UP Warriorz and Gujarat Giants faced off against each other on 5 March 2023. Another crushing defeat for the Gujarat Giants, while UP won by 3 wickets at hand. Remember that we also hailed UP as the best team in our WPL predictions. This article will tell you about everything that happened in this match. Hopefully, you will know this match’s essential twists and turns even though you didn’t watch it. So without any further ado, let’s get right into it.
Match details
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| Match 3 | |
| Venue | Dr. DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai |
| Date | Sunday, March 5, 2023 |
| Match | UP Warriroz v Gujarat Giants |
| Umpires | Gayathri Venugopalan |
| Sanjay Kumar Singh | |
| TV Umpire | Pashchim Pathak |
| Reserve Umpire | Nitin Pandit |
| Match Referee | Anupa Narvekar |
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Playing 11
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| GUJARAT GIANTS WOMEN | UP WARRIORZ WOMEN |
| Sabbhineni Meghana | Alyssa Healy |
| Sophia Dunkley | Shweta Sehrawat |
| Harleen Deol | Kiran Navgire |
| Annabel Sutherland | Tahlia McGrath |
| Sushma Verma | Deepti Sharma |
| Ashleigh Gardner | Grace Harris |
| Dayalan Hemalatha | Simran Shaikh |
| Sneh Rana | Devika Vaidya |
| Tanuja Kanwar | Sophie Ecclestone |
| Kim Garth | Anjali Sarvani |
| Mansi Joshi | Rajeshwari Gayakwad |
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1st Innings
- Gujarat Giants have achieved a very competitive total.
- They played significantly better than they did against the Mumbai Indians women’s team.
- Their batters set them off to a strong start, but UP answered with three early wickets. Gardner and Deol made a useful stand for the fifth wicket just as the bowler’s side was beginning to come back.
- Gardner was out, but Harleen hit four consecutive boundaries and lost a well-deserved fifty.
- Hemalatha came in late and helped the Giants reach the 180-run milestone.
- Deepti Sharma and Sophie Ecclestone each got two wickets for the UP Warriorz.
2nd Innings
- They just had to defend 52 runs in the final three overs.
- But it was not to be, as Grace Harris stunned them and left them sad. Such an onslaught there at the end, with Ecclestone, also playing a role.
- But Harris stole the show, taking on Gujarat’s top bowler, Kim Garth, and blasting her for a hat trick of fours in the 18th over.
- Garth had bagged a five-for before that, but Harris blasted for 20 during that over, and the game ignited as Harris became uncontrollable from there.
- An undefeated 59 off 26 balls turned the match upside down.
Match summary
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| GG won the toss and chose to bat first. | |
| GUJARAT GIANTS 169-6 | |
| BATTING | BOWLING |
| Harleen Deol 46(31) | Sophie Ecclestone 2-25 |
| Ashleigh Gardner 25(169) | Deepti Sharma 2-27 |
| Sabbhineni Meghana 24(15) | Tahlia McGrath 1-18 |
| TARGET = 170 runs | |
| UP WARRIORZ 175-7 | |
| BATTING | BOWLING |
| Grace Harris 59(26) | Kim Garth 5-36 |
| Kiran Navgire 53(43) | Mansi Joshi 1-15 |
| Sophie Ecclestone 22(12) | Annabel Sutherland 1-41 |
| RESULT = UP won by 3 wickets | |
| PoM = Grace Harris | |
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Player of the match award
Grace Harris deserves this award for her brilliant knock of 59 from 26 delivers. This inning was no joke.