2024-03-07 18:05:49
New Delhi: With half-centuries from openers captain Beth Mooney and Laura Wolwart and a century partnership between the two, Gujarat Giants registered their first win in the Women’s Premier League T20 tournament by defeating Royal Challengers Bangalore by 19 runs on Wednesday, breaking the sequence of four consecutive losses. of.
Gujarat scored 199 runs for five wickets with the help of Mooney’s unbeaten 85 runs in 51 balls with 12 fours and one six and her 140-run first wicket partnership with Laura Wolwart (76 runs in 45 balls, 13 fours).
RCB lost the match by 19 runs
Royal Challengers Bangalore team could score only 180 runs for 8 wickets. For Royal Challengers Bangalore, Laura Wolwart played a stormy innings of 48 runs in 22 balls but could not save the team from defeat. He hit 6 fours and two sixes in his innings. Richa Ghosh (30), Smriti Mandhana (24), Ellyse Perry (24) and Sophie Devine (23) failed to convert good starts into big innings. For Gujarat, Ashleigh Gardner took two wickets for 23 runs. While chasing the target, captain Smriti Mandhana gave a good start to Royal Challengers Bangalore by scoring 24 runs in 16 balls. He hit two sixes and a four on consecutive balls of left-arm spinner Tanuja Kanwar in the third over. But Ashleigh Gardner gave her out LBW.
RCB scored 39 runs in power play
The team scored 39 runs for one wicket in the power play. Opener S Meghna was run out after playing a slow inning of four runs in 13 balls. Divine completed his half-century of team runs with a six off Mannat Kashyap in the eighth over and then sent Meghna Singh’s ball to the audience. Tanuja gave the third blow to the team by bowling Divine. Richa Ghosh hits a six on Meghna Singh. But Katherine Bryce got Perry (24) caught by wicketkeeper Mooney.
Richa hit two fours on Shabnam while Georgia Wareham also hit a four on this fast bowler. Royal Challengers Bangalore needed 81 runs in the last five overs. Ashleigh gave a big blow to the team’s hopes by getting Richa caught by Meghna. Richa scored 30 runs in 21 balls with five fours and one six. Georgia hit sixes and fours on consecutive balls of left-arm spinner Tanuja.
Dhoni’s name on the bat, reminds of Sehwag while hitting shots
The team needed 49 runs in the last two overs and their hopes were dashed due to Georgia’s run out. Earlier, the bowlers of Royal Challengers Bangalore had to struggle for wickets. Apart from Sophie Molineau (one wicket for 32 runs) and Georgia Wareham (one wicket for 36 runs), none of their bowlers got a wicket. Three Gujarat batsmen were run out.
Gujarat Giants won the toss and chose to bat
Mooney won the toss and decided to bat first and along with Laura, gave a great start to the team. Both scored 59 runs in the power play without losing any wicket. Wolvaardt started the innings with two fours in the first over of Sophie Devine and then hit two fours in Molineau’s over as well. Mooney also hit two fours on Renuka Singh.
Mooney welcomed Ekta Bisht with two consecutive fours. Laura completed her half-century in just 32 balls with three consecutive fours on Ellis Perry in the 10th over and also completed a century of team runs in the same over. This is the team’s first century partnership in the Women’s Premier League. Laura also hit two fours on Bisht but after that she was run out while trying to take a fast run. Mooney played Molineau’s ball at backward point and ran for runs.
However, before Laura could reach the batting end, she was run out by wicketkeeper Richa Ghosh on a throw from Bisht. Meanwhile, Mooney also completed his half-century in 32 balls with three runs off Molineau. Mooney hit the first six of the innings on Sophie Devine and then sent her and Bisht’s ball to the boundary.
Phoebe Litchfield was also run out in the 19th over after scoring 18 runs in 17 balls. Georgia Wareham sent Ashleigh Gardner (00) to the pavilion on the next ball. Molineau got Dylan Hemlata (01) caught by wicketkeeper Richa in the next over while Veda Krishnamurthy (01) was also run out in the same over.