WPL 2023 Match 16: Royal Challengers Bangalore Women crush Gujarat Giants Women by 8 wickets

Royal Challengers Bangalore Women crushed Gujarat Giants Women by 8 wickets today, in Match 16 of the WPL 2023, at the Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai.

Match Summary

Royal Challengers Bangalore Women vs Gujarat Giants Women, Match 16, WPL

Royal Challengers Bangalore Women 189/2 (15.3 ov)

Gujarat Giants Women 188/4 (20 ov)

Result - Royal Challengers Bangalore Women won by 8 wickets

SCORECARD

A monumental knock that throughly entertained the crowd ????

No prizes on guessing who our ?? performer from the second innings of #RCBvGG was ??

A look at Sophie Devine's batting summary?? #TATAWPL pic.twitter.com/JB8BLnn8td

— Women's Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) March 18, 2023

Match Analysis

After opting to bat Gujarat posted 188 for four in their 20 overs and in their response Bangalore chased down the target in just 15.3 overs to finish on 189 for two.

Earlier, Gujarat was well served by a 63 run second wicket stand between Laura Wolvaardt and Saabbhineni Meghana. Wolvaardt top-scored with 68 off 42 balls with nine boundaries and two sixes. After Meghana fell for 31, Wolvaardt teamed up with Ashleigh Gardner for the third wicket. Together Wolvaardt and Gardner added 52 runs for the third wicket. Gardner finished on 41 off 26 balls with six boundaries and a six. Towards the end Gujarat finished on 188 for four in their 20 overs. The best bowler was Shreyanka Patil (2-17).

In their chase, captain Smriti Mandhana and Sophie Devine started off briskly. Together the opener put on 125 in just 9.2 overs. Mandhana made 37 off 31 balls with five boundaries and a six. Devine then went onto add a further 32 runs for the second wicket with Ellyse Perry. Devine ended on 99 off just 36 balls with nine boundaries and eight sixes. Then Perry teamed up with Heather Knight to add the remaining 32 runs required for a win in an unbroken third wicket stand. Bangalore finished on 189 for two in just 15.3 overs.

Match Stats

Gujarat Giants Women Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Sophia Dunkley - 2.4 ov), 2-90 (Sabbhineni Meghana - 11.5 ov), 3-142 (Laura Wolvaardt - 16.6 ov), 4-161 (Ashleigh Gardner - 18.3 ov)

Royal Challengers Bangalore Women Fall of wickets: 1-125 (Smriti Mandhana - 9.2 ov), 2-157 (Sophie Devine - 11.5 ov)

Playing XIs

Royal Challengers Bangalore Women: Sophie Devine, Smriti Mandhana (captain), Ellyse Perry, Heather Knight, Kanika Ahuja, Richa Ghosh (wicket-keeper), Shreyanka Patil, Disha Kasat, Sobhana Asha, Megan Schutt, Preeti Bose

Gujarat Giants Women: Sophia Dunkley, Laura Wolvaardt, Harleen Deol, Ashleigh Gardner, Dayalan Hemalatha, Sabbhineni Meghana, Ashwani Kumari, Sushma Verma (wicket-keeper), Kim Garth, Sneh Rana (wicket-keeper), Tanuja Kanwar

Match Details
Toss: Gujarat Giants Women, elected to bat
Venue: Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Start time: 1400 hrs GMT
Match officials: Sanjay Kumar Singh, Vrinda Rathi (On-field Umpires); Pashchim Pathak (TV Umpire); Chirra Ravikanthreddy (Reserve Umpire); Anupa Navrekar (Match-referee)