Gardner's all-round show, Priya's three-wicket haul help GG win over UPW

Skipper Ashleigh Gardner starred with both bat and ball leading Gujarat Giants to a comprehensive sixwicket win over UP Warriorz in their Womens Premier League match here on SundayGardner 239 claimed two wickets and then scored a stylish 32ball 52 her second consecutive fifty as Gujarat registered their first win of the third edition of the tournament following a loss in the opening game to Royal Challengers BengaluruAlso read WPL 2025 Ellyse Perry praises Richa Ghosh for her matchwinning 64run knockOpting to bowl Gujarat produced a clinical effort with young spinner Priya Mishra returning impressive figures of 40253 Skipper Gardner Deandra Dottin 234 and Kashvee Gautam 115 also played key roles in restricting UPW to 143 for nineChasing 144 to win the Giants were reduced to 22 for 2 with opener Beth Mooney and Dayalan Hemalata back in the pavilion after UPW introduced spin at both ends However Gardner produced an inspired knock adding 55 runs off 42 balls with Laura Wolvaardt 22 to resurrect the inningsGardner struck two fours off Kranti Goud to ease the pressure before depositing Saima Thakor twice into the stands in the fifth over Wolvaardt also hit a six as 20 runs came off the over taking GG to 41 for 2 in six oversThe GG skipper blasted five fours and three sixes before being dismissed by Tahila McGrath in the 12th over However it had little effect as Harleen Deol 34 and Dottin 33 added 58 runs off 37 balls to take Gujarat home with two overs to spareEarlier UPW skipper Deepti Sharma topscored with a 27ball 39 while Uma Chetry 24 and Shweta Sehrawat 16 made useful contributions in the middleorder Alana King 19 and Saima Thakor 15 combined for a late surge adding 26 runs off 13 balls to take UPW past 140Kiran Navgire and Vrinda Dinesh were dismissed cheaply by Dottin and Gardner as the Warriorz struggled early on UPW were reduced to 22 for 2 by the third over with Navgire trapped in front by Dottin and Dinesh was cleaned up by GardnerChetry and Deepti tried to rebuild but were limited by tight bowling from the Gujarat team with UPW managing just 41 for 2 in the powerplay Their partnership of 50 runs off 43 balls was broken by Dottin who removed ChetryMishra then struck twice in three balls removing Australians Tahlia McGrath and Grace Harris to break UPWs back leaving them at 78 for 5 in the 11th overSehrawat and Deepti attempted a recovery but Gardners sensational catch accounted for Deepti as UPW slumped to 117 for 8 by the 18th overBrief Scores UP Warriorz 1439 Deepti Sharma 39 Uma Chetry 24 Priya Mishra 325 Deandra Dottin 234 lost to Gujarat Giants 1444 in 18 overs Ashleigh Gardner 52 Harleen Deol 34 not out Sophie Ecclestone 216 Grace Harris 11 by six wicketsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever