UP Warriorz continued their resurgence with a dominant six-wicket win over struggling Gujarat Giants within the eighth sport of the Girls’s Premier League 2024 on Friday. Sophie Ecclestone shone with three wickets to limit Gujarat to 142 after which Grace Harris smashed 60* off simply 33 balls to assist Warriorz win their second sport of the season.
A win boosted UP Warriorz to 3rd place within the factors desk, on a degree with Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore. Gujarat stay on the backside of the desk with three defeats in three video games in WPL 2024.
After thrashing defending champions Mumbai within the final sport, Warriorz continued the momentum with a powerful all-round efficiency. The legendary Sri Lankan all-rounder Chamari Athapaththu made her highly-anticipated WPL debut changing Tahlia McGrath for UP Warriorz whereas South African star Laura Wolvaardt changed Lea Tahuhu for the Giants.
Captain Beth Mooney and Wolvaardt gave the Ginats a constructive begin with a 40-run stand for the opening wickets. Ecclestone gave Warriorz a breakthrough within the sixth over with Mooney’s wicket and in addition eliminated settled Wolvaardt within the tenth over.
Australian duo Phoebe Litchfield and Ashleigh Gardner added 52 runs for the fourth wicket however struggled to take care of a better run fee. Ecclestone eliminated Gardner within the nineteenth over to disclaim Gujarat a robust end. Litchfield top-scored with 35 off 26 balls and Gardner smashed 30 off simply 17 balls.
Alyssa Healy gave her staff a powerful begin by smashing 33 off simply 21 balls. Gujarat saved the sport alive with Healy and Kiran Navgire’s wickets in fast succession however had been denied a comeback after Grace Harris’ one other monstrous knock.
Harris recorded a 30-ball fifty, her first half-century of the season, and contributed to an unbeaten 53-run stand for the fifth wicket with Deepti Sharma. Harris top-scored with 60 off simply 30 balls and Deepti scored 17* to assist UP chase down the goal in simply 15.4 overs.
Gujarat Giants Taking part in XI: Harleen Deol, Beth Mooney (c & wk), Laura Wolvaardt, Phoebe Litchfield, Ashleigh Gardner, Dayalan Hemalatha, Kathryn Bryce, Sneh Rana, Tanuja Kanwar, Mannat Kashyap, Meghna Singh
UP Warriorz Taking part in XI: Alyssa Healy (c & wk), Kiran Navgire, Chamari Athapaththu, Grace Harris, Deepti Sharma, Shweta Sehrawat, Poonam Khemnar, Saima Thakor, Sophie Ecclestone, Anjali Sarvani, Rajeshwari Gayakwad