MATCH NO – 1st MATCH
SERIES – Women’s Premier Leagues – 2024
DATE – 14th February, 2025
TIME – 07:30 PM IST
VENUE – Kotambi Stadium, Vadodara
INTRODUCTION
Women’s Premier League is one of the most popular T20 leagues in Women’s cricket. This league started since 2023. In this league many big stars like Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet kaur, Harleen Deol, Shafali Varma, Meg Lanning, Alyssa Healy, Ellyse Perry, Sophia Devine, Sophie Ecceleston, Deepti Sharma, Shabnam Ismail, Annabeal Sutherland, Beth Mooney, Renuka Singh, Tahlia McGrath, etc play for many frenchies.
This t20 format started from 2023 by Board of Cricket Council of India (BCCI), This is an Indian professional t20 league and biggest T20 league in Women’s Cricket.
Women’s Premier League 2025 has started from 14th February and Final match will be played on15th March. First match of Women’s Premier League 2025 will be played between Gujarat Giants & Royal Challengers Bangalore.
MATCH PREVIEW
First match played between Gujarat Giants Women(GGW) and Defending Champion Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) is going to be an exciting contest. Both teams have a strong line-up. Royal Challenge Bangalore team performed very well in the previous season and won the trophy. Whereas Gujarat Giants team performed very poorly and won only 2 matches and lost 6 matches out of 8 and last position in point table.
Last time when both teams Gujarat Giants and Royal Challengers Bangalore played between each other the Gujarat Giants team scored 199 runs and Royal Challengers Bangalore failed to chased the total and Gujarat team won the match by 19 runs.
Royal Challengers Bangalore is a well-balanced team with a blend of experienced and talented players. They have talented & aggressive batsmen like,Smriti Mandhana, Richa Ghosh, Dannie Wyatt, Sabbhineni Meghana.They have good all-rounders also like,Ellyse Perry, Heather Graham, Kim Garrth, Sophie Molineux, Wareham, Shreyanka Patil. Their bowling department is also well-equipped with bowlers like Sobana Asha, Renuka Singh, Shreyanka Patil, Kate Cross adding depth and experience to their bowling line-up.
On the other hand, Gujarat Giants team also looked good in this season.This team is a well-balanced team with a blend of experienced and talented players.They have talented & aggressive batsmen like Beth Mooney, Laura Wolvaardt, Harleen Deol, Dayalan Hemalatha, They have good all-rounders also, like Deandra Dottin, Danielle Gibson, Ashleigh gardner, Their bowling department is also well-equipped with bowlers like Tanuja Knawar, Priya Mishra, Shabnam Shakil & Meghna Singh adding depth and experience to their batting and bowling line-up.
Both teams boast of strong batting & bowling attacks, so the battle between the batsmen and bowlers will be crucial in deciding the outcome of the match.
Considering the form and capabilities of both teams, this match has the potential to be a close contest. It will be interesting to see how the teams strategize and adapt to the conditions. Fans can again expect an exciting and competitive match between Gujarat Giants and Royal Challengers Bangalore.
PITCH REPORT
Kotambi Stadium, located in Vadodara, Gujarat, is a newly inaugurated cricket venue that hosted its first international matches in December 2024. The stadium has a seating capacity of 40,000 and serves as the home ground for the Baroda Cricket Association.
Pitch Characteristics:
Batting-Friendly Surface: The pitch at Kotambi Stadium is known for being conducive to batting, especially in the initial stages of the game. Batsmen can expect consistent bounce and pace, allowing for free stroke play.
Spin Assistance: As the match progresses, the pitch tends to offer assistance to spinners. The surface may develop wear and tear, providing turn and bounce for spin bowlers, particularly in the later stages of the game.
Strategic Considerations:
Toss Decision: Teams winning the toss might prefer to bat first to capitalize on the favorable batting conditions early on. Setting a substantial total can put pressure on the chasing team, especially as the pitch begins to assist spinners in the latter stages.
