally stumbled onto their best overseas combination? With Hayley Matthews unfit at the start of the season, they gave a chance to Nicola Carey, whose all-round performance made her undroppable. So when Matthews became available, it left them wondering what their best combination was. Matthews' absence was hurting them in the batting powerplay - their scoring rate in this phase is 6.09 - and dropping Amelia Kerr against DC robbed them of one of the best spinners in the league. Carey's injury, though, meant they went in with their expected pre-tournament combination against RCB, and came out victorious. It will be interesting to see how they go about it against GG.

Team news

If Danni Wyatt-Hodge is fit, she could come in for Georgia Wareham.

Even if Carey is available, MI may not tinker with their winning combination.

Gujarat Giants Women have won the toss and have opted to bat.

Pitch and Conditions: "So the penultimate match of the group stages and we're back on Pitch 4. Now this is the fourth time that this surface has been used. And over the course of time, these pitches have got gradually better. They were watered yesterday, they've held together nicely, still looks pretty good. As for the dimensions, when bowling from the media centre end to my left-hand side is the long boundary, 59 metres, you've got to protect to the right because that's 51 metres and it's a 68-metre hit down the ground. Well, the first difference is the make of the soil. Navi Mumbai was red soil, there was a good bounce. So the batters were able to access square of the wicket using that pace and the bounce. Whereas here, it's a black soil make where it is, you can see that the cracks now is far more closer, that means it retains water. That makes the wicket a little slower and low in bounce. So the best way to get your value for your shots in this venue for the batters is to play more in front, more wider V that you can access, nothing across the line because if you play across the line for a low bounce, there is more possibility you might get bowled or LBW. Go down the feet, bowlers, keep these in play. We've seen too much width, batters love that. 174 and 178 have been winning scores on this surface and we reckon around about that might be the winning score tonight," inform Charles Dagnall and Mithali Raj.