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Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) succumbed to its third consecutive house defeat in Ladies’s Premier League (WPL) 2025, taking place to Gujarat Giants (GG) by six wickets on the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium right here on Thursday.
GG skipper Ashleigh Gardner led by instance with a 31-ball 58. She was caught and bowled by compatriot Georgia Wareham however the job had been completed by then.
Defending a below-par 126, Smriti Mandhana determined to bowl out Renuka Singh inside the first seven years. The pacer eliminated openers Dayalan Hemalatha (11 off 15 balls) and Beth Mooney (17 off 20 balls), earlier than Wareham picked up her first wicket by sending Harleen Deol again for 5.
HIGHLIGHTS: RCB VS GG AS IT HAPPENED
However Gardner and Phoebe Litchfield (30 not out off 21 balls) added 51 runs for the fourth wicket and ensured the Giants’ chase didn’t veer off its course. Whereas the pair caught to operating between the wickets for probably the most half, Gardner punished younger leg-spinner Prema Rawat for 18 runs within the ninth over.
Being inserted in by GG, RCB may put up solely 26 runs within the PowerPlay — the bottom by a workforce this season.
Danni Wyatt-Hodge (4 off 4 balls) was despatched again within the first over by Deandra Dottin whereas Ellyse Perry registered her first duck within the WPL and was dismissed by Gardner.
Kanika Ahuja performed an important innings with the bat
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Kanika Ahuja performed an important innings with the bat
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Okay BHAGYA PRAKASH / THE HINDU
Smriti (10 off 20 balls) struggled to speed up, particularly throughout Kashvee Gautam’s spell. The younger pacer bowled 10 dot balls to the southpaw earlier than the batter holed out to Harleen at deep mid-wicket off Tanuja Kanwer (2/16).
Although its favorite returned to the hut, the close to 24,000-strong Chinnaswamy crowd discovered new stars to cheer on in Raghvi Bist and Kanika Ahuja.
Raghvi (22 off 19 balls) and Kanika (33 off 28 balls) added 48 runs for the fourth wicket. Richa Ghosh (9 off 10 balls) had no reply to Kashvee’s yorker within the sixteenth over.
Australian duo Kim Garth and Wareham stood for a 23-run rearguard defiance however RCB’s 125 was at all times going to be robust to defend.
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