A explosive start for Sunrisers Leads. (Photo- PTI/GETTY)
Sunrisers Leeds Women vs MI London Women: England’s exciting cricket tournament The Hundred 2026 has started. In the very first match of the tournament, Sunrisers Leeds, the franchise owned by Indian businesswoman Kavya Maran, has performed brilliantly and started its new season with a win. In the first match of the season, Sunrisers Leeds women’s team faced MI London team, which had to face a crushing defeat by 7 wickets.
Sunrisers leads’ explosive start
In this match played at the historic The Oval ground in London, the Sunrisers Leeds team showed excellent balance with both ball and bat and registered their first win in the seventh season of The Hundred. Sunrisers Leeds won the toss and decided to bowl first, which proved to be completely correct. MI London team scored only 107 runs in 100 balls. In which Haley Mathews’s inning of 33 runs was included. Whereas, Danny Wyatt Hodge contributed 29 runs.
On the other hand, Danny Gibson, Hannah Baker and Deepti Sharma bowled brilliantly for Sunrisers Leads. All three players achieved 2-2 successes in their 20-2 balls. At the same time, Annabel Sutherland also managed to achieve success.
chased target easily
In response to the target of 108 runs, Sunrisers Leads batted brilliantly and achieved the target in just 69 balls. During this, Phoebe Litchfield scored the highest score of 43 runs on 26 balls. At the same time, Annabel Sutherland played an unbeaten inning of 30 runs, due to which the team achieved the target by losing only 3 wickets.
Team bought for Rs 1155 crore
Let us tell you, Chennai-based Indian media conglomerate, Sun Group, had acquired Northern Superchargers early last year for Rs 1155 crore. Yorkshire chose to sell its 51% stake in Superchargers in addition to ECB’s 49% stake, meaning Sun Group owns 100% of the company. This is the reason why Kavya Maran’s trademark ‘Sunrisers’ along with ‘Leeds’ are included in her new name. Just like Kavya Maran’s team name in IPL is Sunrisers Hyderabad and in SA 20, Sunrisers Eastern Cape.
