Womens Premier League 2025: UP Warriorz vs Gujarat Giants Women Match Preview, Womens Premier League 2025

3rd T20 • Kotambi Stadium • Vadodara

UP Warriorz

143/9 (20)

Gujarat Giants Women

144/4 (18)

GUJ-W won by 6 wickets

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Stats

Playing XI

Table

Date & Time

16 Feb, 07:30 PM IST

Venue

Kotambi Stadium, Vadodara

TV/Streaming

Hotstar

Match

3rd T20,

Womens Premier League 2025

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Ajitesh Argal (India), Bhavesh Patel (India), Gayathri Venugopalan (India, TV)

Referee

Meenakshi Mangla (India)

Toss

Gujarat Giants Women elected to bowl

Pitch Report

It is a flat surface. 732 runs have been scored with 32 wickets falling. There is something for both batters and bowlers. Less cracks but there is much more open on the 4-6m length and the full length. The application of shots will be much more important for the batters. The grass looks a bit patchy and dew sets in at 7:30, not much advantage for sides bowling first or batting but you would like to win the toss and bowl first

1st Innings

141Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

117.5Avg SR

2nd Innings

116Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

98.51Avg SR

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Points Table

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

GUJ-W

1- 3

UP-W

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Gujarat Giants Women

UP Warriorz

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Ashleigh Gardner

GUJ-W . ALL

79 Runs

1 Match

Beth Mooney

GUJ-W . WK

56 Runs

1 Match

Deandra Dottin

GUJ-W . ALL

25 Runs

1 Match

Top Bowlers

Ashleigh Gardner

GUJ-W . ALL

2 Wkts

1 Match

Sayali Satghare

GUJ-W . BOWL

1 Wkt

1 Match

Deandra Dottin

GUJ-W . ALL

1 Wkt

1 Match

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Venue Details

Kotambi Stadium, Vadodara

1st Innings

141Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

117.5Avg SR

2nd Innings

116Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

98.51Avg SR

Toss winners opt to

75%Bat First Bowl First25%

Team Batting First

75%Wins Losses25%

Recent Matches on venue

1st Match • Feb 14 • Women's Premier League

GUJ-W 201/5 (20)

BLR-W 202/4 (18.3)

BLR-W won by 6 wickets

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Team Form (Last 5 Matches, Most recent first)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches)

Gujarat Giants Women

UP Warriorz

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

GUJ-W

1- 3

UP-W

Team Comparison (Last 10 Matches)

Matches Played

Matches Won

155

Average Score

140

201/5

Highest Score

175/8

107/7

Lowest Score

110/10

Player of the Match Ashleigh Gardner

52(32)

2/39

UP-W

GUJ-W

Info

UP Warriorz

143/9 (20)

Batters

Kiran Prabhu Navgire

187.50

lbw b DJS Dottin

Vrinda Dinesh

75.00

b A Gardner

Uma Chetry

88.89

c P Mishra b DJS Dottin

Deepti Sharma

(C)

144.44

c A Gardner b P Mishra

Tahlia McGrath

0.00

lbw b P Mishra

Grace Harris

200.00

b P Mishra

Shweta Sehrawat

88.89

b A Gardner

Alana King

135.71

Not out

Sophie Ecclestone

28.57

b K Gautam

Saima Thakor

214.29

runout (B Mooney / S Shaikh)

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 0, NB: 0, W: 3)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 7.15)

143/9

Did not Bat

Kranti Goud

Bowlers

EXT

10.00

8.50

9.75

3.75

5.00

6.25

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Kiran Prabhu Navgire

lbw b DJS Dottin

1-22

1.6

Vrinda Dinesh

b A Gardner

2-22

2.4

Uma Chetry

c P Mishra b DJS Dottin

3-73

9.6

Tahlia McGrath

lbw b P Mishra

4-74

10.3

Grace Harris

b P Mishra

5-78

10.5

Deepti Sharma

c A Gardner b P Mishra

6-101

14.5

Shweta Sehrawat

b A Gardner

7-111

15.6

Sophie Ecclestone

b K Gautam

8-117

17.5

Saima Thakor

runout (B Mooney / S Shaikh)

