Gujarat Giants have defeated UP Warriors by 10 runs. In this match played in Navi Mumbai, Gujarat had scored 207 runs while playing first. In response, UP team could score only 197 runs. Star players like Deepti Sharma, Harleen Deol, Shikha Pandey and Kranti Gaur are playing in the UP Warriors team, but none of them could ensure the victory of the UP team.

The second match of the Women’s Premier League 2026 was played at DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. UP Warriors team won the toss and chose to bowl first, but the decision to chase proved costly.

Gujarat team maintained dominance in the match from the beginning. Beth Mooney was out early, but Sophie Devine scored 38 runs in 20 balls and Anushka Sharma scored 44 runs in 30 balls, laying the foundation of Gujarat team’s big score. After that captain Ashley Gardner played a strong inning of 62 runs. The remaining work was completed by Georgia Wareham, who scored 27 runs in just 10 balls. Thanks to this, Gujarat scored 207 runs in its innings.

India’s big stars flopped

Deepti Sharma and Harleen Deol are in the team of UP Warriors. Harleen could not even open the account, while Deepti Sharma scored only one run in batting. Deepti proved to be very expensive in bowling also. Shikha Pandey took one wicket in 3 overs, but gave away runs at an economy rate of around 10. Kranti Gaur gave away runs at an economy rate of 10 and could not take a single wicket.

Talking about the batting of UP Warriors, Phoebe Litchfield scored 78 runs, but apart from her, no other batsman could play a big innings. This is only the third time in Women’s Premier League history that more than 400 runs have been scored in a match. A total of 404 runs were scored in this match between UP and Gujarat.

GGW vs UPW WPL 2026: In the second match of the Women’s Premier League 2026, Gujarat Giants, playing first, have scored 207 runs. Captain Ashley Gardner played an inning of 65 runs. Gujarat has become the first team to cross the 200-run mark in the 2026 season. Gujarat had scored 104 runs in the first 8 overs, but its net run rate slowed down in the next 12 overs. Anushka Sharma also contributed 44 runs.

This is the biggest score of Gujarat Giants in the Women’s Premier League. This is only the third time that Gujarat has scored 200 or more in WPL. Earlier, the highest score of Gujarat Giants was 201 runs, which it made against RCB in the year 2023.

Ashley Gardner’s half century

Gujarat Giants captain Ashley Gardner scored 65 runs in 41 balls. He scored 22 runs in the first 20 balls of his innings. But the captain picked up the pace after that and scored 43 runs in the next 21 balls. Let us tell you that Gardner has also become the batsman who has scored the most fifties for Gujarat Giants in WPL. This was his sixth fifty. Beth Mooney had scored 50 or more for Gujarat 5 times.

Anushka Sharma scored 44 runs playing 30 balls. There was a partnership of 103 runs between him and Gardner. In the last overs, Georgia Wareham played a brilliant inning of 27 runs in 10 balls and helped Gujarat take its score beyond 200. Whereas Bharti Phulmali played a cameo inning of 14 runs in 7 balls. Sophie Ecclestone took 2 wickets for UP. Whereas Shikha Pandey and Diandra Dottin took one wicket each.

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