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  After a disappointing loss in the opening match, Gujarat Giants bounced back in style with a comfortable victory over UP Warriorz played at Kotambi Stadium, Vadodara on 16 th February 2025. Gujarat Giants captain Ash Gardner won the toss and decided to field first. Kiran Navgire and Vrinda Dinesh got UPW off to a flying start putting pressure on the GG bowlers. Deandra Dottin produced the breakthrough for Gujarat Giants dismissing Kiran Navgire with a lovely delivery. GG captain Ash Gardner dismissed the other opener Vrinda Dinesh shattering the stumps. At the end of the first six overs, UP Warriorz scored 41 for 2. Uma Chetry and Deepti Sharma steadied the ship keeping the scoreboard ticking with boundaries and taking singles. Dottin got a big wicket of Uma Chetry providing a simple catch to Priya Mishra. Chetry and Deepti Sharma added 51 runs for the 3 rd wicket. Priya Mishra struck twice in quick succession dismissing Tahila McGarth and Grace Harris to leave UPW stutte...

  Delhi Capitals edged past Mumbai Indians in a last-ball thriller during match 2 of the WPL 2025 played at Kotambi Stadium, Vadodara on 15 th February. DC captain Meg Lanning won the toss and decided to field first. It was a disciplined bowling effort by DC bowlers as they bundled out MI for 164. Harmanpreet Kaur and Nat Sciver Brunt put on an excellent partnership leading to MI recovery. After the fall of Kaur’s wicket, DC bowlers kept picking wickets at regular intervals to bundle them out with 5 balls to spare. In reply, Shafali Varma looked impressive putting pressure on MI bowlers. The match ebbed and flowed as MI took 4 quick wickets after 60 runs opening partnership. It went right down the wire as Delhi Capitals won the match of the last ball registering a 2-wicket victory. Here we look at the 3 top performers between Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians in match number 2 of WPL 2025 1 .       Nat Sciver Brunt After being asked to bat first ...

  Delhi Capitals started their WPL 2025 campaign with a thrilling last-ball contest against Mumbai Indians played at Kotambi Stadium, Vadodara on 15 th February. Delhi Capitals captain Meg Lanning won the toss and decided to field first. It was an ideal start for DC as Shikha Pandey got rid of Hayley Mathews in the very first over with a lovely catch by Lanning. Nat Sciver Brunt showed intent by putting on DC bowlers keeping the scoreboard ticking. Shikha Pandey struck again to dismiss Yastika Bhatia with a lovely delivery. Yastika and Brunt added 32 runs for the 2 nd wicket. At the end of the first six overs, Mumbai Indians made 41 for 2. After the field restrictions, Kaur put enough pressure with lusty hits against Radha Yadav. Annabel Sutherland struck dismissing MI captain Kaur by providing a simple catch to Niki Prasad at a deep backward point. Kaur and Brunt added 73 runs for the 3 rd wicket. Nat Sciver Brunt looked impressive, reaching her fifty off just 36 deliveri...

  The Indian Women’s Hockey team started the 2024/25 FIH Pro Hockey League season with a thrilling win over England played at Kalinga Stadium, Bhuvneshwar on 15 th February. The first quarter began with the Indian women’s team putting pressure on the England defense. After an initial struggle, Savita Punia produced a superb save. India earned their first penalty corner of the match which was converted from a deflection by Vaishnavi in the 6th minute to give the hosts a 1-0 lead. The England team decided to review the decision, but the goal stood. Bourne scored a superb deflection goal in the 12 th minute as England equaled the score at 1-1. Savita Punia showed her class with another lovely save. At the end of the first quarter, the scoreline ended at 1-1. The England team began the second quarter on a positive note with aggressive moves, but the Indian defense remained solid. Both teams had chances to convert, but the defense looked cautious not allowing scoring goals. India ...

  Royal Challengers Bengaluru registered a historic win over Gujarat Giants in the opening match of WPL 2025 played at Kotambi Stadium, Vadodara on 14 th February. RCB captain Smriti Mandhana won the toss and decided to field first. Ash Gardner’s explosive knock, Beth Mooney’s half-century, Deandra Dottin’s quickfire knock helped Gujarat Giants post 201 for 5 in their 20 overs. In reply, Ellyse Perry looked impressive with a half-century. Richa Ghosh played a blinder of a knock along with Kanika Ahuja’s brilliance helping the defending Champions RCB chase down this target easily by 6 wickets with 9 balls to spare. The pitch at Vadodara was a belter with top-quality performances from both sides in the opening match of the season. Here we look at the top 3 performers in the opening match of the WPL 2025 between RCB and Gujarat Giants. 1.        Ash Gardner Gujarat Giants’ newly appointed captain Ash Gardner led from the front with the bat and ball al...

  The first match of the season between defending Champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru and hosts Gujarat Giants saw a high-scoring affair played at Kotambi Stadium, Vadodara on 14 th February 2025. RCB captain Smriti Mandhana won the toss and decided to field first. Beth Mooney showed intent right from the word go while Laura Woolvardt struggled against disciplined RCB bowling. Renuka Singh got the breakthrough for RCB dismissing Woolvardt with a lovely delivery hitting the stumps. Mooney and Woolvardt added 35 runs for the opening wicket. At the end of the first six overs, Gujarat Giants made 39 for 1. Kanika Ahuja got the prize scalp of Dayalan Hemalatha providing a simple catch to Prema Rawat at backward point. The experienced duo of Beth Mooney and Ash Gardner steadied the ship with lovely shots. Mooney survived the LBW shout given out, it was overturned to not out as hit the edge of the bat. Mooney looked in sublime touch with attacking shots keeping the momentum going f...

  The Indian Badminton team crashed out of the tournament with a 0-3 loss in the quarterfinals against Japan played at Qingdao, China on 14 th February 2025. It was not an ideal start for the Indian team as the mixed doubles pairing of Dhruv Kapila/ Tanisha Crasto against Hiroka Midorikawa/Natsu Saito in three games. The Japanese pair kept pressure on Dhruv and Tanisha with attacking shots. After a great start, they maintained winning the first game easily at 21-13. The second was a closely fought affair with both pairs fighting for each point. After the initial struggle, Kapila and Tanisha looked impressive keeping consistent pressure winning the second game at 21-17. Hiroka/Natsu never allowed any chances right from the word go in the deciding game keeping enough pressure on the Indian pair winning it comfortably at 21-13 to give Japan a 1-0 lead in the tie. Malvika Bansod suffered a straight-game loss to Tomoka Miyazaki. Miyazaki proved her worth with lovely attacking sho...