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Gujarat Giants had defeated UP Warriorz by six wickets earlier within the Ladies’s Premier League season.
WPL 2025, UPW vs GG: UP Warriorz skipper Deepti Sharma and Gujarat Giants captain Ashleigh Gardner (BCCI)
UP Warriorz will purpose to bounce again and avenge their earlier defeat after they tackle a resurgent Gujarat Giants of their essential return-leg Ladies’s Premier League (WPL) fixture on the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Monday.
Quite a bit has modified since their first assembly on February 16 in Vadodara, the place Gujarat Giants secured a six-wicket win.
Nonetheless, Gujarat then suffered back-to-back losses towards Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals, slipping to bottom-place within the standings.
Their playoff hopes have been revived with a medical victory over defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru within the closing match of the Bengaluru leg.
Now, UP Warriorz, RCB, and Gujarat Giants are all tied on 4 factors, and positioned between third and fifth place.
With UPW and GG having performed one match fewer than RCB, this conflict turns into a must-win for each groups.
Gujarat’s Batting Woes
Gujarat’s batting has been inconsistent, with home batters Dayalan Hemalatha and Harleen Deol struggling for type.
Skipper Ashleigh Gardner has shouldered the accountability, delivering a match-winning 58 off 31 balls and 1/22 towards RCB.
With three fifties this season, Gardner stays Gujarat’s key participant, however they’ll want their Indian batters to step up.
“Now we have confronted totally different circumstances and now we transfer on to Lucknow. I suppose now we have to get higher on the Powerplay. When now we have wickets in hand, it may show to be pivotal,” mentioned the skipper after their match towards RCB.
“Within the final two video games, we misplaced 4 wickets within the Powerplay and that pushed us on the again foot. We are going to strive being constant and put extra factors on the board.”
Inconsistent UP Warriorz
UP Warriorz’ batting stays a priority, usually counting on lower-order fireworks to rescue them.
Of their final recreation, their bowlers did not defend 142 towards MI, with particular person brilliance from Hayley Matthews and Nat Sciver-Brunt taking the sport away.
Chinelle Henry and Kranti Goud starred of their win over Delhi Capitals, whereas Sophie Ecclestone’s heroics sealed a Tremendous Over win towards RCB.
Ecclestone stays a significant cog and she or he shall be essential as soon as once more with each bat and ball.
Chinelle Henry has been a game-changer down the order, smashing 12 sixes in simply 52 balls confronted this season.
Mumbai Indians managed to comprise her final time, however she is going to look to interrupt free towards Gujarat.
“We’ll come again stronger. There are some takeaways. We have to work on constructing partnerships within the middle-order,” Deepti had mentioned after their defeat to MI.
Squads:
UP Warriorz: Deepti Sharma (C), Anjali Sarvani, Chamari Athapaththu, Uma Chetry, Sophie Ecclestone, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Arushi Goel, Kranti Goud, Grace Harris, Chinelle Henry, Poonam Khemnar, Alana King, Tahlia McGrath, Kiran Navgire, Shweta Sehrawat, Gouher Sultana, Saima Thakor and Vrinda Dinesh.
Gujarat Giants: Ashleigh Gardner (C), Bharti Fulmali, Laura Wolvaardt, Phoebe Litchfield, Simran Shaikh, Danielle Gibson, Dayalan Hemalatha, Deandra Dottin, Harleen Deol, Sayali Satghare, Tanuja Kanwar, Beth Mooney, Kashvee Gautam, Mannat Kashyap, Meghna Singh, Prakashika Naik, Priya Mishra and Shabnam Shakil.
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