9-143

19.6

Gujarat Giants Women

144/4 (18)

Batters

Laura Wolvaardt

91.67

b S Ecclestone

Beth Mooney

0.00

c T McGrath b GM Harris

Dayalan Hemalatha

0.00

b S Ecclestone

Ashleigh Gardner

(C)

162.50

c KP Navgire b T McGrath

Harleen Deol *

113.33

Not out

Deandra Dottin

183.33

Not out

Extras

(B: 1, LB: 0, NB: 0, W: 2)

TOTAL

(18 Ov, RR: 8)

144/4

Did not Bat

Simran Shaikh, Kashvee Gautam, Tanuja Kanwar, Sayali Satghare, Priya Mishra

Bowlers

EXT

Grace Harris

1.00

Sophie Ecclestone

4.00

Kranti Goud

7.50

20.00

8.00

12.67

7.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Beth Mooney

c T McGrath b GM Harris

1-1

0.4

Dayalan Hemalatha

b S Ecclestone

2-2

1.3

Laura Wolvaardt

b S Ecclestone

3-57

8.3

Ashleigh Gardner

c KP Navgire b T McGrath

4-86

11.5

Match Info

Date & Time

16 Feb, 07:30 PM IST

Venue

Kotambi Stadium, Vadodara

TV/Streaming

Hotstar

Match

3rd T20,

Womens Premier League 2025

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Ajitesh Argal (India), Bhavesh Patel (India), Gayathri Venugopalan (India, TV)

Referee

Meenakshi Mangla (India)

Toss

Gujarat Giants Women elected to bowl

0 1 1 0 4 1

Over 15

Runs: 7

1 0 1 2 0 1

Over 16

Runs: 5

1 0 0 4 1 1

Over 17

Runs: 7

1 6 1 4 0 1

Over 18

Runs: 13

All Overs

Player of the Match Ashleigh Gardner

52(32)

2/39

Commentary

That was more of a one sided contest after two relatively nerve wracking games. The Gujarat Giants have opened their account while the UP Warriorz have a few things to ponder on. The WPL carnival continues tomorrow. Do join us then and for many more sporting coverage from Sportskeeda but for now this is the pair of Arya Sekhar Chakraborty and Lavil Saldanha biding adieu. Goodnight!

Ashleigh Gardner is the Player of the Match for her brilliant fifty which set the match up for the win, here is what she said: Yeah very pleased. We were that far off the other game. To get our first win at home is super special. I think there's always things to improve. Our bowlers were brilliant. Priya Mishra to get those two big wickets. With the bat I had a clean plan and the first innings helped me. The stumps hopefully, I feel I have missed a few in the first two games as far as hitting the stumps are concerned. If you any spinner who bowled well today attacked the stumps for longer time. It's about individual assessment. You see Dottin clear her front leg and smashing, then Harleen loves the ball coming into the bat. Then Beth Mooney sets the platform up the order. We have a great depth in the batting order which has helped us.

Time for the post match presentation ceremony with Anjum Chopra.

Deandra Dottin (Gujarat Giants): (On the Kiran Navgire dismissal) To be honest, I remembered the Women's T20 Challenge final and executed it. I knew they were 30-odd runs short and that gave us the confidence to chase it down. I was looking to finish the game, never want to leave it late if all things go wrong. Pick the length and hit the ball. I was the missing piece for their WPL as a whole. I was watching the ball nicely and trying to be as consistent as possible. I don't think we were nervy, Ash was assessing the pitch and conditions closely looking to carry us as much ahead as possible.

