Women's Premier League 2025: Gujarat Giants beat UP Warriorz
What's the story
Gujarat Giants downed UP Warriorz in match number 3 of the Women's Premier League 2025 season on Sunday at Kotambi Stadium, Vadodara. Batting first, UPW scored 143/9 in 20 overs. Deepti Sharma was her side's top scorer with 39 runs. In response, GG enjoyed a comfortable win to start the season on a high. Ashleigh Gardner was solid and scored a half-century. Here's more.
UPW innings
UPW post 143/9 in 20 overs
UPW were reduced to 22/2 before Uma Chetry and Deepti added a half-century stand. Thereafter, UPW lost momentum and suffered by losing wickets at regular intervals. Deepti was UPW's top scorer with 39. Alana King's unbeaten 19 and Saima Thakor's 7-ball 15 helped UPW surpass 140 runs. For GG, Priya Mishra picked 3/25. Deandra Dottin and Gardner claimed two wickets.
Deepti
Deepti scores a vital 39-run knock
Deepti was UPW's best batter. The senior Indian all-rounder scored a vital 39 from 27 balls. She slammed six fours (SR: 144.44). She made her presence felt in the middle and was fulcrum of the 50-plus stand. In 18 WPL matches, Deepti has raced to 424 runs at 38.54. As per ESPNcricinfo, she has surpassed 50 fours in WPL (51).
Bowling
Key bowling numbers for GG bowlers
Dottin took 2/34 from his 4 overs. Making his WPL debut this season, she now has three wickets from two matches at 25. Gardner finished with 2/39 from her 4 overs. In 18 WPL matches, Gardner has raced to 21 wickets at 25.47. She is the first GG bowler to surpass 20 WPL wickets. Mishra opened her wickets account in WPL with a three-fer.
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GG get off to a horror start
GG lost Beth Mooney and Dayalan Hemalatha to be reduced to 2/2. Notably, Mooney and Hemalatha were both dismissed for ducks. Grace Harris dismissed Mooney whereas Sophie Ecclestone got Hemalatha out.
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How did the rest of GG's innings pan out?
Opener Laura Wolvaardt and Gardner then resurrected GG's innings after the side lost two early scalps. The two batters added 55 runs for the 3rd wicket. Wolvaardt was then dismissed by Ecclestone for a 24-ball 22. Gardner continued her exploits and got to a fine half-century. However, she fell in the 12th over. Thereafter, Harleen Deol and Dottin got GG past the line.
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Gardner slams her 3rd WPL fifty
Gardner's 52 came from 32 balls. She slammed 5 fours and three sixes (SR: 162.50). In 18 WPL matches, she has raced to 443 runs at 29.53. This was her 3rd WPL fifty. She owns a strike rate of 140-plus.
Runs
An unbeaten 58-run stand sees GG win
Dottin scored an unbeaten 33 from 18 balls. She struck at 183.33, hitting three fours and two sixes. Meanwhile, Deol scored 34* from 30 balls. She hit 4 fours. Notably, the duo's unbeaten 58-run stand saw GG claim a solid win with two overs to spare.
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Ecclestone impresses with the ball
Sophie Ecclestone was UPW's best bowler. She claimed 2/16 from her 4 overs. Ecclestone, who is WPL's leading wicket-taker, has raced to 29 scalps at 15.79. Her ER reads 6.45.