Bowling Strategies: While fast bowlers may find some assistance with the new ball, spinners are likely to play a crucial role as the match progresses. Captains should consider utilizing their spin options effectively during the middle overs to exploit the pitch conditions.
In summary, Kotambi Stadium offers a batting-friendly pitch that gradually provides opportunities for spinners. Teams should strategize accordingly, taking into account the evolving nature of the pitch throughout the match.
GROUND STATS (WPL)
| TOTAL MATCH | 00 |
| AVERAGE SCORE | 000+ |
| BATTING 1ST WON | 00 |
| BATTING 2ND WON | 00 |
| NO RESULT | 00 |
SCORING PATTERN
| BELOW SCORE 120 | 00 |
| BETWEEN 120 TO 139 | 00 |
| BETWEEN 140 TO 169 | 00 |
| ABOVE SCORE 170 | 00 |
BOWLERS STATS ON KOTAMBI STADIUM (WPL)
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 00
PACER WICKETS – 00
SPINNER WICKETS – 00.
GGW VS RCBW TEAM NEWS, SQUADS, PLAYING 11 & PLAYERS STATS
GUJARAT GIANTS WOMEN (GGW)
TEAM NEWS
- Gujarat Giants team performed very poorly in the previous season, they won 2 matches and lost 6 matches out of 8 matches and last position in the points table.
- Last match played between Royal Challengers Bangalore & Gujarat Giants, Gujarat Giants scored 199 runs and successfully defended this total and won the match by 19 runs.
- Beth Monney scored 285 runs in 8 innings in the previous season of Women’s Premier League.
- Laura Wolvaardt scored 165 runs in 6 innings in the previous season of Women’s Premier League.
- Aseilgh Gardner has scored 120 runs & taken 8 wickets in 8 innings in the previous season of Women’s Premier League.
- Tanuja Kanwar took 10 wickets in 8 innings in the previous season of Women’s Premier League.
- In the last match Gujarat Giants team failed to defend a total score of 129 runs and lost the match by 7 wickets.
- Phoebe Litchfield scored 21 runs, Bharati Fulmali scored 42 runs, Bryce scored 28 runs & Ashleigh Gardner scored 12 runs in the previous match against Delhi Capitals.
- Tanuja Kanwar took 2 wickets in the previous match against Delhi Capitals.
- Both teams played 4 matches and Gujarat Giants team won 2 matches and lost 2 matches against Royal Challengers Bangalore .
SQUADS
Batting – Beth Mooney (wk), Phoebe Litchfield, Laura Wolvaardt, Simran Shaikh, Bharti Fulmali, Dayalan Hemalatha.
Bowling – Shabnam MD Shakil, Prakashika Naik, Tanuja Kanwar, Priya Mishra.
All Rounder – Harleen Deol, Asheigh Gaedner, Kashvee Gautham, Deandra Dottin, Sayali Satghare, Danielle Gibson, Mannat Kashyap, Meghana Singh.
POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
Beth Mooney © (wk), Laura Wolvaardt, Harleen Deol, Deandra Dottin, Ashleigh Gardner ©, Dayalan Hemalatha, Tanjua Kanwar, Simran Shaikh, Shabnam Shakil, Priya Mishra.
