UP Warriorz Women and Mumbai Indians Women meet again at Dr DY Patil Sports Academy in Navi Mumbai on Saturday 17 January, in the 10th match of the Women’s Premier League 2026.
Mumbai have had a mixed but encouraging start, winning two of four matches to sit second. They arrive after a seven-wicket loss to the Warriorz in which they could post only 161 for 5. Their bowling has stayed consistent on batting pitches: Amelia Kerr has seven wickets in four games at 7.43 an over, Nat Sciver-Brunt and Nicola Carey have taken 11 between them, and Shabnim Ismail has kept the middle overs tight at under six an over.
The Warriorz lost their first three matches, but the win over Mumbai lifted morale, although they remain bottom of the table. Phoebe Litchfield has 150 runs in four innings at a strike rate of 161.29, captain Meg Lanning has 123 and Harleen Deol 122. The rest of the order has been inconsistent, and Kiran Navgire, Deepti Sharma and Chloe Tryon are yet to fire. With a flat pitch expected, our preview points to a high-scoring game in which cutters and slower balls at the death could matter.
