WPL 2025: Captain Ashley Gardner performed brilliantly for Gujarat
Womens Premier League 2025: The third match of the ongoing third season of the Women’s Premier League was played today on 16 February, Sunday, between the women’s teams of Gujarat Giants and UP Warriors at Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara.
WPL 2025: Let us tell you that in this match, Gujarat Giants defeated UP Warriors by 6 wickets on the basis of amazing batting. First, Gujarat stopped UP at 143 runs due to excellent bowling, and after that easily achieved the target by losing four wickets in 18 overs.
WPL 2025: Gujarat Giants vs UP Warriors, Status Of The 3rd WPL Match
WPL 2025: Let us tell you in detail about the match, Gujarat Giants won the toss and decided to bowl. After this, batting first, UP Warriors scored a total of 143 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs.
At one time it seemed that Gujarat would stop UP within 130 runs, but at the end of the innings. The team was able to reach a respectable score due to the useful innings of Alana King (19 runs, 14 balls) and Saima Thakur (15 runs, 7 balls). Also, wicketkeeper Uma Chhetri scored 24 and captain Deepti Sharma scored 39 runs for UP.
On the other hand, excellent bowling was seen from Gujarat Giants today. Spinner Priya Mishra took the maximum of 3 wickets. Apart from this, Deandra Dattin and Ashley Gardner got 2-2 and Kashvi Gautam got 1 success.
𝐆𝐆 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐞! 🙌
— Female Cricket (@imfemalecricket) February 16, 2025
A dominant chase to secure their first win of the campaign! 🏏#CricketTwitter #WPL2025 pic.twitter.com/iNnAeG6bEC
After this, when Gujarat Giants came out to chase the easy target of 144 runs given by UP Warriors, they easily achieved this target by losing four wickets in 18 overs. For the team, Ashleigh Gardner played a captaincy innings of 52 runs, while Harleen Deol remained unbeaten on 34* and Deandra Dattin remained unbeaten on 33*. For UP, Sophie Asleton took 2 wickets and Grace Harris and Tahlia McGrath took 1 wicket each.