Womens Premier League 2024 (Feb 23- March 17)

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Mumbai post 162/6 from their 20 overs and you feel unless the international players from Upwarriorz come good, this will be too much.

 

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Do the UPWarriorz have the belief?

 

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UPwarriorz best powerplay of the season against the champs , 61/0.

 

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From 61/0 to 98/3, UPWarriorz giving the reigning champs a sniff.

 

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UPWarriorz with their 1st win of the campaign in an upset win over reigning champs who may have been a tad complacent resting Ismail and Kaur

 

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The turning point in last nights game between Mumbai and Upwarriorz for me, was the run out between Hayley Matthews and Nat-Sciver Brunt.

Both were just about to tee off. Had we saw another 3-4 overs of them at the crease, dare I say it they could have possibly posted 185-190 or so. That target would have put more pressure on Upwarriorz.

Ill mark it as a game Mumbai had to lose possibly in order to better themselves.

 

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Game 7 of the WPL:

Teams:

Delhi Capitals Women (Playing XI): Meg Lanning(c), Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Alice Capsey, Marizanne Kapp, Jess Jonassen, Arundhati Reddy, Minnu Mani, Taniya Bhatia(w), Radha Yadav, Shikha Pandey

Royal Challengers Bangalore Women (Playing XI): Smriti Mandhana(c), Sophie Devine, Sabbhineni Meghana, Nadine de Klerk, Richa Ghosh(w), Georgia Wareham, Sophie Molineux, Shreyanka Patil, Simran Bahadur, Asha Sobhana, Renuka Thakur Singh


Royal Challengers Bangalore Women have won the toss and have opted to field

 

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I notice Perry isnt playing tonight.

 

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Shafali 50 off 30 balls in Game 7

 

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Delhi resting Sutherland sort of cancels Bangalore resting Perry.

 

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Delhi post 194 in Game 7

If Bangalore chase this down, it will be the highest chase ever in WPL history.

 

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Good start by RCB in pursuit of this mammoth target, 52/0 inside the 6.0 over powerplay.

 

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Smriti 50 up in 32 balls.

 

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Delhi beat the home town team Bangalore and you sense that target was always going to be a steep target despite Smritis blitzing start.

 

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Game 8 of the WPL:


Teams:

Gujarat Giants (Playing XI): Harleen Deol, Beth Mooney(w/c), Laura Wolvaardt, Phoebe Litchfield, Ashleigh Gardner, Dayalan Hemalatha, Kathryn Bryce, Sneh Rana, Tanuja Kanwar, Mannat Kashyap, Meghna Singh

UP Warriorz (Playing XI): Alyssa Healy(w/c), Kiran Navgire, Chamari Athapaththu, Grace Harris, Deepti Sharma, Saima Thakor, Shweta Sehrawat, Poonam Khemnar, Sophie Ecclestone, Anjali Sarvani, Rajeshwari Gayakwad

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UP Warriorz have won the toss and have opted to field

 

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Chamari has already given UPWarriorz a lift with her presence in the team alone.

 

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Gujarat are batting like a side that is down on form and a side playing with no confidence.

Given the high scoring nature of last nights game, the contrast between batting display of this compared to the teams last night are miles apart.

 

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Gujarat post 142/5 off their 20 overs against UPWarriorz.

one thing is for sure, you cant drop Chamari after tonights performance.

 

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Harleen looks like she has done her knee for Gujarat.

 

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Beth Mooney looks a bit clueless as captain to me.

Probably the worst of the 5 captains in the WPL.

 

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Grace Harris becomes the leading runscorer during this Game 8 of the tournament.

 

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Grace Harris with her power and these small Indian grounds is a recipe for runs.

 

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And after Game 8, I sense Gujarat might struggle to get a win in this tournament:

 

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and Grace Harris is player of the match in Game 8

 

[Around the Wicket]

Is NYRB the only one interested in this? haha