GGW vs RCBW: Gujarat Giants beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 11 runs in Match No.6 of Women’s Premier League (WPL). Royal Challengers Bangalore could only manage to score 190/6 in 20 overs in response to 201 runs. Gujarat Giants won their first match of the WPL tournament after 2 consecutive losses. Meanwhile, Royal Challengers Bangalore are still in wait to taste their first victory. Sophie Devine is been the top scorer for Royal Challengers Bangalore. She made 66 runs for her team. Ashleigh Gardner is been the pick of the bowler for Gujarat Giants as she picked up 3 wickets in the match. The road to the playoffs for Royal Challengers Bangalore is becoming more difficult now after the 3 consecutive defeats.
GGW vs RCBW: Gujarat won the toss & elected to bat first
GGW vs RCBW: Gujarat Giants skipper Sneh Rana won the toss and decided to bat first against Royal Challengers Bangalore. Gujarat Giants openers Sabbhineni Meghana and Sophia Dunkley came out to the bat. Royal Challengers Bangalore got the early breakthrough as Megan Schutt dismissed Sabbhineni Meghana. Meghana made just 8 runs from 11 balls and hit 2 boundaries in her innings.
Sophia Dunkley and Harleen Deol added 60 runs partnership for the 2nd wicket in just 5 overs. Sophia Dunkley just outplayed the Royal Challengers Bangalore bowler. She smashed everywhere in the stadium. Sophia Dunkley made 65 runs from 28 balls with the help of 11 fours and 3 sixes. Shreyanka Patil got rid of Sophia Dunkley through the hands of Heather Knight.
GGW vs RCBW: Harleen took the Gujarat Giants to 201/7
GGW vs RCBW: Gujarat Giants batter Harleen Deol took the Gujarat Giants innings forward. Harleen Deol came out to bat at No.3 and played till the last. She made 67 runs from 45 balls with the help of 9 fours and 1 six. She is been dismissed by Shreyanka Patil in the 20th over. Harleen Deol was trying to hit the ball over long-on but missed the ball with the bat. Ashleigh Gardner, Dayalan Hemalatha, and, Annabel Sutherland played some crucial innings for her team. They made 19, 16, and, 14 runs respectively.
Shreyanka Patil and Heather Knight is been successful bowlers for the Gujarat Giants. They both took 2-2 wickets each for the team.
RCB started the chase with the flourish
GGW vs RCBW: Royal Challengers Bangalore started the chase with a bang. Their openers Smriti Mandhana and Sophie Devine added 54 runs in 5.2 overs. Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Smriti Mandhana made 18 runs from 14 balls. She smashed 3 fours in her short innings. Ashleigh Gardner dismissed RCB skipper Smriti Mandhana into the hands of Mansi Joshi. Ellyse Perry showed some good hands with the bat and made 32 runs from 25 balls. She made the 43 runs partnership for the 2nd wicket with Sophie Devine.
GGW vs RCBW: RCB lost the way after the half mark
GGW vs RCBW: Royal Challengers Bangalore lost their way after the halfway mark. After the dismissal of Ellyse Perry, RCB kept on losing wickets at regular intervals. Apart from Sophie Devine, no other batter played with a good strike rate. The required run rate kept on increasing. Ashleigh Gardner took 3 wickets of RCB batters for just 31 runs in her 4-over quota.
Heather Knight and Shreyanka Patil tried hard in the end but fell short of 11 runs. Heather Knight remained not out on 30 runs from 11 balls with the help of 5 fours and 1 six. Meanwhile, Shreyanka Patil made 11 runs from 4 balls with a four and a six.
GGW vs RCBW: Updated Points Table
GGW vs RCBW: Gujarat Giants finally opened their account in the Women’s Premier League Points Table 2023. They moved to 4th place with 2 points from their 3 matches. Gujarat Giants’ net run rate is still in the minus i.e, -2.327. Meanwhile, Royal Challengers Bangalore is still in the last position in the WPL Points Table. They lost all 3 matches and still have to open their account.
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