Deepti Sharma (captain, UP Warriorz): The way the wicket was behaving, I believe had our batting unit stepped up and we had a few partnerships, we could have got to 170-180. Our bowling strength, Sophie, myself, everyone has done well despite dew affecting play. On some deliveries, we weren't able to execute our shots well. We'll look to improve it in the coming games

Gujarat Giants won by 6 wickets (with 12 deliveries to spare)

Ashleigh Gardner 52(32) | Priya Mishra 3/25(4)
Deepti Sharma 39(27) | Sophie Ecclestone 2/16(4)

It turned out to be a rather straightforward run chase in the end for the Gujarat Giants as they defeated the UP Warriorz by 6 idkeys and with 13 deliveries to spare. They were challenged on a few occasions during the chase but the pair of Harleen Deol and Deandra Dottin ensured that they chased down the target at a canter in the end.

The target of 144 was always going to be an under-par score but when the Gujarat Giants lost Beth Mooney and Dayalan Hemalatha early, it looked like they could be in with a real chance. It was the partnership between Laura Wolvaardt and captain Ash Gardner which brought the Giants back on track. The duo struck some exceptional shots and made sure there were no hiccups till the 9th over.

The partnership yielded 55 runs before Wolvaardt was castled by Sophie Ecclestone. Harleen Deol came in and steadied the ship with Gardner. While the GG captain was the aggressor in the stand, Deol took her time and stabilized things. Gardner took the attack to the opposition bowlers and smashed 5 fours and 3 sixes during her knock of 52 which came off 32 deliveries.

When she was dismissed, the UP Warriorz had a massive chance to make a return to the game but Deandra Dottin and Harleen Deol ensured that they bat sensibly. Dottin was looking for the big shots and struck three fours and two sizes during her belligerent knock of 33 off 18 deliveries. Harleen played a supportive role and remained unbeaten on 34 off 30 deliveries.

overs

144 /4 score

runs

Harleen Deol *

34 (30)

Deandra Dottin

33 (18)

Deepti Sharma

0 /32

17.6 Deepti Sharma to Harleen Deol, ONE RUN! GUJARAT GIANTS WIN! Short from Deepti, Deol pulls it towards square leg where a misfield allows the pair to scamper across for a quick single to end the over and the chase as well. Gujarat Giants win by 6 wickets and register their first win of the season

17.5 Deepti Sharma to Harleen Deol, length delivery on the off stump. Deol blocks it back to the bowler, no run

17.4 Deepti Sharma to Harleen Deol, FOUR! Full and outside the off stump, Deol comes down the track and caresses that one through extra cover. The outfield is quick and the ball races away to the fence for a boundary

17.3 Deepti Sharma to Deandra Dottin, length delivery on the line of the off stump. Dottin plays it down the ground for a single

17.2 Deepti Sharma to Deandra Dottin, SIX! Full and on the off stump, Dottin skips down the track and hits that one comfortably over the fence at long off for a maximum

17.1 Deepti Sharma to Harleen Deol, short and down the legside. Deol plays it towards deep backward square leg for a single

That's the end of the 17th over and the Gujarat Giants are on the verge of winning their first game of the third season.

overs

131 /4 score

runs

Harleen Deol *

28 (26)

Deandra Dottin

26 (16)

Kranti Goud

0 /15

16.6 Kranti Goud to Harleen Deol, full and on the leg stump. Deol knocks it towards square leg for a single

16.5 Kranti Goud to Deandra Dottin, UP IN THE AIR! AND DROPPED! Full and on the fourth stump, Dottin looked to go big but gets a thickish top edge. The ball goes high up in the air and Deepti Sharma shells the catch

16.4 Kranti Goud to Deandra Dottin, FOUR! Full and on the off stump, Dottin opens up her frontfoot and hits that one straight down the ground, one bounce and over the fence for a boundary

16.3 Kranti Goud to Deandra Dottin, full and outside the off stump. Dottin pushes it towards covers, no run

16.2 Kranti Goud to Deandra Dottin, length delivery outside the off stump. Dottin has a wild swing and miss, no run