In the last three days, defending champions Mumbai Indians (MI) have suffered two back-to-back defeats against UP Warriorz (UPW). On Thursday, UPW beat MI by seven wickets in their first WPL-4 encounter at the DY Patil Stadium. Then, on Saturday, Meg Lanning’s team beat Harmanpreet Kaur & Co by 22 runs in their return game at the same venue.

During the chase of UPW’s 187-8, MI lost their top five batters, including skipper Harmanpreet (18), when the scoreboard read 69-5 after 11 overs. Following that, despite an 83-run partnership off just 45 balls between No. 7 Amanjot Kaur (24-ball 41, 4x4, 3x6) and No. 6 Amelia Kerr (49 not out off 28 balls), MI failed to register their third win in the tournament.