🏏WPL 2025: Match 15 - GG W vs UP Warriorz W at Lucknow, 03/03/25🏏 - Page 115

Players to watch: Ellyse Perry and Kashvee Gautam

Ellyse Perry seems to have gone up a gear with the bat in WPL 2025. The second-highest run-scorer this season with 235 runs in four innings at 117.50, Perry, in the last game, also went past Meg Lanning to become WPL's overall highest run-scorer. Coming into the tournament with a hip injury, Perry did not bowl in RCB's first three games, but sent down two overs against Warriorz, picking a wicket. If she can contribute with four overs, it could help in balancing the RCB unit even better.

In an otherwise demoralising tournament so far, Kashvee Gautam has been a bright star for Giants. She was picked up for a whopping INR 2 crore ahead of the WPL auction for 2024, but was ruled out of the season due to an injury. Giants still retained her, and she is repaying the faith. She started poorly against RCB going for 22 off her two overs, but in the next three games, the 21-year-old has picked five wickets at a miserly economy. Out of all the bowlers who have bowled a minimum of 30 balls this WPL, Gautam's economy of 6.00 is the fourth-best. Apart from the 15-ball 20 against Mumbai, Gautam hasn't done much with the bat, and that's one area she might want to improve.

Stats that matter

• Mandhana has been dismissed by Gardner nine times in 26 T20 innings and three times in five innings at the WPL
• Giants have won just five matches in the WPL and two of those wins have come against RCB
• Giants have the two lowest scores this season - 120 against Mumbai and 127 for 9 against Delhi Capitals
• RCB have the worst economy rate in the powerplay this season: 9.04. Giants have the best, 7.29
• Giants have conceded 175 runs across four innings in the powerplay this season. Only Mumbai with 142 runs in three games have conceded fewer

Squads:

Gujarat Giants Women Squad: Beth Mooney(w), Harleen Deol, Phoebe Litchfield, Ashleigh Gardner(c), Kashvee Gautam, Deandra Dottin, Tanuja Kanwar, Bharti Fulmali, Simran Shaikh, Meghna Singh, Priya Mishra, Danielle Gibson, Mannat Kashyap, Shabnam Md Shakil, Prakashika Naik, Dayalan Hemalatha, Sayali Satghare, Laura Wolvaardt

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women Squad: Smriti Mandhana(c), Danielle Wyatt-Hodge, Ellyse Perry, Richa Ghosh(w), Kanika Ahuja, Georgia Wareham, Kim Garth, Raghvi Bist, Sneh Rana, Ekta Bisht, Renuka Singh Thakur, Sabbhineni Meghana, Nuzhat Parween, Heather Graham, Charlotte Dean, Jagravi Pawar, Prema Rawat, Joshitha VJ

Today's Match Prediction: Chasing team to win the match

Scenario 1

• Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women win the toss and bowl
• PP Score - 30-40
• GJ-W - 150-170
• Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women win the match

Scenario 2

• Gujarat Giants Women win the toss and bowl
• PP score - 40-50
• BLR-W- 170-180
• Gujarat Giants Women win the match

Disclaimer: The prediction is based on the understanding, analysis, and instinct of the author. While making your prediction, consider the points mentioned, and make your own decision.

Thank you, Raji, for tagging me. This is a very interesting match, I hope RCB will win this match.

1.6

W

Gardner to Perry, out Caught by Tanuja Kanwar!! The in-form batter - Perry - departs for a duck. Excellent start for the Giants after opting to bowl. An innocuous short ball from Gardner, Perry rocks back to pull and hits it straight to square leg. Replay shows that the ball hit her high on the bat and hence the timing went awry. Big wicket! Perry c Tanuja Kanwar b Gardner 0(4)

Gardner to Perry, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Raghvi Bist, right handed bat, comes to the crease

end of over 2

5 runs • 1 wicket

RCB-W: 16/2

CRR: 8.00

S Mandhana

6 (4)

A Gardner

1-0-5-1

DJS Dottin

1-0-7-1

end of over 3

1 run

RCB-W: 17/2

CRR: 5.66

S Mandhana

7 (10)

Raghvi Bist

0 (0)

KS Gautam

1-0-1-0

A Gardner

1-0-5-1

end of over 4

4 runs

RCB-W: 21/2

CRR: 5.25

Raghvi Bist

1 (3)

S Mandhana

9 (13)

A Gardner

2-0-9-1

KS Gautam

1-0-1-0