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.

Indian women players have made huge gains in the latest ICC rankings. Due to her strong performance in the recent T20 series against Sri Lanka, Shefali Verma has now become the world’s sixth ranked batsman in T20. However, Jemimah Rodrigues has suffered a loss in ranking. Smriti Mandhana currently remains India’s number-1 batsman in T20 format.

Shefali Verma’s advantage, Rodrigues’ loss

India’s opening batsman Shafali Verma has been in tremendous form since the Women’s ODI World Cup 2025. Shafali Verma has jumped four places and achieved sixth position in T20 batting rankings. He played a match-winning inning of 87 runs in the World Cup final. She is the highest run scorer in the current T20 series against Sri Lanka. So far, he has scored 236 runs in 4 matches of the series at an excellent average of 118.

Jemimah Rodrigues has slipped to tenth position with a loss of one place. Smriti Mandhana is India’s top T20 batsman, who is currently ranked third in the rankings and has 767 rating points. Wicketkeeper batsman Richa Ghosh has established her identity as a stormy batsman. She has moved up to joint 20th position with a gain of 7 places.

Renuka’s long jump among bowlers

In the T20 bowling rankings, Renuka Thakur has taken a jump of 8 places and entered the top-10. Renuka Thakur has now come joint sixth in the rankings with South Africa’s Malaba. Renuka is the only Indian in the top-10 ranking of bowlers. Radha Yadav and Shreyanka Patil have also suffered losses. The Indian team would like to do better in bowling, because the Women’s T20 World Cup is to be played in June next year.

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