PLAYER STATS:
1. BETH MOONEY (WK) – LHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 100r, 94r, 44r, 75r, 50r. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs RCBW | 85r, 8r. |
| Total Stats vs RCBW | 2 INNINGS – 93 RUNS. |
2. LAURA WOLVAARDT – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 4r, 65r, 61r, 35r, 59r. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs RCBW | 76r, 68r. |
| Total Stats vs RCBW | 2 INNINGS – 144 RUNS. |
3. HARLEEN DEOL – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 15r, 89r, 20r, 1r, 115r. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs RCBW | 22r, 12r, 67r. |
| Total Stats vs RCBW | 3 INNINGS – 101 RUNS. |
4. DEANDRA DOTTIN – RHB + RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 10+0W, 49+0W, 51+1W, 33+3W, 2r. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs RCBW | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Total Stats vs RCBW | NOT PLAYED YET. |
5. DAYALAN HEMALATHA – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 1r, 10r, 7r, 41r, 8r. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs RCBW | 1r, 31r, 16r, 16r. |
| Total Stats vs RCBW | 4 INNINGS – 64 RUNS. |
6. ASHLEIGH GARDNER © – RHB+RAO
| Recent 5 Innings | 44+4W, 102+1W, 0W, 42+1W, 3W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs RCBW | 2W, 7+1W, 41+0W, 19+3W. |
| Total Stats vs RCBW | 4 INNINGS – 67 RUNS – 6W. |
7. SIMRAN SHAIKH – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 0r, 11r, 1r, 2r, 9r. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs RCBW | 2r. |
| Total Stats vs RCBW | 1 INNING – 2 RUNS. |
8. SAYALI SATGHARE – RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 1W, 1W, 1W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs RCBW | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Total Stats vs RCBW | NOT PLAYED YET. |
9. MEGNA SINGH – RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 0W, 0W, 0W, 0W, 4W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs RCBW | 0W, 0W. |
| Total Stats vs RCBW | 2 INNINGS – 0 WICKET. |
10. TANUJA KANWAR – LAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 2W, 0W, 0W, 0W, 0W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs RCBW | 1W, 1W, 0W, 0W. |
| Total Stats vs RCBW | 4 INNINGS – 2 WICKETS |
11. PRIYA MISHRA – RAO
| Recent 5 Innings | 2W, 2W, 0W, 3W, 2W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs RCBW | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Total Stats vs RCBW | NOT PLAYED YET. |
ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE WOMEN (RCBW)
TEAM NEWS
- Defending Champion Royal Challengers Bangalore team performed superb in previous season and won the 4 matches and lost 4 matches out of 8 and won the trophy.
- Last match played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat Giants, RCBW team failed to chase it and lost the match by 19 runs.
- Smriti Mandhan scored 300 runs in 10 innings in the previous season of Women Premier League.
- Sabbhineni Meghana scored 168 runs in 6 innings in the previous season of Women Premier League.
- Ellyse Perry scored 347 runs and also took 7 wickets in 9 innings in the previous season of Women Premier League.
- Richa Ghosh scored 257 runs in 9 innings in the previous season of Women Premier League.
- Sophie Molineux took 12 wickets in 10 innings in the previous season of Women’s Premier league.
- Asha Sobhana took 12 wickets in 10 innings in the previous season of Women’s Premier league.
- Shreyanka Patil took 13 wickets in 8 innings in the previous season of Women’s Premier league.
- In the last match against RCBW team successfully chased the total of 113 runs and won the trophy by 8 wickets against Delhi Capitals.
- Smriti Mandhan scored 31 runs, Sophie Devine scored 32 runs, Richa Ghosh scored 17 runs and Ellyse Perry Scored 35 runs in the previous match against Delhi Capitals.
- Shreyanka Patil took 4 wickets, Sophie Molineneux took 3 wickets, SOphie Devine, Georgia Wareham, Sophie Molineux took 3 wickets & Asha Sobhana took 2 wickets in the previous match against Delhi Capitals.
- Both teams played 4 matches and Royal Challengers Bangalore team won 2 matches and lost 2 matches against Gujarat Giants.
SQUADS
Batting – Disha Kasat, Smriti Mandhana ©, Shabbhineni Meghana, Richa Ghosh (wk), Indrani Roy (wk), Danniel Wyatt, Sabbhineni Meghana.
Bowling – Ekta Bisht, Kim Garth, Jagravi Pawar, Renuka Singh, Sobhana Asha Shobana.
All Rounder – Ellyse Perry, Shreyanka Patil, Sophie Molineux, Georgia Wareham, Raghvi Bist, Kanika Ahuja, Prema Rawat, Heather Graham, Shreyanka Patil.
POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
Smriti Mandhana ©, Danielle Wyatt, Shabbhineni Meghana, Richa Ghosh(wk), Ellyse Perry, Ekta Bist/Disha Kasat, Heather Graham/Kim Garth, Georgia Wareham, Sobhana Asha, Renuka Singh, Shreyanka Patil.
PLAYER STATS:
1. SMRITI MANDHANA © – LHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 135r, 73r, 41r, 4r, 53r. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs GGW | 24r, 43r, 37r, 18r. |
| Total Stats vs GGW | 4 INNINGS – 122 RUNS. |
2. DANIELLE WYATT – RHB+RAO
| Recent 5 Innings | 2r, 22r, 17r, 52r, 0r. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs GGW | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Total Stats vs GGW | NOT PLAYED YET. |
3. SABBHINENI MEGHANA – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 4r, 28r, 11r, 36r, 36r. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs GGW | 4r, 36r. |
| Total Stats vs GGW | 2 INNINGS – 40 RUNS. |
4. ELLYSE PERRY – RHB + RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 2+0W, 12r, 2r, 7r, 2r. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs GGW | 24+0W, 23+0W, 19+0W, 32+0W. |
| Total Stats vs GGW | 4 INNINGS – 98 RUNS – 0W. |
5. RICHA GHOSH (WK) – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 59r, 10r, 8r, 23r, 13r. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs GGW | 30r, 10r. |
| Total Stats vs GGW | 2 INNINGS – 40 RUNS. |
6. GEORGIA WAREHAM – RHB+RAO
| Recent 5 Innings | 11+3W, 38+0W, 3W, 2W, 21+0W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs GGW | 48+1W, 1W. |
| Total Stats vs GGW | 2 INNINGS – 48 RUNS – 2W. |
7. HEATHER GRAHAM – RHB+RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 27+1W, 14+1W, 10+1W, 44+2W, 1W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs GGW | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Total Stats vs GGW | NOT PLAYED YET. |
8. SHREYANKA PATIL – RALB
| Recent 5 Innings | 1W, 1W, 2W, 0W, 2W |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs GGW | 0W, 2W, 11+2W. |
| Total Stats vs GGW | 3 RUNS – 11 RUNS – 4W. |
9. EKTA BIST – LAO
| Recent 5 Innings | 0W, 2W, 0W, 0W, 1W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs GGW | 12+0W. |
| Total Stats vs GGW | 1 INNING -0 WICKET. |
10. RENUKA SINGH – RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 4W, 1W, 5W, 1W, 0W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs GGW | 0W, 2W, 1W. |
| Total Stats vs GGW | 3 INNINGS – 3 WICKETS |
11. ASHA SOBHANA – RALB
| Recent 5 Innings | 3W, 1W, 1W, 0W, 0W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs GGW | 0W, 0W. |
| Total Stats vs GGW | 2 INNINGS – 0 WICKET. |
HEAD TO HEAD RECORDS
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 04
- GGW WIN – 02
- RCBW WIN – 02
- NO RESULT – 00
FANTASY TEAM/DREAM 11 TEAM
SMALL LEAGUE(SL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – R. Ghosh, B. Mooney.
BATSMEN – S. Mandhana, L. Wolvaardt, D. Wyatt..
ALL-ROUNDERS – E. Perry, D. Dottin, G. Wareham, A. Gardner.
BOWLERS – S. Patil, R. Singh.
GRAND LEAGUE(GL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – B. Mooney.
BATSMEN – S. Mandhana, L. Wolvaardt, D. Wyatt, H. Deol.
ALL-ROUNDERS – E. Perry, D. Dottin, G. Wareham, A. Gardner.
BOWLERS – S. Patil, T. Kanwar.
BACK-UPS – H. Graham, M. Singh, A. Sobhana.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (SL) – E. Perry, S. Mandhana.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (GL) – A. Gardner, B. Mooney.
POSSIBLE OUTCOME –
ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE MAY BE THE WINNER OF THIS MATCH.
