Smriti Mandhana
The caravan of the second season of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) has reached Delhi, where the 13th match of this season will see a match between Gujarat Giants and Royal Challengers Bangalore Women’s team. Till now, under the captaincy of Smriti Mandhana, RCB Women’s team has played 5 matches, out of which they have won 3 and lost 2. On the other hand, the journey of Gujarat Giants team has been quite disappointing so far. Under the captaincy of Beth Mooney, the team has played 4 matches and has faced defeat in all of them, so to keep the hopes of reaching the playoffs alive, the Gujarat team will now have to win all the remaining matches this season. This match between RCB and Gujarat will be played at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.
The pitch can be helpful for the batsmen
In the 12th match of the second season of WPL played at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, a total of 355 runs were seen being scored in 40 overs. In such a situation, if we talk about the nature of the pitch regarding the RCB and Gujarat match, then it can also benefit the batsmen. Due to the small ground of Delhi, scoring boundaries here seems to be a very easy task for the batsmen, in such a situation the role of toss becomes very important. Of the 13 T20 matches played so far, only 4 have been won by the team batting first, while in 9 matches the team chasing the target has won the match. The average score of the first innings on this ground was 139 runs, while in the second innings it was 133 runs.
RCB had defeated Gujarat in the last match
RCB team had won by 8 wickets in its last match against Gujarat this season. In that match, RCB team restricted Gujarat to a score of just 107 runs and after that they chased the target in just 12.3 overs. In the points table, RCB is currently at the second position with 6 points, in which if it gets a big win in this match, then it will have a chance to achieve the number one position. At the same time, Gujarat Giants team is at the last position after facing defeat in all the four matches.
See the squads of both the teams here
RCB Women – Smriti Mandhana (captain), Sabbineni Meghna, Ellyse Perry, Richa Ghosh (wk), Sophie Devine, Sophie Molineux, Georgia Wareham, Simran Bahadur, Ekta Bisht, Asha Shobhana, Renuka Thakur Singh, Nadine de Klerk, Kate Cross, Disha Cassatt, Indrani Roy, Shubha Satish, Shraddha Pokharkar, Shreyanka Patil.
Gujarat Giants – Beth Mooney (wk/captain), Laura Wolvaardt, Phoebe Litchfield, Veda Krishnamurthy, Ashley Gardner, Katherine Bryce, Tanuja Kanwar, Tarannum Pathan, Meghna Singh, Sayali Satghare, Dylan Hemlata, Mannat Kashyap, Lee Tahuhu, Sneh Rana, Harleen Deol, Shabnam MD Shakeel, Priya Mishra, Trisha Poojita.
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