Gujarat Titans won the do or die match
Gujarat Giants vs UP Warriors: Match 18 of the Women’s Premier League 2024 was played between the teams of Gujarat Titans and UP Warriors. In this match, Gujarat Titans have kept their hopes alive for the playoff race by achieving a spectacular victory. At the same time, due to the defeat of UP Warriors, RCB’s hopes of reaching the playoffs have increased. She will qualify for the playoffs by winning her last match.
Gujarat Titans’ second win of the season
Batting first against UP Warriors in this match, Gujarat Titans scored 152 runs for eight wickets due to captain Beth Mooney’s unbeaten half-century. Apart from playing an unbeaten inning of 74 runs in 52 balls with 10 fours and one six, Mooney gave a good start to the team by adding 60 runs for the first wicket with Laura Wolwart (43). Apart from these two, no other batsman of the team could play well and did not even reach 20 runs. But this score proved to be enough for victory.
Deepti Sharma played a fighting innings
While chasing the target, UP Warriors had a very bad start. The team had lost 5 wickets for 35 runs only. After this, a fighting inning was seen from the bat of Deepti Sharma, but she could not lead the team to victory. Deepti Sharma scored unbeaten 88 runs on 60 balls. During this, he hit 9 fours and 4 sixes. At the same time, Poonam Khemnar also supported him well and scored 36 not out. But UP Warriors team could score 144 runs in 20 overs, due to which they had to face defeat by 8 runs.
The playoff race was exciting
The teams of Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals have so far qualified for the playoffs. But currently the remaining three teams are still in the race for the last place. Royal Challengers Bangalore will qualify for the playoffs if they win their last match in the league stage. However, even if it loses the match, it can still qualify. RCB has won 3 out of 7 matches so far. At the same time, the league matches of UP Warriors have been completed. Won 3 out of 8 matches against them. In such a situation, if RCB loses its last match by a big margin then UP Warriors will have a chance to reach the playoffs. At the same time, if Gujarat Titans want to qualify, they will have to win their last match by a big margin and will also have to pray for RCB to lose in the last match. Only then can it reach the playoffs.
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