GG vs RCB Highlights, WPL 2023: Gujarat Giants beat Bangalore by 11 runs, RCB endure three defeats in a row

Annabel Sutherland concedes 12 runs in the final over as RCB could only manage 190/6 in response to Gujarat's 201-4 in 20 overs. RCB lose by 11 runs. A tough pill to swallow for Smriti Mandhana. Heather Knight returns unbeaten on 30 (11).

Annabel Sutherland comes to bowl the final over and she packs Poonam Khemnar for 2. RCB now need 24 in 5 balls.

Sneh Rana is hit for a couple of boundaries, both coming off Kanika Ahuja's bat but she is removed by Ashleigh Gardner in the next over, who gives nine runs. RCB reach 178/5 in 19 overs. They need 24 runs in 6 balls

Annabel Sutherland is brought back into the attack and she is welcomed with a six by Sophie Devine. However, she falls in the next ball as she is caught by Ashleigh Gardner at long-on for 66 (45).

Heather Knight have kept the hopes alive as she hits Sutherland for three fours in a row as RCB reach 158/4. RCB need 44 runs in 18 balls 

Ashleigh Gardner is reintroduced into the attack and she gets rid of Richa Ghosh straightaway, who departs for 10 from the same number of balls. 

Heather Knight is the new batter, who gets going and hits a four. RCB: 135/3 (16 overs)

Sophie Devine hits Tanuja Kanwar for a six but the bowler recovers well as she concedes just two singles following that. RCB: 125/2 (15 overs) | need 77 runs in 30 balls 

Sophie Devine slams half-century off 36 balls.

Meanwhile, RCB are batting at 117/2 after 14 overs. They need 85 runs in 36 balls.

Ellyse Perry hits Mansi Joshi for a couple of fours, out of which one should have been a catch. However, she falls in the same over after being caught by Hemalatha at point. She departs for 32 (25) as RCB reach 97/2 in 12 overs. Richa Ghosh is the new batter.

The runs are coming but not at a rate RCB would have hoped. Meanwhile, Sophie Devine and Ellyse Perry have added 34 from the same number of balls as RCB reach 88/1 in 11 overs.

Ellyse Perry hits Annabel Sutherland for a boundary as eight runs come off her over. RCB reach 74/1 after 9 overs. They need 128 runs in 66 balls

Tanuja Kanwar, who started with a 11-run over, is back into the attack and she does a brilliant job. She concedes just three runs.

Sneh Rana, the Gujarat skipper, then gives four runs in her over as RCB reach 66/1 after 8 overs. 

Ashleigh Gardner wins the individual record against Smriti Mandhana, who is caught by Mansi Joshi for 18 (14).

Ellyse Perry is the new batter in as five runs come from her over. RCB: 59/1 (6 overs)

Annabel Sutherland is introduced into the attack and Sophie Devine hits her for three straight boundaries. Meanwhile, the pair add 50-plus stand in just 28 balls as RCB reach 54/0 in 5 overs.

Ashleigh Gardner is introduced into the attack and she is hit for a boundary by Sophie Devine. Seven runs come off the over as RCB reach 40/0 in 4 overs.

An expensive over by Kim Garth as she is hit for a couple of fours in the first two balls by Sophie Devine. Smriti Mandhana then wraps up the over with another four as 13 runs come off the over. RCB: 33/0 (3 overs)

Tanuja Kanwar shares the new ball duties with Kim Garth. She is hit for two fours by Smriti Mandhana, not in a convincing way but RCB will take it. RCB: 20/0 (2 overs)

Smriti Mandhana and Sophie Devine walk out to start the 202-run chase. Kim Garth will open the attack for Gujarat Titans. 

A boundary comes in the over in the form of leg byes as RCB accumulate 9/0 in the first over.

Shreyanka Patil comes to bowl the final over and does a decent job. She is hit for a four as nine runs and a wicket come from it. Harleen Deol was cleaned up in the fourth ball for 67 (45). Gujarat post 201/7 in 20 overs

Renuka Thakur strikes in her first ball as Annabel Sutherland falls for 14 (8). The pacer does a decent job and Gujarat lose another wicket in the same over. Sneh Rana is run-out for for 2 (3). Good throw by Ellyse Perry from the deep and Richa Ghosh makes no mistake. GG: 192/6 (19 overs)

A good over by Shreyanka Patil as six runs come in the 18th over. GG: 187/4

Harleen Deol completes fifty in 35 balls. She hits a length ball by Ellyse Perry for a four over the backward square leg region for a boundary. She hits another boundary in the same region, before smashing another one on the off side. 

Pretti Bose then drops Harleen at deep square leg, was an easy catch but she slips before reaching the ball.

Annabel Sutherland then finishes the over with a six. GG: 181-4 (17 overs)

Heather Knight picks her second wicket as Dayalan Hemalatha falls for 16 (7). She is caught by Renuka Thakur at short third. GG: 157/4 (15.3 overs)

Dayalan Hemalatha hits Preeti Bose for a six and a four. Harleen Deol also hits her for a four as Gujarat breach 150 with five overs to spare. GG: 152-3 (15 overs)

Smriti Mandhana gets Heather Knight into the attack and she strikes in her first over. She hits her for a four and then attempts another explosive shot in the next ball. However, she loses her wicket in the process. Ashleigh Gardner st Richa Ghosh b Knight 19(15) GG: - 136/3 in 14 overs

Harleen Deol hits Preeti Bose for a four as eight runs come off her over. GG: 128/2 (13 overs)