Samira Vishwas
Tezzbuzz|13-01-2026
Gujarat Giants Women vs UP Warriorz Women Highlights: On the basis of captain Ashley Gardner’s explosive half-century and Georgia Wareham’s all-round performance, Gujarat Giants defeated UP Warriors by 10 runs in the WPL 2026 match played at DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Saturday (January 10).
After being invited to bat first, the Warriors scored 207 runs at the loss of 4 wickets, which is their highest score in this tournament. After being invited to bat first, both Gujarat openers Sophie Devine and Beth Mooney got out and returned to the pavilion. Devine scored 38 runs in 20 balls.
After this Gardner and Anushka Sharma made a partnership of 103 runs for the third wicket. Gardner scored 65 runs in 41 balls, hitting 6 fours and 3 sixes. Anushka scored 44 runs in 30 balls and Georgie Wehrheim scored 27 not out in 10 balls.
For UP Warriors, Sophie Ecclestone took 2 wickets, Shikha Pandey and Deandra Dottin took 1 wicket each.
Chasing the target, the first blow came in the form of UP Warriors at a total score of 3 runs. After this, captain Meg Lanning and Phoebe Litchfield made a partnership of 70 runs for the second wicket.
Lichfield played a stormy innings of 78 runs in 40 balls at a strike rate of 195, hitting 8 fours and 5 sixes. Whereas Lanning contributed 30 runs in 27 balls and Sweta Sehrawat contributed 25 runs in 17 balls. After this, in the lower order, Asha Shobhana scored unbeaten 27 runs in 10 balls, due to which Gujarat scored 197 runs at the loss of 8 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs.
For Gujarat Giants, Renuka Singh Thakur, Sophie Devine and Georgia Werham took 2-2 wickets, Rajeshwari Gaikwad and Gardner took 1-1 wicket.
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