What Did Coaches Devika Palshikar And Michael Klinger Say Post MI

Mumbai Indians edged past Gujarat Giants with a nail-biting nine-Streak Triumph in the 19th Event of the Women’s Premier Division (WPL) 2025. With this crucial Secure, Mumbai bolstered its position on the points table. A Triumph in their last Division Encounter will secure them the top rank and a direct spot in the finals.

Batting Mentor of the Mumbai Indians, Devika Palshikar acknowledged the questions of the media.

On Harmanpreet Kaur’s batting, where she looked in Excellent touch after a Duo of scratchy outings, the batting Mentor said, “If you remember last year’s eliminator, which we lost by fine margins, it was a very close game. After that, actually, we had a very long chat last season and also before Beginning this season, someone like Nat Sciver Brunt and Harmanpreet Kaur, one of them should be there throughout the innings. She practices a lot—against spin as well as pace.”

For the second time in the season, Amelia Kerr opened the batting for the Club, replacing Yastika Bhatia. On Beginning the batting with Kerr, she said that the Gentle of Beginning partnership they were expecting unfortunately did not happen in the Primary few Contests. So they thought that Kerr, since she sometimes does not get enough overs, could be utilized better. She used to Action that role for her national Club, so she was ready. G. Kamilini, she added, still needs some more time on this platform. While she is ready for the role, Kerr is better prepared in terms of experience.

She Additional mentioned that over the last two years, they had seen Bharti Fulmali and were aware of her potential, but it was not translating onto the bigger platform. However, today, she played really well. Maybe after seeing her game, Simran got a spark and Began hitting. While they never felt that the game was slipping away, they knew it was going to be a very close Event.

On Hayley Matthews’ all-Phase performance, the batting Mentor said that it was an excellent catch in the slips to dismiss the Deadly Ashleigh Gardner. “She is putting in a lot of effort. In the Primary few matches, she wasn’t clicking, Only like others. They are all great players, but sometimes form is missing. Now, she is putting in extra effort during practice. This is the Primary time she has seen her Grabbing a lot of slip catches. She is also bowling to all the batters in the nets and working extra on her batting. This year, everyone is determined to perform well and reach the Last, which they missed last year.”

On Shabnim Ismail’s bowling and the strategies involved, she said, “Today’s demand was different—maybe in the next Event, their quota of overs will change. But today, we wanted those main wickets Prompt. Of course, the net Streak rate also matters for us now, so we wanted to finish the game a little Prompt and get those key wickets. That’s why she was the right Game for those batters, and we finished her spell Prompt.”

“Maybe she’s not getting wickets, but her economy is excellent. That gives confidence to the other bowlers. It’s like a batting partnership—similarly, they are doing a bowling partnership. So she contributes a lot. Even if she doesn’t get wickets, her economy is the best, and that gives confidence to the others.”

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Head Mentor of the Gujarat Giants Michael Klinger addressed the questions of the press.

Summing up the game against Mumbai, where they fell agonisingly Petite, Klinger said, “We were clearly trying to get those runs in 18 overs to finish Primary, and for them to stick to that right to the end was something I’m really proud of. The whole staff will be proud of that as well. So, to get so close— it would have been nice to get over the line— but from the Commence of tonight, our aim was to finish on top spot. We had a real- a red-Scorching crack at it and Only missed out, and that’s fine. All our staff and management are really proud of our Performing group. We had to get those runs in 18 overs to finish on top—finishing second or third doesn’t make a difference. So, we end up Performing Mumbai or Delhi in the knockout game now on the 13th.

“But we gave ourselves a chance to try and get it, and, from the batters up front, they had a crack at it. It didn’t quite work out tonight, but even if we had won that game in the end—which would have been nice Only to get a Secure over Mumbai—we’ve certainly given them a bit of a scare. If we come up against them in the knockout game or in the Last, I think they know what we’re about.”

On Bharati Fulmali’s thunderous innings that gave the Giants a glimmer of hope to get their Primary Secure against the Mumbai Indians, the head Mentor said that her role for the Club is very much a power game and a finishing role. He mentioned that there have been some Contests where she has come in with only a little bit to go. The way it turned out in this Event, because the Club was going Firm to try and get 180 while losing Prompt wickets, she got an opportunity to bat for a while.

