WPL 2025: Ashleigh Gardner Fify Seals Gujarats’ Dominant Win Over Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Ashleigh Gardner LED from The Front With A Blazing 58 off 31 balls as bottom-Placed Gujarat Giats Snapped their Losing Streak with a Dominant Six-WIN Six-Win Over Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the WPL Bengaluru on Thursday. Opting to bowl, gg put on a disciplined bowling display, with deandra dottin (2/31) and tanuja kanwar (2/16) restricting RCB to a beLow-PAR 125/7. The offspin allrounder gardner also chipped in with 1/22 in a tidy spell. Gg Took Just 16.3 Overrs to Seal Victory, With Gardner Smashing Three Sixes and Six Fours in Her Third Fify of the Tournament.

She raased to her hary half-content in just 28 balls, brings it up in style with back-to-back sixes-a Slog-Sweep Over Long-on Followed by a Power Deeep Midwickt.

Gg’s Top Order Falterred, with Beth Mooney (17), Dayalan Hemalatha (11), and Harleen Deol (5) Falling Cheaply, but Gardner Took Charge.

She broke free in prema rawat’s over, plundering 19 runs – pulling one to fin leg, driving another through cover, and finishing with a Six over Deep Square Leg.

There was no stopping gg from there as they cruised to their second win of the season, their last coming comeing against up warriz in vadodara.

Desperate for a Win, The Bottom-Placed Giants Who Have Just One Victory, Delivered With The Ball, With Pace Spearhead Deandra (2/31) and Left-Arm Spinner Tanuja kanwar (2/16) GIVINGINGING Performance.

Gardner (1/22) and Kashvee Gautam (1/17) Provided Solid Support.

Opting to bowl, GG Struck Early, Reducing RCB to 25/3 Inside the PowerPlay.

Smriti Mandhana (10 Off 20), Danni Wyatt-Hodge (4 off 4), and in-form ellyse perry (0 off 4) Fell cheaply. Perry Had Scored Three Fiftees in Her Last Four Innings, Including Two 80-Plus Knocks.

Kanika Ahuja (33 off 28; 1×4, 2×6) and ragvi bist (22 off 19; 1×4, 1×6) counter-atacked, adding 48 off 37 balls.

Kanika Dominated Leg-Spinner Priya Mishra, Smashing Back-to-Back Boundaries, Including a Six, as Her Over Went for 18 Runs.

Bist Looked Threatening, Launching Meghna Singh’s off-Cutter Over Long-On for a Six, but Gg Struck Back Quickly, Removing BOTH BOTTERS WITHIN FIVE Runs.

Bist was run out immediatively after a dropped catch, while kanika miscuated a big hit, allowing kanwar to sprint back for a Superb Diving Catch Off Her Own Bowling.

Georgia Wareham (20 not out; 21 balls) and richa ghosh (9 off 10) Attempted to rebuild with a 21-r stand, but kashvee’s yorker cleane up ghosh, keeping gg in contrarol.

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