WPL 2024, UPW vs GG LIVE SCORE: UP Warriorz Beat Gujarat Giants By 6 Wickets
WPL 2024, UPW vs GG LIVE SCORE: Ashleigh Gardner, Phoebe Litchfield did put in efforts but Gujarat couldn't cross the 150-run mark.
UP Warriorz defeated Gujarat Giants by 6 wickets, with 20 balls remaining. Deepti Sharma and Grace Harris scored unbeaten 5th wicket stand of 53 off 30.
Australian all-rounder smashes Gujarat Giants' bowlers left, right, and centre, as she guides UP Warriorz to a deserved win.
Meghna Singh gets rid of Shweta Sehrawat, as she bowls a wicket maiden in the 11th over.
Grace Harris shows her might, as she's already on 23 off 10.
That's that. What an over from Athapaththu to finish the innings as she concedes just 4 off it. Gujarat end at 142/5 and at this stage, it seems like definite advanatge to UP Warriorz.
Athapaththu Bowling The Final Over for UP Warriorz.
Hemalatha, Bryce The GG Batters out in the middle with last few balls remaining in the innings. Last over to go- GG- 138/5.
It's a direct-hit throw from Thakor that brings an end to Litchfield's knock for 35 off 26. GG- 135/5 after 18.3 Overs.
Once again it's Ecclestone who produces the wicket. Athapaththu running back takes a good catch. Gardner falls for 30 off 17. GG- 135/4 after 18.1 Overs.
And this time it's Phoebe Litchfield who joins the party. Fifty stand comes up between Gardner and Litchfield.
Gardner Playing A Wonderful Knock. Back to back fours off Deepti Sharma after a missed stumping chance that went for four byes. Superb over this for GG!
8 Runs coming off the 17th over. GG-116/3 with 18 balls to go.
First six of the match and it's Garnder who produces it to end the 16th over. Gets a ball full on off and it's been deposited into the midwicket stand. 13 off that Grace Harris over with Litchfield, having hit a boundary earlier. GG- 108/3 after 16 overs.
Ashleigh Gardner new batter in for Gujarat.
Harleen Deol departs! Gayakwad tosses one up and Deol tries to hit that with all her might, manages to miscue that. Easy catch at short third for Anjali. Gayakwad out for 18 off 24 deliveries. Pressure getting the better of her. GG-: 83/3 after 13 overs.
GG batters out in the middle- Phoebe Litchfield, Harleen Deol. Litchfield hits two fours in an over after a period of 23 deliveries where no boundaries were scored. GG- 72/2 after 11 overs.
10 overs bowled. GG: 62/2 after 10 overs.
Ecclestone gets another. The other opener also falls to Ecclestone trying to go for the big shot but the bat turned in her hand and the ball only went as far as mid-off. GG- 61/2 after 9.3 Overs.
9 Overs bowled. GG- 58/1.
8 Runs Off The 7th Over. Gayakwad. GG- 49/1 after 7 overs.
That's end of the fielding restrictions! GG: 41/1.
There's the wicket! Sophie Ecclestone strikes for UP. It's the flight that temped Mooney to clear the in-field but she fails to get the desired connection on that one and offers a catch to mid off. GG- 40/1 after 5.2 Overs.
Two boundaries in that over, one each from the bat of the two openers as GG fetch 11 out of it. GG- 33/0 after 4 overs.
Rajeshwari Gayakwad into the attack.
Tidy From Athapaththu. Goes for just 3 in her second over. GG- 22/0 after 3 overs.
K Anjali Sarvani From The Other End. Three boundaries in a row off the bat of Wolvaardt. Is that the over which will provide some much-needed impetus into the Gujarat innings? 13 coming off it. After 2 overs, GG- 19/0.
6 Came Off The First Over. GG: 6/0 after 1st over.
Chamari Athapaththu with the new ball in hand for UP Warriorz. Laura Wolvaardt and Beth Mooney open for Gujarat.
Playing 11s:
GG: Harleen Deol, Beth Mooney (wicketkeeper/captain), Laura Wolvaardt, Phoebe Litchfield, Ashleigh Gardner, Dayalan Hemalatha, Kathryn Bryce, Sneh Rana, Tanuja Kanwar, Mannat Kashyap, Meghna Singh
UPW: Alyssa Healy (wicketkeeper/captain), Kiran Navgire, Chamari Athapaththu, Grace Harris, Deepti Sharma, Saima Thakor, Shweta Sehrawat, Poonam Khemnar, Sophie Ecclestone, Anjali Sarvani, Rajeshwari Gayakwad
Breaking News: UP Warriorz have won the toss and elected to bowl first against Gujarat Giants
Hello And Welcome to our live coverage of the WPL 2024 fixture between UP Warriorz and Gujarat Giants. Toss and team news coming your way in just a bit!
Background
Women's Premier League (WPL) franchise Gujarat Giants (GG) are finding it hard to crack the winning momentum even in the 2024 edition of the tournament. While the team had finished last in the inaugural season with 2 wins from their 8 matches and a net run rate of -2.220, the worst among the five participating teams, this year too as things stand Gujarat find themselevs at the bottom of the points table, having lost both their matches so far.
While Gujarat succumbed to a defeat against Mumbai Indians (MI) in their campaign opener, they then faced a defeat against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in their next fixture. To make matters worse, the side did not even come close on both the occasions. Beth Mooney, Phoebe Litchfield and Ashleigh Gardner have to do the bulk of the scoring if Gujarat are to break the jinx in this tournament.
As far as UP Warriroz are concerned, while they did lose their match against RCB and then stumbled to another defeat against Delhi Capitals (DC), they finally managed to get off the mark on the points table with a convincing win over Mumbai Indians. Kiran Navgire is in fine nick but skipper Healy and Tahlia McGrath haven't had as vital contributions as they would have liked. Even though Warriorz head into this fixture with the confidence of a win behind them, GG, desperare for their first win, could prove to be a tough opponent as they would be want ther best game to the table at the M Chinnswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Friday (March 1).
UPW vs GG Probable Playing 11s
UPW: Alyssa Healy (captain and wicketkeeper), Kiran Navgire, Tahlia McGrath, Grace Harris, Deepti Sharma, Shweta Sehrawat, Poonam Khemnar, Sophie Ecclestone, Anjali Sarvani, Gouher Sultana, Rajeshwari Gayakwad
GG: Beth Mooney (captain and wicketkeeper), Laura Wolvaardt, Harleen Deol, Phoebe Litchfield, Ashleigh Gardner, D Hemalatha, Shabnim Md Shakil, Sneh Rana, Kathryn Bryce, Tanuja Kanwer, Meghana Singh
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