WPL 2023, GG vs UPW Highlights: UP Warriorz beat Gujarat Giants by 3 wickets, qualify for playoffs

Sophie Ecclestone is welcomed with a four by Ashleigh Gardner, who then goes on to hit her a six in the same over. The maximum also brings up the 50-run stand between Gardner and Dayalan Hemalatha.

Gardner then hits Ecclestone for another boundary. GG: 105/3 (12 overs)

Ashleigh Gardner and Dayalan Hemalatha combine and hit Grace Harris for a boundary each. 11 runs come off the over. GG: 90/3 (11 overs)

Rajeshwari Gayakwad comes to bowl her third over but unlike her previous over, this time she is taken apart by Dayalan Hemalatha. 

Hemalatha makes her intention clear right from the first ball as Gayakwad bowls it short. Hammers it towards the mid-wicket region, which is collected near the fence on the bounce. 

She then goes on to finish the over by hitting a four towards square leg region. She then follows it up with a commanding six over the long-on fence. GG: 79/3 (10 overs)

Anjali Sarvani is reintroduced into the attack. She is hit for a four by Dayalan Hemalatha in the second ball. The ball was pitched up outside off, and Hemalatha pounced on it. The drive comes right from the middle of her bat as it rolls towards the backward point boundary.

Seven runs come from the over. GG: 67/3 (9 overs) 

Parshavi Chopra and Sophie Ecclestone bowl an over each as just 10 runs come off it. Eccelstone conceded just two, out of the 8. GG: 60/3 (8 overs)

Anjali Sarvani provides UP with the first breakthrough. She cleans up Laura Wolvaardt for 17 (13). Anjali bowls a length ball and ball the hits her back pads and deviates into the stumps. 

Rajeshwari Gayakwad then strikes twice in the following over. The first one to fall is Sophia Dunkley, who is caught by Anjali Sarvani at backward point. Fails to pick the turn and mistimes her shot. She falls for 23(13)

Harleen Deol is the next batter to depart. She comes down the track and Gayakwad spots it away from her. The shot slices up in the air towards cover point and Simran Shaikh completes a simple catch. Harleen fall for 4(7)

Deepti Sharma is introduced in the attack and she starts off with a boundary. Sophia Dunkley charges down the track and hits it towards square leg region for a boundary. 

Laura Wolvaardt then hits the spinner for a six in the third ball. Wolvaardt too charged down the track and connected the shot well enough to clear the long-on fence. 

12 runs come in the over. GG: 41/0 (4 overs)

Sophie Ecclestone is introduced into the attack. She starts with a single, before almost getting the wicket of Sophia Dunkley. Tosses the ball up, teasing the batter to charge down the ground. However, the batter loses her balance as Healy quickly removes the bails. TV replay shows the batter was inside the crease.

There was also huge LBW appeal against Laura Wolvaardt in the over but the umpire was not interested. UP took a review and TV replay confirms it was missing the stumps. 

UP lose a review. GG: 29/0 (3 overs) 

Rajeshwari Gayakwad comes into the attack from opposite end. She is hit for a couple of boundaries by Sophia Dunkley and is then hit for a six by Laura Wolvaardt as Gujarat Giants race to 26/0 after 2 overs.

Anjali Sarvani pitches it slightly wide, length and Laura Wolvaardt punches it between the gap on square off the wicket. The ball races for a four towards the third man region.

Sophia Dunkley then finishes the over with two cracking shots but excellent fielding saves UP from conceding two boundaries. 

11 runs come from the over.

Sophia Dunkley and Laura Wolvaardt walkout to kick-off the proceedings. 

Anjali Sarvani will lead the attack for UP Warriorz. 

UP Warriorz: Devika Vaidya, Alyssa Healy(w/c), Kiran Navgire, Tahlia McGrath, Grace Harris, Deepti Sharma, Sophie Ecclestone, Simran Shaikh, Parshavi Chopra, Anjali Sarvani, Rajeshwari Gayakwad

Gujarat Giants: Sophia Dunkley, Laura Wolvaardt, Ashleigh Gardner, Dayalan Hemalatha, Harleen Deol, Sushma Verma(w), Sneh Rana(c), Kim Garth, Monica Patel, Tanuja Kanwar, Ashwani Kumari

Gujarat Giants have made one change in their playing XI. Sabbhineni Meghana sits out, with Monica Patel replacing her.

Gujarat Giants captain Sneh Rana wins toss, opts to bat.

UP Warriorz had defeated Gujarat Giants by three wickets. Batting first Gujarat had then scored 169/6 in 20 overs, but UP completed the chase in the final over, with three wickets to spare.

UP Warriorz, who have played six matches so far, have a good chance of sealing the final play-off berth. 

A win against Gujarat will lock the last remaining knockouts berth for them and eliminate the bottom two, which at the moment are RCB and Gujarat.

Alyssa Healy has led the charge from front on many occasions, however, her bat has remained quiet in the previous two encounters. The wicketkeeper-batter need to explode in this crucial fixture, which holds utmost relevance in the playoffs race.

For Gujarat, Harleen Deol has been the standout player with the bat. The Team India star have so far amassed 198 runs from 7 encounters.

Kim Grath has done a decent job with the ball. She has so far scalped 9 wickets from 6 matches, which include a five-wicket haul.

Gujarat Giants piled a challenging 188/4 in 20 overs, however, were blown away by Sophie Devine's blistering knock. Devine scored 99 off 36 balls as RCB chased down the 189-run target in 15.3 overs, with eight wickets to spare.

UP Warriorz, on the other hand, head into the contest on the back of a five-wicket win. The team first packed Mumbai for 127 and chased the target in the 20th over.

Hello and welcome to the LIVE coverage of the Women's Premier League match between Gujarat Giants and UP Warriorz, which will be played at the Brabourne Stadium. It is an afternoon encounter, which will start from 3:30 PM, and the toss will take place half an hour earlier. Stay tuned for LIVE updates!