WATCH: Video of Australian Women cricket captain Alyssa Healy TACKLING pitch invader during WPL match goes viral

Right after the penultimate delivery, a man running onto the field after breaching tight security caught everyone's attention.

WATCH: Video of Australian Women cricket captain Alyssa Healy TACKLING pitch invader during WPL match goes viral

Alyssa Healy tackling a pitch invader (Images via ESPNcricinfo, X)

In the Women’s Premier League (WPL), UP Warriorz’s (UPW) captain Alyssa Healy tried to tackle a pitch invader during their match against Mumbai Indians (MI) on Wednesday (February 28) at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. The incident drew funny reactions from netizens as well.

This happened in the last over of MI’s innings. Anjali Sarvani was the bowler and she dismissed Sajeevan Sajana. Right after the penultimate delivery, a man running onto the field after breaching tight security caught everyone’s attention.

YouTube video

Healy is also the wicketkeeper for the UPW. With her wicketkeeping gloves, she tried to tackle the pitch invader. The match was stopped for a while but resumed after the pitch invader was escorted out of the field.

Watch the video here:

https://twitter.com/subrat2022/status/1763077872976003525

Here’s how fans on X reacted to the incident:

https://twitter.com/I_samyan/status/1762906574832447692

UP Warriorz defeated Mumbai Indians by seven wickets

Alyssa Healy won the toss and decided to bowl first. Hayley Matthews and Yastika Bhatia scored 50 runs between them with the former scoring her half-century (a 47-ball 55 runs with nine fours and a six).

Alyssa Healy
Grace Harris, Deepti Sharma (Image via ESPNcricinfo)

Other batters’ small contributions helped MI post 161/6 in 20 overs. The Warriorz started well with openers Healy and Kiran Navgire scoring 33 and 57 runs. Later, Grace Harris and Deepti Sharma took the Warriorz past the target, and they won the match by seven wickets.

This was UP’s first victory after two consecutive defeats. Defending champions MI have played three matches, winning two of them. The table toppers right now are the Smriti Mandhana-led Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), who have won all the three matches they’ve played so far.

UP Warriorz will next face Gujarat Gitans on Friday (March 1). Mumbai’s next match is on March 2 against RCB.

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