Harleen Deol Scripts Her Redemption in Just 24 Hours

Harleen Deol might have scripted the fastest redemption story in the history of the game. While some players have to wait for years to give their redemption, she didn't even have to wait for 24 hours. Deol played a match winning knock for UP Warriorz in the match against Mumbai Indians.

In cricket, fans will be able to find a number of comeback or redemption stories. The majority of these stories take a few months or even years for the players to give their redemption. But there has been a special occasion, where a player was able to script her redemption in just 24 hours.

This has happened with in the Women's Premier League. In the match against Delhi Capitals, she was retired out by the team as they wanted to boost the scoring rates. But in their last game against Mumbai Indians, she showed her brilliance which helped UP Warriorz to get their first ever win in this season.

1. Harleen Deol Gets Retired Out

is short, as it started just two days back. It was the match between UP Warriorz and Delhi Capitals, as both teams stood at the bottom of the table. This game was important for both of them, as they wanted to secure the first win of the season. UP Warriorz was batting first in this game, as the team received a shaky start.

She had a great stand with Meg Lanning for the third wicket. But the team decided that they will have to boost their scoring rates towards the death overs. For this, their Head Coach, Abhishek Nayar took a bold decision. He decided to call back Harleen Deol and retire her innings. However, it should be noted that she was batting well, at the score of 47.

After scoring 47 runs off 36 balls, Deol was retired out in the 17th over. But this decision didn't go in the favour of UP Warriorz, as the upcoming batters were not able to do well. Eventually, the team was only able to post down a total of 154 runs for the loss of 8 wickets, with the last 3 overs giving them just 13 runs.

In the chase, it seemed that UP Warriorz had an upper hand against Delhi Capitals. But of the very last ball, as they smashed a four to finish the game. Fans still wonder if more runs could have been added to the team's score if Harleen Deol would have stayed at the crease.

2. Fastest Redemption Story

UP Warriorz had their schedule packed after the match against Delhi Capitals. Although the loss was close, the team started to prepare themselves for the important match against Mumbai Indians. And it was a good opportunity for the team to get their first win of the season against the defending champions.

This is also where . Mumbai Indians were batting first in this game, and they managed to score well. The team finished at 161 runs for the loss of 5 wickets, and the target seemed to be a bit challenging for UP Warriorz to chase down.

The team had a stable start in the powerplay, as the openers were able to post runs. But in the 7th over, UP Warriorz lost two consecutive wickets, which put them in a challenging position yet again. Noting the situation, Harleen Deol thought that it would be the for all that happened yesterday.

She went on to in the chase, including 12 fours. Her innings, along with the explosive knock of Chloe Tyron helped UP Warriorz to get their first win of the season. The team was able to chase down the target with 7 wickets and 11 balls, as Harleen Deol remained in the spotlight.

3. Nayar Praises Harleen

After the knock played by Harleen Deol yesterday, the team's Head Coach, Abhishek Nayar, . Along with that, it should also be noted that Abhishek had a part in retiring out Harleen in the match against Delhi Capitals. With her knock against Mumbai coming out to be great, he also participated in the post match conference.

He said, “For Harleen, it has always been about the team first and herself second. I’ve always encouraged her to see herself as both a touch and power player because my mindset is to push Indian cricketers to the next level. She’s now the second Indian batter after Harmanpreet to score a fifty in this WPL season & that’s exactly what we wanted to see.”