Royal Challengers Bengaluru 202 for 4 (Ghosh 64 *, Perry 57, Ahuja 30 *, Gardner 2-33) Beat Gujarat Giants 201 for 5 (Gardner 79, Mooney 56, Renuka 2-25) by six counters
A racing feast that produced the highest aggregate as well as the most successful WPL’s prosecution ended with the reigning champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru chasing 202 in a Galop in Vadodara.
RCB maintains an early leash
Renuka Singh fought for precision in its first two Overs, but his first stump bowling attempt at the strain rather than looking for sneaky Inswing led Laura Wolvaardt to move for 6 in the fifth. D Hemalatha arrived at N0. 3 For the giants rather than on Harleen Deol, and they were two down when she cut offspinner Ahuja to point. The giants were 41 for 2 in the seventh.
Mooney puts the
Gardner supports
At the other end, Gardner continued from where she stopped at female ashes earlier in the month by wreaking havoc for Rawat’s inexperience and hitting it for three consecutive six. After hitting the first two in a long time and a long time, she struck the half-story that followed the deep square leg.
Gardner was able to support this momentum against Wareham in the following when she struck it for consecutive ovens. The Dottin-Gardner partnership had increased to 63 by 26 balls when Perry dropped a long-term dottin set, but that would not cost RCB much because it dropped four balls later.
Gardner finished the sleeves in a fire, eliminating the teenager, VJ Joshita while the giants hit 49 on the last three Overs. Garner’s sleeves were dotted with three four and eight six.
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