Skipper Ashleigh Gardner starred with each bat and ball, main Gujarat Giants to a complete six-wicket win over UP Warriorz of their Girls’s Premier League match in Vadodara on Sunday. Gardner (2/39) claimed two wickets after which scored a classy 32-ball 52, her second consecutive fifty, as Gujarat registered their first win of the third version of the event, following a loss within the opening sport to Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Opting to bowl, Gujarat produced a medical effort with younger spinner Priya Mishra returning spectacular figures of 4-0-25-3. Skipper Gardner, Deandra Dottin (2/34), and Kashvee Gautam (1/15) additionally performed key roles in proscribing UPW to 143 for 9.
Chasing 144 to win, the Giants have been lowered to 22 for two with opener Beth Mooney and Dayalan Hemalata again within the pavilion after UPW launched spin at each ends. Nonetheless, Gardner produced an impressed knock, including 55 runs off 42 balls with Laura Wolvaardt (22) to resurrect the innings.
Gardner struck two fours off Kranti Goud to ease the strain earlier than depositing Saima Thakor twice into the stands within the fifth over. Wolvaardt additionally hit a six, as 20 runs got here off the over, taking GG to 41 for two in six overs.
The GG skipper blasted 5 fours and three sixes earlier than being dismissed by Tahila McGrath within the twelfth over.
Nonetheless, it had little impact as Harleen Deol (34) and Dottin (33) added 58 runs off 37 balls to take Gujarat dwelling with two overs to spare.
Earlier, UPW skipper Deepti Sharma top-scored with a 27-ball 39, whereas Uma Chetry (24) and Shweta Sehrawat (16) made helpful contributions within the middle-order. Alana King (19) and Saima Thakor (15) mixed for a late surge, including 26 runs off 13 balls to take UPW previous 140.
Kiran Navgire and Vrinda Dinesh have been dismissed cheaply by Dottin and Gardner because the Warriorz struggled early on. UPW have been lowered to 22 for two by the third over, with Navgire trapped in entrance by Dottin and Dinesh was cleaned up by Gardner.
Chetry and Deepti tried to rebuild however have been restricted by tight bowling from the Gujarat workforce, with UPW managing simply 41 for two within the powerplay. Their partnership of fifty runs off 43 balls was damaged by Dottin, who eliminated Chetry.
Mishra then struck twice in three balls, eradicating Australians Tahlia McGrath and Grace Harris to interrupt UPW’s again, leaving them at 78 for five within the eleventh over.
Sehrawat and Deepti tried a restoration, however Gardner’s sensational catch accounted for Deepti as UPW slumped to 117 for 8 by the 18th over.
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