WPL 2025 Match 3: Top 3 Performers Between Gujarat Giants And UPW
Gujarat
Giants defeated UP Warriorz to register their first win of the tournament in a
one-sided contest played at Kotambi Stadium, Vadodara on 17th February
2025.
GG captain
Ash Gardner won the toss and decided to field first. It was a disciplined bowling
effort by GG bowlers as they restricted UPW Warriorz to a modest total of 143
for 9. Uma Chetry and Deepti Sharma were the standout partnership putting on 51
runs for the 3rd wicket before they kept losing wickets at regular
intervals.
In reply,
Gujarat Giants struggled initially before Laura Woolvardt and captain Ash
Gardner steadied the ship. Deandra Dottin, along with Harleen Doel ensured that
they won the match by six wickets with 2 overs to spare.
Here we
look at the 3 top performers between Gujarat Giants and UPW in match 3 of WPL
2025.
1. Ash Gardner
Gujarat
Giants captain Ash Gardner led from the front with both bat and ball. Gardner grabbed
the wicket of Vrinda Dinesh in her first over to put pressure on the UPW
Warriorz team. She took a stunning catch dismissing well-set Deepti Sharma. Gardner
struck on her final ball of the spell getting rid of Shweta Sehrawat ending
with figures of 2 for 39 in 4 overs.
Gardner
came to the crease with the scoreboard reading 2 for 2. She showed intent right
from the word go putting enough pressure on UPW Warriorz keeping scoreboard
ticking. Like the previous match, Gardner played with an attacking approach, reaching
fifty off 28 deliveries. and made life easy for other GG batters. She was dismissed
in an unfortunate manner caught at short fine leg for 52 off 32 deliveries with
5 fours and 3 sixes. For her all-round efforts, Gardner was named the player of
the match.
2. Priya Mishra
Priya
Mishra was one of the reasons why Gujarat Giants restricted UPW to a modest
total of 143. She bowled with great control not allowing them to hit boundaries
and kept the scoring under check.
The leg-spinner
Priya got two big scalps including Tahila McGrath and Grace Harris with lovely
deliveries. She also dismissed UPW captain Deepti Sharma with a stunning catch
by Ash Gardner at mid-off. It was a disciplined bowling effort by Priya Mishra grabbing
3 wickets for 25 runs in 4 overs.
3. Sophie Ecclestone
The number
1 ranked T20I bowler from England, Sophie Ecclestone was the shining light for
UPW Warriorz in the bowling department. She struck in her first over dismissing
Dayalan Hemalatha to derail Gujarat Giants innings.
With the
partnership between Woolvardt and Gardner going strong, Sophie Ecclestone struck
dismissing Woolvardt to shatter the stumps. It was a great bowling effort by
Sophie Ecclestone with figures of 2 for 16 in 4 overs. Despite her efforts, UPW
lost the match comfortably by six wickets with 2 overs to spare.
Gardner top performer for Gujarat Giants for the first victory in WPL 2025 against UPW
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