WPL 2023: UP Warriors beat Gujarat Joints by three wickets

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Mumbai In the Women’s Premier League (WPL) match played today, UP Warriors defeated Gujarat Giants by 5 wickets. Also UP Warriors have qualified for the playoffs. Whereas, Gujarat Giants was eliminated from the tournament. Chasing the target of 179 runs, the start of UP Warriors was also not very special as UP got a big blow in the form of Alyssa Healy on the fifth ball of the second over. Monica Patel made him a victim of his ball. Healy scored 12 runs in 8 balls with the help of 3 fours. After that, Kiran came to the crease and led the innings with Devika. But, bowler Kim Garth sent Kiran Navagire back to the pavilion. Kiran scored 4 runs in 4 balls. UP got the third blow in the form of Devika. He scored 7 runs in 8 balls.

After this, middle order batsmen Tahlia McGrath and Grace Harris handled the innings brilliantly. Both the batsmen scored quick half-centuries and pulled the UP team out of a tough time.

But, it was Ashley Gardner who gave Gujarat Giants the big breakthrough, breaking the good partnership that was forming between Harris and McGrath. Gardner got McGrath caught by Sneha Rana. McGrath scored 57 runs in 38 balls with the help of 11 fours.

After that, Deepti Sharma got out after scoring 6 runs. At the same time, Grace Harris took the UP team forward while batting fast, but was dismissed after playing a brilliant innings of 72 runs. Sophie Ecclestone then steered UP to victory, hitting an unbeaten 19 off 13 balls and ending the match with a four. The team scored 181 runs for the loss of seven wickets in 19.5 overs and registered a resounding victory by 3 wickets.

At the same time, before this, Gujarat Giants decided to bat first after winning the toss. The Giants didn’t get off to a good start. Gujarat lost 3 wickets in the opening powerplay but Hemlata and Ashley Gardner took the innings forward.

Both played half-century innings. Batsman Hemlata played a blistering inning of 57 runs in 33 balls. At the same time, Ashley Gardner played an inning of 60 runs in 39 balls.

But Gujarat Giants succumbed to the bowlers of UP Warriors and Rajeshwari Gaikwad, Parshvi Chopra took 2-2 wickets. Anjali Sarvani and Sophie Ecclestone got 1-1 wickets. The team scored 178 runs for the loss of six wickets in 20 overs and UP was given a target of 179 runs to win, which the team easily crossed.(IANS)

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