The WPL 2025 kicked off on Friday, February 14 with the opener between Gujarat Giants and Royal Challengers Bengaluru on the Kotambi Stadium, Vadodara. RCB received the toss and elected to bowl first. There have been various modifications in each groups from the final time they performed.
Gujarat had a sedate begin courtesy their abroad gamers Beth Mooney and Laura Wolvaardt. The latter, nevertheless, fell for a low rating of six runs within the 35-run partnership. Dayalan Hemalatha couldn’t get going and he or she perished for 4 runs off 9 balls. Gujarat discovered themselves at 41/2 in 6.4 overs with the need to rebuild the innings.
And rebuild they did. Mooney mixed with skipper Ashleigh Gardner to kind a 44-run partnership for the third wicket. Mooney (56 off 42), nevertheless, fell quickly after reaching her fifty to a pointy catch from Smriti Mandhana at mid-wicket. Deandra Dottin got here out with a mission and scored a quickfire 25 off 13 deliveries, not permitting the momentum of the innings to die down. On the different finish, Gardner was going nicely scoring boundaries at common intervals.
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A little bit of a cameo from Simran Shaikh (11 off 5 balls) on the fag finish of the innings together with the onslaught from Gardner (79* off 37 balls) ensured Gujarat reached 201/5 of their 20 overs. For RCB-W, Renuka Singh was one of the best bowler with figures of two/25 from her 4 overs.
In reply, RCB-W didn’t begin off nicely. Mandhana (9 off 7) and Danni Wyatt-Hodge (4 off 4) failed to fireside. Nevertheless, the remainder of the batters clicked to energy the innings alongside. Ellyse Perry (57 off 34) and Richa Ghosh (64* off 27) scored half-centuries together with precious knocks from Raghvi Bist (25 off 27) and Kanika Ahuja (30* off 13) which allowed the group to efficiently chase the 200+ goal with 9 balls to spare.
For Gujarat, captain Ashleigh Gardner was the standout bowler with figures of two/33. Finally, RCB-W received the sport with six wickets in hand.
This is how X reacted to RCB-W’s win towards GJ-W –
The #WPL is unbelievable .. What an ideal chase for the @RCBTweets group .. The gang and power this event brings is nice for the sport .. #India
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) February 14, 2025
Great leisure to open #WPL2025 . Fielding errors or not, it was a surprising effort within the run chase from Richa Gosh & Kanika Ahuja . Kudos to broadcasters who introduced the sport to life.
— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi) February 14, 2025
What a cracking opening sport within the #TataWPL Now reaching its climax! Gosh! How good is Richa Gosh! 👏👏👏#JioHotstar
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) February 14, 2025
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