Game number 6 of the ongoing Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2023 again saw the batters dominate the game as Gujarat Giants found their first win of the season as they defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore Women by a margin of 11 runs.
Sophia Dunkley and Harleen Deol were stars of the show for Gujarat as the duo put on an outstanding performance scoring 65 and 67 runs respectively. Dunkley was one step ahead as her fiery knock against Bangalore will go down as the standing fastest fifty in WPL with the batter reaching the milestone in just 18 deliveries.
Heather Knight and Shreyanka Patil were the top wicket-takers for the Royal Challengers with the duo picking up two wickets each. Smriti Mandhana and her side had a good start to the chase as the team managed to get 80 runs on the board in 10 overs despite losing their skipper early in the innings.
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Sophie Devine and Ellyse Perry got the innings back on track with an important 43 runs partnership for the second wicket to stabilize things but Gujarat kept the momentum in check and did not allow Bangalore to run away with the game.
Heather Knight tried to pull the game in Bangalore’s favour with a quickfire knock. But in the end, it was just not enough.
WPL 2023 Updated Points Table
Mumbai Indians remain at the top of the points table with 4 points to their name closely followed by Dellhi Capitals who have equal points but are just behind in net run rate. The UP Warriorz are at third followed by Gujarat who have now climbed up to the fourth spot leaving Bangalore in last place with 0 wins in 3 games in the ongoing WPL.
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WPL 2023 Orange Cap Standings
The Orange Cap standings pretty much remain unchanged with Meg Lanning at the top followed by Hayley Matthews. Harleeon Deol after her knock against Bangalore has moved up to third place while Indian star opener Shafali Verma is the fourth batter on the list with runs over the three-figure mark.
WPL 2023 Purple Cap Standings
The Purple Cap standings remain pretty much unchanged with Saika Ishaque still at the top followed by Tara Norris and Kim Garth. Amelia Kerr continues to be at the fourth position while Ash Gardner has now moved up to the fifth place in the standings with a better economy rate than other bowlers with four wickets.
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