BIZARRE! WPL game between Mumbai Indians, women and Gujarat giants stopped due to THIS reason

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Delhi: It was a night to remember for the Mumbai Indians, who have now become the first team to qualify for the play-offs in this WPL season with a well-fought seven-wicket win on Saturday. But it’s not the victory in Mumbai that grabbed all the attention; a bizarre moment occurred during the match after the 18th over was bowled and Mumbai still needed 23 to win off 12 balls. Play was halted after the sprinklers were turned on between overs for no reason, causing water to spray from one of the overs and so the super-soppers had to be called in to dry things out quickly and get the match going.

The match was stopped because the sprinklers started automatically. pic.twitter.com/GtK37UbL96

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) March 9, 2024

Mumbai captain Harmanpreet Kaur was the star of the show as she hit a breathtaking 95* from 48 balls to take her side over the line with a ball to spare. Her 48-ball blitz was peppered with five sixes and ten fours.

Chasing 191 to win, Mumbai got off to a good start but Hayley Matthews departed after a start to 18 off 21. Nat Sciver-Brunt did not last long as she died by two runs. Yastika Bhatia was the next to go, but not before she had already scored a handy 49 off 36 balls. From then on it was Harmanpreet all the time. During her stay she mainly focused on boundaries. From the other end, Amelia Kerr was steady as she gave most of the attack to the captain, who was on fire. Kerr remained unbeaten on 12* off 10 balls.