WPL Highlights 2024: Gujarat Giants v Royal Challengers Bangalore Women Match 13
Gujarat Giants and the RCB women went head-to-head on 6 March 2024. Both teams want to get a better standing on the points table.
The Giants were not having the sort of tournament they wanted. While the RCB women are doing significantly better than the last season. However, It was the Gujarat Giants that emerged victorious. What happened during the match, who was the MVP, and what were the other details? Read more to find out.
Gujarat Giants v Royal Challengers Bangalore Women – Match 13 details
| Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi | |
| Match | Gujarat Giants v RCB Women |
| Date | 6 March 2024 |
| Time | 7:30 PM |
| Match number | 13 |
| Umpires | Gayathri Venugopalan |
| P Jayapal | |
| TV Umpire | Vrinda Rathi |
| Reserve Umpire | Abhijeet Bengeri |
| Match Referee | Anupa Narvekar |
Squads
| Gujarat Giants | RCB Women |
|---|---|
| Beth Mooney (w/c) | Sabbhineni Meghana |
| Laura Wolvaardt | Smriti Mandhana (c) |
| Phoebe Litchfield | Ellyse Perry |
| Veda Krishnamurthy | Richa Ghosh (w) |
| Dayalan Hemalatha | Sophie Devine |
| Ashleigh Gardner | Sophie Molineux |
| Kathryn Bryce | Georgia Wareham |
| Tanuja Kanwar | Ekta Bisht |
| Meghna Singh | Simran Bahadur |
| Mannat Kashyap | Asha Sobhana |
| Shabnam Md Shakil | Renuka Thakur Singh |
Gujarat Giants
- Given the trend of the innings, RCB attempted the finish to keep the opponents under 200. Mooney caused a few questions when she chose to bat after winning the toss, but those concerns were immediately dispelled as the Giants got off to a great start.
- The RCB bowlers battled with discipline early on, as the scoring rate remained roughly ten per over from the start. Laura Wolvaardt was the adventurous companion in the first stand worth 140, and she was only halted after being run out for 76 off 45.
- Mooney took control, and the runs began to flow. Another 50-run stand occurred, and it was Litchfield’s run-out that ended the partnership.
- The Giants appeared to be on track for 220 runs, but an abundance of wickets toward the finish, including Mooney’s third run-out, slowed the score.
- The final two overs provided only 12 runs, which might be critical for RCB as they try to reach 200 to win.
Royal Challengers Bangalore Women
- This was a difficult target to defend as the surface was great for batting. However, the Gujarat Giants pulled it off.
- RCB then had a bad start with the bat, with Meghana chewing up a few balls at the top while remaining static.
- Being 43/2 after 7 overs gave the team with a lot of following-up to do, and despite Wareham’s outstanding efforts, they rarely seemed like they’d be in the pursuit, falling 19 runs shy in the end.
- Ash Gardner was superb with the ball for Gujarat, with numbers of 2/23, while Kathryn Bryce also performed effectively.
Scorecard
| Gujarat Giants won the toss and chose to bat first. | |
| GUJARAT GIANTS 199-5 | |
| BATTING | BOWLING |
| Beth Mooney 85 (51) | Sophie Molineux 1-32 |
| Laura Wolvaardt 76 (45) | Georgia Wareham 1-36 |
| Phoebe Litchfield 18 (17) | Renuka Singh 0-34 |
| TARGET = 200 runs | |
| ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE WOMEN 180-8 | |
| BATTING | BOWLING |
| Georgia Wareham 48 (22) | Ashleigh Gardner 2-23 |
| Richa Ghosh 30 (21) | Kathryn Bryce 1-26 |
| Smriti Mandhana 24 (16) | |
| RESULT = GG Women won by 19 runs | |
| PoM = Beth Mooney | |
Player of the match
Beth Mooney won the Player of the match award for scoring 85 runs against the RCB Women. This included 12 fours and one sixer.
