Women Premier League 2023, 3rd Match - UP Warriorz Beat Gujarat Giants by 3 Wickets

Women Premier League 2023, 3rd Match - UP Warriorz Beat Gujarat Giants by 3 Wickets The 3rd match of Women's Premier League 2023 was held between UP Warriorz Vs Gujrat Giants at Dr. DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai, on 5th March. Gujarat Giants won the toss and opted to bat first. Both teams were excited before going to the field and looking forward to giving a competitive edge to each other. The first inning started with Maghana and Dunkey at the crease, and Gayakwas opened the attack. Dunkley lost her early wicket in the 4th over, scoring 13(11). It was Deepti Sharma who dismissed the first wicket of the match. Meghana tried to make a good run score but was dismissed at 24(15)  in the 5th over. Gujarat Giants scored 45 runs with a loss of 2 wickets during the powerplay. After losing 2 more wickets to Sutherland and Sushma, The run score of 45 runs reached to 116/4 in 15 overs. Anjali Sarvani dismissed the most important wicket of Harleen Deol in the 18th over when she was just 6 runs away from hitting a half-century. Sneh Rana and Dayalan Hemlatha finished the first inning with a good run score of 169-6. Hemalatha played a cameo toward the end and took the Giants closer to the 170-run mark, while on the other hand, UP Warriors were ready to beat the competition. The second inning started with Healy and Shwetha Sehrawat at the crease, and Kim Garth opened the attack. The 3rd over became the Maiden over for Gujrat Giants when Kim Garth dismissed Haly, Shweta Sehrawat, and McGrath without allowing them even to play their innings. With a loss of these 3 wickets, UP Warriorz reached 35 runs during the powerplay. The game seemed tough in the powerplay. However, Kiran Navgire single-handedly took the UP Warriors to 70 runs in 10 overs. With this, she completed her fifty in the 3rd ball of the 12th over. But in the 13th over, again Kim Garthan came into the attack and dismissed 2 back-to-back wickets of Kiran and Simran Shaikh. With this, UP Warriorz crossed 100 in 15 overs. Grace Harris and Sophie Ecclestone again built the hope of the Warriorz and turned the match in the last over. With a Six from the bat of Grace Harris on the last-second ball, UP Warriorz won the match by 3 wickets. Follow us for more cricket updates, cricket news, and women premier league matches update.