GG-W vs RCB-W Highlights: Gujarat Giants beats Royal Challengers Bangalore Women by 19 runs

Done and dusted! Huge victory for the Gujarat Giants as they secure a 19-run victory over RCB. Mooney, with the win, starred over the red and black brigade.

Georgia Wareham hammers Tanuja Kanwar for a six and then secures a boundary through mid-wicket but Gujarat is closing in on a victory. Royal Challengers Bangalore Women need 58 runs in 18 balls

Gardner strikes as Richa Ghosh falls while trying to go for a big shot. Royal Challengers Bangalore Women need 71 runs in 24 balls

Richa Ghosh throwing her bat away and fetches two boundaries, and the Gujarat Giants in search of wickets, are leaking runs. 

Ellyse Perry plays a false short, a reverse that was caught cooly by Mooney. The chase is fading away from RCB.

Richa Ghosh gets her wrists into play and flicks Meghna Singh over the mid-wicket for a brilliant six to keep RCB in the game. 

Tanuja Kanwar gets the breakthrough to remove Devine and this is a crucial wicket for Gujarat. Richa and Perry have a job in their hands.

Devine connects, and she does well by dispatching Meghna over the square leg boundary for a maximum. 

The run-rate climbs to 12 per over as Sophie Devine and Ellyse Perry try to uild a partnership. Devine connects well to send the ball for a maximum, and the fifty is up for RCB.

Sabbhineni Meghana gets run-out as she takes a risky double, and Gujarat is on the right track, defending 200. 

Smriti Mandhana falls and this will be a tight run chase for RCB. Gardner with the wicket and trapping the RCB skipper, who took a review only to lose it.

Lovely from Smriti Mandhana as she gets down the track with two sixes and a boundary. RCB is fighting this out.

Wonderful bowling from Kathryn Bryce, who has kept the pressure and has not let RCB run away with the run chase.

Smriti Mandhana and Sabbhineni Meghana open the innings but the flow of runs is restricted by Gujarat. 

Brilliant knock from Beth Mooney, who carried the innings, and the 200-mark misses the WPL. Oh what a game!

Mooney with a brilliant boundary, pushes Gujarat close to 200, but the 52-run stand in 32 balls is broken as Phoebe Litchfield sacrifices her wicket.

Even mistimed shots are going for boundaries and luck running in Gujarat’s way! 

Review lost by RCB, and they have been taken to the cleaners. Phoebe Litchfield and Beth Mooney are leading from the front. 

Mooney takes Devine to the skies as she lofts for the first six of the night over Cow Corner. Beautiful shot, and hen ends the over with a boundary.

Georgia Wareham gives her best and denies Gujarat a boundary. Mooney holds the key for a flourish. 

Sophie Devine into the attack, and the experienced medium pacer does well but concedes a boundary.

Sophie Molineux into the attack, and RCB take a review only to be turned down. Mooney survives and takes Gujarat forward. A fifty in 32 balls and Mooney is a star! But RCB has found a breakthrough, with Wolvaardt falling short of her crease.

There is no respite as far as the boundary count is concerned. The inside-edges are running through the green carpet, and Laura Wolvaardt is showing her class. This is poor captaincy from Smriti and RCB has no answers to stopping the run-flow. 

Wolvaardt is playing a dream game as she pulls Wareham to the deep square leg region and this is a massive attacking game from Gujarat.

Poor captaincy and excellent batting. A boundary off the very first ball, and then Wolvaardt brings her half-century with a wonderful boundary, and then gets the hundred for her team with another boundary. 

Wolvaardt welcomes Asha with a firm pull through the mid-wicket, and RCB needs some brainstorming as to how to break the opening stand. 

Mooney with back to back boundaries has further pushed RCB on the backfoot. 

There is no stopping in terms of boundary count as Wolvaardt drills Wareham through the covers and that’s a handsome one. Wonderful shot, and Gujarat is making the most of the batting conditions. 

PowerPlay belongs to Gujarat, as both openers have dictated terms and RCB is searching for a breakthrough. 

The runs are leaking and the boundaries are flowing as Wolvaardt slices Molineux through the backward point region to bring the 50-run partnership. 

Nice little comeback from Renuka as she stems the flow of boundaries, with both openers relying on singles. However, Mooney gets down the track and threads the gap through the covers to end the over with a boundary. 

This is smart batting from the Gujarat openers, and this time Wolvaardt relying on timing the ball beautifully through the mid-off for a boundary. The PowerPlay has been taken care of as the run-rate is over 12 per over. 

Renuka Singh into the attack and there was an opportunity for RCB to break the opening stand, but a run-out chance goes begging. Mooeny is looking in solid touch with a drive down the ground to keep the momentum going. Runs are flowing freely at the moment. 

Sophie Devine opens the attack for RCB as Laura Wolvaardt and Beth Mooney aim to give Gujarat a fine start. Wolvaardt with a neat flick through the mid-on, gets her first boundary as Gujarat is up and running. 

Beth Mooney(w/c), Laura Wolvaardt, Phoebe Litchfield, Veda Krishnamurthy, Dayalan Hemalatha, Ashleigh Gardner, Kathryn Bryce, Tanuja Kanwar, Meghna Singh, Mannat Kashyap, Shabnam Md Shakil

Sabbhineni Meghana, Smriti Mandhana(c), Ellyse Perry, Richa Ghosh(w), Sophie Devine, Sophie Molineux, Georgia Wareham, Ekta Bisht, Simran Bahadur, Asha Sobhana, Renuka Thakur Singh

Gujarat Giants won the toss and opted to bat

Beth Mooney(w/c), Laura Wolvaardt, Phoebe Litchfield, Veda Krishnamurthy, Ashleigh Gardner, Kathryn Bryce, Tanuja Kanwar, Tarannum Pathan, Meghna Singh, Sayali Satghare, Dayalan Hemalatha, Mannat Kashyap, Lea Tahuhu, Sneh Rana, Harleen Deol, Shabnam Md Shakil, Priya Mishra, Trisha Poojitha

Sabbhineni Meghana, Smriti Mandhana(c), Ellyse Perry, Richa Ghosh(w), Sophie Devine, Sophie Molineux, Georgia Wareham, Ekta Bisht, Simran Bahadur, Asha Sobhana, Renuka Thakur Singh, Kate Cross, Nadine de Klerk, Disha Kasat, Indrani Roy, Shubha Satheesh, Shraddha Pokharkar, Shreyanka Patil