The inaugural season of the Women's Premier League (WPL) is heading towards an exciting second half. So far, just one team has managed to seal a place for themselves in the Playoffs and that is the Mumbai Indians who remain the only unbetean team in the competition with 5 out of 5 wins. On Thursday, the tournament saw second-placed Delhi Capitals lock horns with Gujarat Giants.
While many would have prediced a Delhi win especially by the way they have dominated this season, barring their loss against Mumbai before this match, they fell to an 11-run loss against the Sneh Rana-led side. However, Delhi wouldn't be too bothered with their defeat as they are almost through to the business end of the competition.
Ashleigh Gardner was the star of the match for Gujarat, chipping in both with the bat and ball, scoring a half-century before coming back and picking 2 wickets for 19 runs. She was adjudged the Player of the match for her all-round show.
Gujarat's victory meant that there was reshuffling as far as the standings in the points table are concerned. However, it did imply that Gujarat are now par on point with the UP Warriorz whose better net run rate keeps them ahead for now.
Royal Challengers Bangalore who won their first match after losing five in a row and are at the bottom of the table while UP Warriorz with 2 wins and 3 losses find themselves right at the middle of the table with two teams ahead of them and two behind.
WPL 2023 Updated Points Table After GG vs DC
|
Teams |
Matches |
Won |
Lost |
Tied |
No Result |
Points |
Net Run Rate |
|
Mumbai Indians (Q) |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
+3.325 |
|
Delhi Capitals |
6 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
+1.431 |
|
UP Warriorz |
5 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
-0.196 |
|
Gujarat Giants |
6 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
-2.253 |
|
Royal Challengers Bangalore |
6 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
-1.550 |