The victory was the primary of the season for Gujarat. Bangalore, alternatively, suffered their third straight defeat as skipper Smriti Mandhana‘s look ahead to first win continued.
Dunkley fired an 18-ball fifty whereas Harleen batted fantastically within the center and loss of life overs to energy Gujarat to an enormous 201 for 7 after opting to bat. In reply, Bangalore fell 11 brief, ending at 190 for six.
Ashleigh Gardner starred with the ball for Gujarat, choosing up a three-fer whereas Annabel Sutherland bagged a few wickets. Mansi Joshi additionally obtained her identify to to the wicket’s column.
As It Occurred
RCB opener and New Zealand batter Sophie Devine largely performed a lone hand of their chase, hitting a well-made 66 from 45 balls with eight fours and two sixes.
In the direction of the top, Heather Knight (30 not out off 11 balls) supplied RCB a glimmer of hope, however the problem of scoring 33 runs off the final two overs and 24 off the ultimate over proved an excessive amount of for the Bangalore aspect.
RCB’s star batter and captain Smriti Mandhana flopped as soon as once more, falling for 18 whereas Ellyse Perry (32) additionally couldn’t rating huge regardless of getting a begin and forming an important partnership of 43 runs with Devine for the second wicket.
After conceding greater than 200 runs for second time in three matches to this point within the WPL, RCB regarded set to problem the goal set by Gujarat Giants when Devine took the aggressive route and Mandhana performed the second fiddle within the powerplay.
The best-handed New Zealand batter hit Kim Garth for a few fours within the third over and obtained three boundaries towards Annabel Sutherland within the fifth.
The opening partnership lasted for five.1 overs with Mandhana and Devine including 54 runs, when the primary breakthrough was supplied by Ashleigh Gardner, who had the RCB captain caught at mid-on by Mansi Joshi.
Within the tenth over, Gujarat captain Sneh Rana took a tough blow to her fingers off a strong return stroke from Perry. Rana did full the over after preliminary therapy however left the sector quickly after.
Perry and Devine saved the ship regular however lack of boundaries resulted in strain progressively growing on them. The best-handed Perry cracked two fours off Joshi within the twelfth over, however hit one straight to brief third man fielder having made 32 off 25 balls with 5 fours in complete.
It was not till the primary ball of the 14th over that RCB hit their first six, with Devine clearing the ropes towards Tanuja Kanwar to interrupt the shackles as RCB wanted one other 85 from the final six overs at an asking fee of 14.
With 77 wanted off the final 5 overs, Gardner dealt one other blow to RCB, cleansing up the hard-hitting Richa Ghosh for 10.
Earlier, Beth Mooney continued to stay off the sector as Sneh Rana gained the toss and elected to bat first for Gujarat Giants.
England’s Dunkley and Deol made robust contributions, with the previous enjoying an aggressive knock to supplied a robust headstart and the latter consolidating the innings with a number of different batters in tow.
Dunkley struck her runs at a strike fee of 232.1, clobbering 11 fours and three sixes to race away for 65 from simply 28 balls whereas Deol top-scored with 67 from simply 45 balls, hitting 9 fours and one six throughout her keep within the center.
Dunkley additionally recorded the quickest fifty of the WPL to this point.
Deol was concerned in two fifty-plus stands that laid the inspiration for an enormous complete, with an opposition group recording a complete in extra of 200 for the second time in three matches towards RCB on the Brabourne Stadium right here.
Deol, who moved as much as the third spot within the checklist of most run-scorers in WPL (113 runs), additionally obtained two lifelines late in her innings.
Dunkley unleashed her energy recreation after a gradual begin, welcoming Renuka Singh with an exquisite lofted six over the quilt area.
The England batter took a particular liking for Bose, hitting the RCB spinner for 4 boundaries and a six within the fifth over to gather 23 runs and convey up a shocking 18-ball 50, with the assistance of 9 fours and two sixes.
The best-handed batter continued her assault, hitting a six and a 4 off Shreyanka Patil to deliver up her 50-run stand with Deol off simply 26 balls. Patil, nevertheless, had Dunkley hitting one straight to Heather Knight at lengthy off to finish her innings.
(With inputs from PTI)
