On Friday, March 01, UP Warriorz will face Gujarat Giants in Match 8 of the Women’s Premier League 2024 (WPL 2024) at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru. Warriorz is coming into the game after registering their maiden win of the season by seven wickets against the powerful Mumbai Indians. Meanwhile, the Giants are yet to open their account as they have lost two consecutive matches.
UP Warriorz are coming into the game having registered their first win of the season in the previous fixture against Mumbai Indians. They find themselves on the fourth spot (second-last) on the points table with one win from three matches having two points to their name.
UP have mighty batters like Alyssa Healy, Tahlia McGrath, Grace Harris, and Shweta Sehrawat in their squad. However, they have failed to post mammoth totals in the first two games. In the last game, Grace Harris and Sophie Ecclestone bowled tight spells to restrict Mumbai Indians to 161/6 before Kiran Navgire played a match-winning knock of 57 runs to power UP Warriorz to their first win of the season with 7 wickets and 21 balls to spare. UP will look to continue their winning momentum.
On the other hand, Gujarat are coming into the game having lost their first two fixtures against Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore. As a result, they find themselves languishing on the last spot (fifth) on the points table with zero points from two matches.
Bottom-placed Gujarat Giants struggled with both bat and ball in their first two matches of WPL 2024. They could only manage to post 107/7 in 20 overs with the bat, while the bowlers took a beating, conceding defeat in 12.3 overs against RCB. Beth Mooney, Harleen Deol, Phoebe Litchfield, and Dayalan Hemalatha among others have failed to drive the scoreboard to big totals. The bowlers have also struggled to deliver match-winning spells. Hence, the Beth Mooney-led side will be desperate to register their first win of the season.
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WPL 2024, Match 8, UP Warriorz vs Gujarat Giants – Match Details
Date and Time: March 01, 2024, Friday, 07:30 PM IST
Venue: M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Live Streaming: Sports18 and Jio Cinema
WPL 2024, Match 8, UP Warriorz vs Gujarat Giants – Pitch Report
Bengaluru’s Chinnaswamy Stadium has been a paradise for batters, but recently the venue has shown support to bowlers as well. The average first innings score has been 140 while the highest target chased in the season is 172. Hence, the captain winning the toss will look to bowl first keeping the recent results of the venue in mind.
WPL 2024, Match 8, UP Warriorz vs Gujarat Giants – Weather Report
The weather forecast will not have any effect on the match. Though There is a 2% chance of rain in Bengaluru on Friday the rain will not affect the game. The temperature is expected to be around 33-degree-celsius with 32% humidity.
WPL 2024, Match 8, UP Warriorz vs Gujarat Giants – Probable Playing XIs
UP Warriorz: Alyssa Healy(c & wk), Vrinda Dinesh, Tahlia McGrath, Grace Harris, Shweta Sehrawat, Kiran Navgire, Poonam Khemnar, Deepti Sharma, Sophie Ecclestone, Anjali Sarvani, Rajeshwari Gayakwad
Gujarat Giants: Beth Mooney(c & wk), Veda Krishnamurthy, Harleen Deol, Phoebe Litchfield, Dayalan Hemalatha, Ashleigh Gardner, Kathryn Bryce, Sneh Rana, Tanuja Kanwar, Lea Tahuhu, Meghna Singh
WPL 2024, Match 8, UP Warriorz vs Gujarat Giants – Head-to-Head Records
| Matches Played | 2 |
| UP Warriorz won | 2 |
| Gujarat Giants won | 0 |
Prediction: Gujarat Giants to win the match.
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WPL 2024, Match 8, UP Warriorz vs Gujarat Giants – Key Players
UP Warriorz
- Alyssa Healy – The Australian captain is touted as one of the fiercest strikers of the cricket ball boasting a strike rate of 129.15 in T20Is. Though she had three below-par outings in the season so far but is a powerful hitter in this format. She will be hungry for a big knock and can do something big in this match.
- Deepti Sharma – The Indian all-rounder contributed with both bat and ball in the last game including a match-winning shot. Deepti’s contribution plays a significant role in the team. She could be proven as one of the best players for UP Warriorz in the match against Gujarat Giants.
Gujarat Giants
- Ashleigh Gardner – The all-rounder has the potential to contribute with both bat and ball. She displayed a decent bowling performance in the last match claiming one wicket in her three overs. Gardner is capable of handling pressure in tough situations and can contribute with both bat and ball in under-pressure situations.
- Tanuja Kanwar – She is the leading wicket-taker of her side with three wickets to her name from two matches at an average of 13.66 and an economy of 6.83. The left-arm spinner picked up 2/21 against Mumbai Indians and will be eager to replicate her performance in this fixture.
WPL 2024, Match 8, UP Warriorz vs Gujarat Giants – Dream 11 Prediction
Wicket-Keeper: Alyssa Healy, Beth Mooney
Batters: Grace Harris (C), Kiran Navgire, D Hemalatha
All-rounders: Deepti Sharma, Ashleigh Gardner (VC), Kathryn Bryce
Bowlers: Sophie Ecclestone, Lea Tahuhu, Tanuja Kanwar
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