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WPL 2023 Match 6: Gujarat Giants Women beat Royal Challengers Bangalore Women by 11 runs

by CricDirect Wednesday 8 March 2023

Sophia Dunkley celebrates her half century

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Gujarat Giants got their first win, in the Women's Premier League (WPL), as they beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 11 runs, at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai today.

Match Summary

Gujarat Giants Women: 201-7 (20)
Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Sabbhineni Meghana-2.6 ov), 2-82 (Sophia Dunkley-7.6 ov), 3-135 (Ashleigh Gardner-13.5 ov), 4-157 (Dayalan Hemalatha-15.3 ov), 5-187 (Annabel Sutherland-18.1 ov), 6-192 (Sneh Rana-18.6 ov), 7-196 (Harleen Deol-19.4 ov)

Royal Challengers Bangalore Women: 190-6 (20)
Fall of wickets: 1-54 (Smriti Mandhana-5.2 ov), 2-97 (Ellyse Perry-11.5 ov), 3-125 (Richa Ghosh-15.1 ov), 4-141 (Sophie Devine-16.2 ov), 5-169 (Kanika Ahuja-18.1 ov), 6-178 (Poonam Khemnar-19.1 ov)

Result - Gujarat Giants won by 11 runs

SCORECARD

.@dunkleysophia put on a sensational show with the bat & won the Player of the Match award as @GujaratGiants bagged 2? points after sealing a win over #RCB. ?? ??

Scorecard ?? https://t.co/QeECVTM7rl #TATAWPL | #GGvRCB pic.twitter.com/fMkKV3yVUD
— Women's Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) March 8, 2023

After winning the toss Gujarat Giants (65) chose to bat, Sophia Dunkley smashing a quickfire half century with 11 Fours and 3 Sixes.

Harleen Deol (67) followed in like, hitting her own half century with 9 Fours, putting Giants in a strong position.

Heather Knight (2/17) was crucial for RCB to slow things down, as Gujarat Giants headed in at 201/7.

In the run chase, RCB got close but Gujarat Giants mangaed to close them out winning by 11 runs.

Match Stats

Playing XIs

Gujarat Giants Women: S Meghana, Sophia Dunkley, Harleen Deol, Annabel Sutherland, Sushma Verma (wicket-keeper), Ashleigh Gardner, Dayalan Hemalatha, Sneh Rana (captain), Tanuja Kanwar, Kim Garth, Mansi Joshi

Royal Challengers Bangalore Women: Smriti Mandhana (captain), Sophie Devine, Poonam Khemnar, Ellyse Perry, Heather Knight, Richa Ghosh (wicket-keeper), Kanika Ahuja, Shreyanka Patil, Megan Schutt, Renuka Singh, Preeti Bose

Match Details

Toss: Gujarat Giants Women, elected to bat

Venue: Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai

Start time: 1400 hrs GMT

Match officials: Ranjeev Sharma, Sanjay Kumar Singh (On-field Umpires); Nitin Pandit (TV Umpire); Gayathri Venugopalan (Reserve Umpire); GS Lakshmi (Match-referee)