GG vs UPW, WPL 2023 Highlights: Harris' brilliance with bat wins it for UP

Gujarat Giants vs UP Warriorz, Women's Premier League 2023 Highlights: Grace Harris scored a brilliant 59 off just 26 balls as the Warriorz chased down 52 in the last three overs to win the match

Gujarat Giants vs UP Warriorz, WPL 2023 Highlights

The second match of the WPL played between Gujarat Giants and UP Warriorz was won by the latter as they chased down 170 with a ball remaining and three wickets in hand. The eighth wicket partnership between Grace Harris and Sophie Ecclestone was 70 runs off just 25 balls. 

Kim Garth picked a five-wicket haul before conceding 19 runs in her last over to finish her spell at 5/36. 

It was a doubleheader day in the WPL and the first game was won by Delhi Capitals who beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 60 runs. 

Earlier today, in an official statement, the Gujarat team said that West Indian star batter Deandra Dottin could not be part of the team because of medical reasons. 

Gujarat Giants vs UP Warriorz Summary

UP Warriorz- 175/7	Gujarat Giants- 169/6
Grace Harris- 59	Harleen Deol- 46
Kiran Navgire- 53	Ash Gardner- 25
Kim Garth- 5/36 (4)	Sophie Ecclestone- 2/25
Mansi Joshi- 1/15 (2)	Deepti Sharma- 2/27

Gujarat Giants playing 11

Sabbhineni Meghana, Sophia Dunkley, Sushma Verma (wk), Ashleigh Gardner, Dayalan Hemalatha, Annabel Sutherland, Harleen Deol, Sneh Rana (c), Kim Garth, Mansi Joshi, Tanuja Kanwar

UP Warriorz playing 11

Alyssa Healy(w/c), Shweta Sehrawat, Tahlia McGrath, Deepti Sharma, Grace Harris, Simran Shaikh, Kiran Navgire, Devika Vaidya, Sophie Ecclestone, Anjali Sarvani, Rajeshwari Gayakwad

Gujarat Giants vs UP Warriorz, WPL 2023 Highlights: Catch all the updates from the match being played at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai

11:14 PM

Gujarat Giants vs UP Warriorz, WPL 2023 Live Score: That’s how the match finished

10:59 PM

Gujarat Giants vs UP Warriorz, WPL 2023 Live Score: Graceful Grace wins it for Warriorz

 

The wide call, which was given not wide by the umpire and overturned by the third umpire, caused the bowler to bowl another length ball and it was driven in the air and over covers for a four by Harris. Mansi Joshi at deep extra cover could not read the spin on the toss and due to the misfield, it went for a four. Now just one run is needed off 2 balls. 

 

Grace Harris, who completed her fifty, has now hit the winning run and UP Warriorz have won a thriller here. The Giants suffer yet another loss. 

 

10:54 PM

Gujarat Giants vs UP Warriorz, WPL 2023 Live Score: Crucial wide call, 5 needed off 3

 

Thanks to brilliant batting from Harris and Ecclestone, UP Warriorz now need 19 off 6 balls

 

Six!! Off the very first ball, Harris has hit a six off the short ball

 

A wide has been reviewed here. The ball was on the line and Sneh Rana after thinking a lot tried to review it. Even in the review it has come to be called wide

 

Brilliant fielding from Sneh Rana at deep mid-wicket but Sutherland has not been able to collect it properly, otherwise, it was out 

 

Four!! Through the deep mid-wicket and long-on and now only 6 needed off 3 balls

 

Another wide has been reviewed and since the batter shuffled in her crease, it seems like it would remain not wide. 

 

10:41 PM

Gujarat Giants vs UP Warriorz, WPL 2023 Live Score: Grace Harris goes bang bang

 

Grace Harris is turning the match on its head with her brilliant 36 off 20 balls. 

 

10:31 PM

Gujarat Giants vs UP Warriorz, WPL 2023 Live Score: UP’s seventh wicket falls down

10:29 PM

Gujarat Giants vs UP Warriorz, WPL 2023 Live Score: Great game for Garth

10:13 PM

Gujarat Giants vs UP Warriorz, WPL 2023 Live Score: Fifty up for Kiran Navgire

10:11 PM

Gujarat Giants vs UP Warriorz, WPL 2023 Live Score: Kiran Navgire gets UP in the context

 

Kiran Navgire has been amazing for the UP Warriorz as she has notched up her fifty and added 65 off 53 balls. Now the UP side need 84 off 48 balls with two set batters at the crease 

 

10:06 PM

Gujarat Giants vs UP Warriorz, WPL 2023 Live Score: Chance goes begging

 

There was a chance for the Gujarat Giants to get a wicket as Kiran Navgire edged one and the wicketkeeper dived but just could not get to the ball. 

 

9:44 PM

Gujarat Giants vs UP Warriorz, WPL 2023 Live Score: Big hit from Navgire

 

Kiran Navgire, who has come in to bat for the UP Warriorz has shown her intentions in the first over spin against her as she has hit a six and a great straight drive for two runs. 

 

9:34 PM

Gujarat Giants vs UP Warriorz, WPL 2023 Live Score: Garth strikes thrice in an over

 

Kim Garth, after removing Healy caught and bowled, has now also removed Shweta Sherwat and Tahlia McGrath in the same over as well. While Sehrawat was caught at short third-man, Mcgrath was caught by Dayalan Hemalatha at slip for a first-ball duck. 

 

9:31 PM

Gujarat Giants vs UP Warriorz, WPL 2023 Live Score: Kim Garth removes Healy

 

Gujarat Giants have struck in the third over itself and it is the wicket of Alyssa Healy, Kim Garth, who has come as a replacement for Deandra Dottin has got Healy caught and bowled

 

9:03 PM

Gujarat Giants vs UP Warriorz, WPL 2023 Live Score: Hemalatha, Rana finish it well for Giants

 

Gujarat Giants have been able to put up a fighting total finally as Sneh Rana and Dayalan Hemalatha have added 27 runs for the seventh wicket in just 16 balls to get their team to 169 for 6 at the end of 20 overs. 

 

8:58 PM

Gujarat Giants vs UP Warriorz, WPL 2023 Live Score: Anjali Sarvani gets Harleen Deol

8:56 PM

Gujarat Giants vs UP Warriorz, WPL 2023 Live Score: Deepti Sharma removed Gardner