Vikrant Shekhawat : Mar 20, 2023, 08:20 PM
WPL 2023: In an exciting match of the Women's Premier League, UP Warriors beat Gujarat Giants by 2 wickets and booked a playoff ticket. Batting first in this match, the Gujarat team scored 178 runs losing 6 wickets. The UP team achieved this target in the last over by losing 8 wickets. With the victory of UP, the team of Gujarat and RCB has been cut off from the tournament.UP cut the playoff ticketIn this match, the Gujarat team made a good start while batting first. The pair of Laura Wolvaardt and Sophia Dunkley put 41 runs on the board in just 4 overs. But on the first ball of the 5th over, Laura Volward got out after scoring 17 runs. After this, Dunkley was also dismissed after scoring 23 runs. Dayalan Hemlata scored 57 and Ashley Gardner scored 60 runs for Gujarat. Gujarat's team reached beyond 170 on the basis of the brilliant innings of both.Best batting of UPAfter this, the UP team started chasing the target but it was a bad start. Captain Alyssa Healy returned to the pavilion after scoring just 12 runs. After this, Kiran Navagire (4) and Devika Vedya (7) continued to score runs. After this, Tahlia Magra (57) along with Grace Harris brought the team to the threshold of victory. Harris played a brilliant inning of 72 runs.But after that she too got out and the match got stuck once again. The team was expecting finishing from Deepti Sharma, but she returned after scoring only 6 runs. From here, the boat of the UP team, Sophie Ecclestone, crossed. Sophie took her team to the playoffs by playing an unbeaten 19-run innings in this match. He got his team across by hitting a four.