Gardner spoiled the party for Mandhana’s bowlers with her fierce batting and sealed the deal to hand her side their second victory of the season.
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A total of 125/7 was all Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women could manage after being put to bat first by Gujarat Giants Women in the Match No. 12 of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2025. As a result, the Gujarat side had little to no trouble in chasing the paltry total set by Smriti Mandhana & Co. at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on Thursday, February 27 as they won the game by six wickets.
In a reverse fixture of the tournament opener, the Ashleigh Gardner-led side put pressure right away on the RCB batters after electing to bowl first. The hosts had lost three wickets inside the powerplay, amassing a grand total of only 26 runs. An important 48-run stand between Kanika Ahuja and Raghvi Bist followed by Georgia Wareham’s 20 off 21 balls took RCB to 125 for 7 in the innings.
For Gujarat, Tanuja Kanwar was the pick of the bowlers, whereas Deandra Dottin also picked a couple of wickets. Furthermore, Gardner and Kashvee Gautam shared a wicket each to their respective tallies.
Gujarat had a watchful start to the chase, scoring 30/1 in the powerplay. In the tenth over, came the wicket of Harleen Deol (5 off 10 balls), which gave RCB a little hope to come back into the competition. However, it remained only a dream as Gardner spoiled the party for Mandhana’s bowlers with her fierce batting and sealed the deal to hand her side their second victory of the season.
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Batting at Chinnaswamy, the conditions offered a decent assistance to score runs, and looseners were put away for boundaries by Ashleigh Gardner. Her 58-run knock off just 31 balls included three sixes alongside six balls reaching the fence. She also took an important wicket of Ellyse Perry earlier in the game, making her a deserving recipient of the Player of the Match award.
RCB complete hat-trick of losses
The latest loss became their third consecutive loss of the season, as the Bengaluru side had lost its previous two fixtures versus UP Warriorz and Mumbai Indians Women. In order to defend their title, Bengaluru would seek to win the remaining three fixtures and qualify for playoffs without depending on other teams’ results. They are currently at the third place with four points in five matches, and their next tie is against two-time finalists Delhi Capitals Women, as the teams cross swords in the Match 14 on March 01 in Bengaluru.
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