Today’s victory will taste sweet for the Gujarat Giants after a couple of losses. Today’s result means that the three bottom-placed teams are locked in at four points. That makes things more enticing from the point of view of the tournament. It hasn’t been a pleasant homecoming for RCB. They have lost three games in a row at the Chinnaswamy. They will be eager to bounce back in their final league game at home. The action continues as Delhi Capitals gear up to face Mumbai Indians tomorrow. Do join us for that game. Until next time, goodbye and cheers!
Ashleigh Gardner | Player of the Match: Definitely, in the last couple of game we haven't batted the way we wanted to but credit goes to the bowlers today. Our bowlers stepped up, chasing a low total gave us the freedom. The first game probably we should have won, we couldn't defend 200 but today's win was pleasing. It was nice to win the game and take the positivity forward. It's a trend of the WPL (on chasing) at the moment, it's nice to not have much dew here. (On the pitch here in the game against Delhi Capitals) That wicket was quite green, quite a challenging wicket to bat on but tonight's pitch was good and flat. We have faced different conditions and now we move on to Lucknow. I guess we have to get better at the powerplay, tonight we lost only one wicket. When we have wickets in hand, it can prove to be pivotal. In the last two games, we lost four wickets in the powerplay and that pushed us on the back foot. We will try being consistent and put more points on the board.
Phoebe Litchfield:We wanted to come out with a bang. The way our bowlers was amazing and the way we finished with the bat, happy camp.
Smriti Mandhana: I don't think we batted really well in the powerplay. We tried too hard and didn't assess the conditions. The wicket was a lot different than the other games.
Gujarat Giants have won just six matches in the WPL history and three of those wins (in 6 games) have come against RCB.
22:37 Local Time, 17:07 GMT, 22:37 IST: A clinical performance from the Gujarat Giants to get their campaign back on track.
16.4
Kim Garth to Dottin, wide, that's the game! A bouncer angling down leg, Dottin ducks under it. Wided for height.
16.3
Kim Garth to Phoebe Litchfield, 1 run, to short mid-wicket
16.2
Kim Garth to Phoebe Litchfield, SIX, crunched! A short ball angling in from outside off, sits up nicely for Phoebe Litchfield. She swivels
16.1
Kim Garth to Phoebe Litchfield, no run, Phoebe Litchfield dances down the track and Kim Garth shortens her length and bowls it outside off. She swings and misses
Kim Garth [2.0-0-11-0] is back into the attack
Ash Gardner vs Georgia Wareham in T20s Inns: 10 Runs: 83 Balls: 49 Dismissals: 7 Avg: 11.85 SR: 169.4
15.6
Wareham to Dottin, no run
Sharp work behind the stumps from Richa Ghosh once again.
15.6
Wareham to Dottin, wide, short delivery well outside off, turns further
15.5
Wareham to Dottin, no run, Dottin uses her feet and moves leg-side in the process. Hits the tossed up ball well but straight to extra cover
Deandra Dottin, right handed bat, comes to the crease
Most 50+ scores for GG in WPL 5 - Ash Gardner* 4 - Beth Mooney 3 - L Wolvaardt 2 - D Hemalatha This is Gardner's 3rd fifty this season.
Timeout!
15.4
Wareham to Gardner, out Caught&Bowled!! Gardner departs but she has done her job! It's perhaps too late for RCB. Gardner c and b Wareham 58(31) [4s-6 6s-3]