Grace Harris, Beth Mooney, and Ashleigh Gardner are a few impressive multiplier picks.
Preview
UP Warriorz (UP-W) will cross swords with Gujarat Giants (GUJ-W) in the eighth match of the Women’s Premier League 2024 at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Friday, March 1.
UP Warriorz, led by Alyssa Healy, are in the fourth slot in the standings with one win and two losses, gathering two points at an NRR of -0.357. Though they started with defeats over RCB by two runs and Delhi Capitals by nine wickets, they made a strong comeback over Mumbai Indians with a massive win by seven wickets.
Meanwhile, Beth Mooney-led Gujarat Giants are holding the wooden spoon with two successive defeats. They started their campaign with a defeat over Mumbai Indians by five wickets. Later, they continued their poor run over RCB women with a loss of eight wickets. They would be aiming to get into the winning ways before it gets too late.
Match Information
UP Warriorz vs Gujarat Giants Women, 8th Match
Women’s Premier League, 1 Mar 2024, Fri, 7:30 PM IST ,Bengaluru
Probable PlayingXI
UP Warriorz Women
K P Navgire, Shweta Sehrawat, Poonam Nanasaheb Khemnar, TM McGrath, GM Harris, DB Sharma, Vrinda Dinesh, Alyssa Healy(C), S Ecclestone, K Anjali Sarwani, RS Gayakwad
Bench: Laxmi Yadav, DN Wyatt, C Atapattu, Saima Thakor, G Sultana, Parshavi Chopra, Yashasri
Gujarat Giants Women
H Deol, BL Mooney(C), Phoebe Litchfield, V Krishnamurthy, TP Kanwer, A Gardner, D Hemalatha, KE Bryce, Sneh Rana, LMM Tahuhu, Meghna Singh
Bench: L Wolvaardt, Trisha poojitha, TN Pathan, Kashvee Gautam, Shabnam MD, Mannat Kashyap, L Cheatle, Priya Mishra, Sayali Satghare
Injury News
Weather Report: Clear Skies
Win Prediction: UP Warriorz Women
Pitch Conditio: Batting
Avg 1st Inning Score: 145
Pitch Report
Captains
UP Warriorz’s dashing batting all-rounder Grace Harris has amassed 93 runs from three innings to emerge as the campaign’s second-leading run-scorer. Furthermore, she can give valuable points with the ball as well.
Ashleigh Gardner, the Gujarat all-rounder, has accumulated 22 runs and claimed one wicket with the ball. Though she is yet to put up her best efforts, we can anticipate her to come out all guns blazing.
Top
Gujarat Giants skipper Beth Mooney has amassed 32 runs from two innings. However, we can expect her to turn the tables and put up a better effort with the willow in the forthcoming games.
Phoebe Litchfield could score only 12 runs from two innings. Nevertheless, she is known for her match-winning knocks in the BBL 2023-24. We can expect her to reverse her fortunes and make it big in the WPL.
Budget
Kiran Navgire was promoted from the middle-order to the opening position. She scored a match-winning 57-run knock against MI Women and she would be hoping to continue her good momentum.
Left-arm spinner Rajeshwari Gayakar has scalped three wickets from three innings. She can turn out to be a match-winner on this wicket, that’s assisting spinners in the middle overs.