Gujarat Giants take on RCB Women on February 27, Monday. The match starts at 7.30 pm IST. Bengaluru hosts the first 11 matches of WPL 2024 after which the caravan moves to Delhi.
Heading into their second match, Gujarat Giants will look to have a better batting effort. They were rolled over against Mumbai Indians, a match where they lost wickets at regular intervals.
They will be led by Beth Mooney who took over as the captain from Sneh Rana. However, she was not able to make an impact with the bat and did not have a total to defend. Heading into the next game, they have some rethinking to do in terms of finding their perfect combination and making the batters bat at the right position.
The side bought the costliest player in Kashvee Gautam for Rs 2 crores. However, she was ruled out of the season due to an injury. The franchise roped in Mumbai’s Sayali Sathgare as a replacement at a reserve price of INR 10 lakhs.
The other names who they signed are Meghna Singh for Rs 30 lakh, Trisha Poojitha for Rs 10 lakh, Priya Mishra for Rs 20 lakh, Lauren Cheatle for Rs 30 lakh, Kathryn Bryce for Rs 10 lakh, Mannat Kashyap for Rs 10 lakh), Veda Krishnamurthy for Rs 30 lakh and Tarannum Pathan for Rs 10 lakh).
The Gujarat Giants finished last in WPL 2023 and did not have the best of starts in 2024. Despite the loss in the first game, the Giants should back the same XI and bat them at the right positions.
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Gujarat Giants Women Playing 11 vs RCB Women- WPL 2024, Match 5
Beth Mooney (C/WK)
Mooney scored 22 in the first game and fell to Shabnim Ismail. She is the most experienced batter on the side and needs to bat like one. She nearly has 3000 T20I runs and needs to bring all that experience to the WPL.
Phoebe Litchfield
Phoebe Litchfield should open the batting with Mooney. The Australian batters should bat the most overs. Litchfield has been named ICC Emerging Cricketer of the Year after her outstanding breakthrough in 2023.
Dayalan Hemalatha
Hemlathan can bat at three. She scored 151 runs in 8 games last season. In the first game against Mumbai Indians, she batted at number five and scored three.
Veda Krishnamurthy
Veda can bat at four. He has plenty of experience and can anchor the innings in the middle order. She scored a duck on her WPL debut against Mumbai Indians getting dismissed by Shabnim Ismail in the very first over.
Harleen Deol
Deol cab bat at five. She is a good hitter with the bat and thus should look to maximize in the final overs. She scored 208 runs in 8 matches and also took a wicket. She has fair experience of playing with India colours. Deol has played 10 ODIs and 24 T20Is for India.
Ashleigh Gardener
Gardmer the all-rounder can slot in at six. She also can hit the ball long and thus needs to bat in the final few overs for the team’s cause. She scored just 15 against Mumbai. She scored 204 runs in 8 games at an average of 30 last season.
Kathryn Bryce
Bryce the Scotland skipper can bat at seven. She played a valuable contribution with the bat after they were reeling at 78/7 in the 13th over. She added 48 for the sixth wicket with Tanuja Kanwar.
Sneh Rana
Rana is the specialist Indian spinner for Gujarat Giants. She missed out with the bat in the last game. She took six wickets in 8 matches last season at a strike rate of 24.33 and an economy of less than six runs per over.
Tanuja Kanwar
Kanwar batted brilliantly in the last game for her 28. She picked up five wickets in 8 matches last season. She was amongst the players retained by the franchise.
Meghna Singh
She went unsold in the last season and was bought by the franchise for 30 lakhs this season. This will be her first WPL season. The medium pacer has taken 22 wickets across formats for India.
Lea Tahuhu
Tahuhu concludes the likely XI for Gujarat Giants. She was called in as a replacement for Lauren Cheatle who had to pull out due to health concerns. She has nearly 200 ODI wickets to her name.
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