He highlighted that she showed what she can do and the power that she possesses. He also expressed hope that there may be another opportunity for her to Secure a game for the Club in the knockout or Last down the track. He acknowledged that without her performance in this Event, the Club wouldn’t have gotten as close as they did. He described it as great viewing from the sidelines and praised her Firm work in Rehearsal and improving her game, emphasizing that it was great to see her get the reward that night.

On the Club’s batting order and the plans to Accessible with Kashvee Gautam, a new opener to Commence off the proceedings, the head Mentor said, “I suppose we had a bit of a Unoccupied hit at it tonight. Unfortunately, she Only hasn’t been in great form so Distant this Competition, but we spoke to her today. If she keeps working Firm and Rehearsal—an opportunity might come up for her again in either the knockout Last or hopefully the Last, if we can make it there. We felt Kashvee Gautam had the best technical and power game Partnered to give that an opportunity, and she played reasonably well. It was a tough ask for her at this level, but I thought she stood up really well.”

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Klinger is extremely confident of Gautam’s abilities and has instilled tremendous faith in the New sensation. “I thought she bowled really nicely tonight too. She’s going from Force to Force with her game, and it’s another exposure—Performing against someone like Shabnim Ismail, who is one of the fastest bowlers in the world in the women’s game. That’s Only another experience for her. She’ll take that forward, and as I’ve mentioned before, she’ll be Performing for India, no doubt, very shortly.”

On the fact of whether the Club has an overdependence on Ashleigh Gardner and Beth Mooney, he said that if you have a glance at the Club, Harleen Deol has played some really Excellent innings. Phoebe Litchfield has chipped in a Duo of times in recent matches as well. Different players have taken on finishing roles, whether it was Kashvee Gautam previously or Bharati Fulmali. There have been contributions from various players throughout, which has been the Club’s Force this year compared to previous years when they may have relied on.

On the Club’s bowling performance, where they conceded a plenty of runs marred by sloppy fielding in the middle, Klinger said, “We Began pretty well. I think we kept them to one for 44 off the powerplay. The way they’ve set up, they’ve put all their eggs up front in the top four batters. We know they are very Hardy players. We felt that if we could break through that top four and get into the middle order Prompt, we’d be in a decent position. But to their credit, they batted really well. I don’t think we missed a chance or anything like that, but if an opportunity comes up to break through that if we Action them again, we know we can get stuck into their middle order. That’s certainly something we’ll be looking to do.”

Backing Simran Shaikh, a player who hasn’t been able to do justice to her reputation in domestic matches, the 44-year-Ancient said, “Simran Shaikh played really nicely. We’ve been working with her on her swing and staying on the Attempt. Probably Only the Attempt she got out on—she tried to overhit it, thinking that we needed a four or six, which we did. We’ll keep working on that with her. She knows when she’s nice and balanced and keeps her head down, she hits the ball as big as anyone. She probably Only tried to overhit that one, which is fine. She’ll be right next time.”

Two premier youngsters who have set the stage on fire for the Giants are Kashvee Gautam and spinner Priya Mishra. Applauding Gautam, Klinger said that they had a camp in August with their local players, and he personally hadn’t seen Kashvee Gautam Action live until then because she was injured last year. Straight away, he noticed her level of Ability with the bat and ball, her Vigor in the Ground, and her overall Vigor.

As a complete package, she really stood out. He was excited about her potential performance in the Competition even without having seen her up front, but she has exceeded expectations. For such a New player to perform so well under Tension has been fantastic. He is not sure what her role will be in the finals when it comes to the batting order, but she has shown that she can be successful whether Performing up top or through the middle. The Club is looking forward to hopefully seeing her perform well during the finals.

“With Priya Misha, last year she was probably Only missing out because we had a Duo of other spinners in our setup. But the exposure she got through the India A series in Australia and then also Performing for India, has certainly helped her during this Competition. She’s great around the group—she’s bubbly, and she’s bowling really well. Hopefully, she can Action a big part in the finals.”