Women's Premier League 2025 is starting today i.e. 14 February. Its opening match will be played between defending champions Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat giants from 7.30 pm. Many big names of women's cricket will be seen in this match to be held in Vadodara. On one side, Bangalore captain Smriti will be star players like Mandhana and Alice Perry. On the other hand, star players like Shubman Gill's friends Harleen Deol, Ashley Gardner and Diandra Dotin will present him. Now it has to be seen who will win.

Gardner can disturb Mandhana

Smriti Mandhana is running in great form.

She has also won the title to her team in the last season. So she will get down with a confidence. But Ashley Gardner, captain and Australian player of Gujarat giant, can cause trouble for him. Gardner has always dominated Mandhana. The record of RCB captain against him has not been good and he has been dismissed several times in T20 and ODI. Therefore, a thorn collision can be seen between the two.

Apart from these two players, everyone will be eyeing Alice Perry of Bengaluru and Harleen Deol of Gujarat. Both are important players of their respective teams. Perry is making a comeback from Inzari.

He played an important role in winning the title to Bengaluru in the last season. At the same time, Harleen, who played at number 3 for Gujarat, scored a century after returning to International Cricket from Inzari. They are also in amazing form. They will also be expected to explode.

These players can be a game changer

West Indies veteran all -rounder Diandra Dotin can prove to be a big match winner and game changer for Gujarat giant. He is also adept at bowling along with batting at number 4. Last year, she scored the most runs for the West Indies in the Women's T20 World Cup and took 5 wickets from the economy of just 5.42.

Diandra has the power to score fast with the innings. On the other hand, everyone is aware of the stormy batting of Bangalore wicketkeeper Richa Ghosh. He is famous for playing fast in the lower order and finishing the match. Richa can overturn her with her batting at any time. In the last season, he did this work for Bengaluru.

Till now we have talked about the players. Now let's know about the records of both teams. In WPL, the team of Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat giants have come face to face in 4 matches.

In this, Bengaluru won 2 matches and Gujarat won 2 matches. That is, during this time there was a match between the two.

Pitch reports and weather

If the pitch of Vadodara is still fresh, then the batsmen will not be very difficult to play initially. However, the spinners may get some help as the match progresses. The weather is expected to be hot in Vadodara in the evening. According to the report, the sky will remain clear and there is no possibility of rain.

RCB's possible playing XI:

Smriti Mandhana (Captain), Danny Wet Hodge, S.

Meghna, Alice Perry, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Raghavi Bisht, Kanika Ahuja, Georgia Wareham, Jachhvi Pawar, Kim Garth, Renuka Singh Thakur.

GG's potential playing xi:

Beth Muni (wicketkeeper), Laura Woolvard, Harleen Deol, Diandra Dotin, Dayalan Hemlata, Ashle Gardner (Captain), Simran Sheikh, Sayali, Satghare, Meghna Singh, Tanuja Kanwar, Kashvi Gautam, Shabnam Shabnam, Shabnam Shabnam/Mannat Kashyap.