Deepti Sharma’s valiant 88* went in useless as UP Warriorz suffered their maiden loss to Gujarat Giants within the Ladies’s Premier League. In one other last over end, the Giants efficiently defended 26 off the ultimate over however Deepti ran them for cash to finish up eight wanting the 153-run goal. With this win, GG are alive for an additional day within the match whereas RCB are virtually by way of to the playoffs.
Chasing a goal of 153, the Giants have been stored within the chase solely by Deepti as 5 of the opposite six batters couldn’t even handle to enter into double digits. A rising teen Shabnam Shakil ran by way of the batting lineup with huge scalps of Alyssa Healy, Chamari Athapaththu and Shweta Sehrawat. She acquired Healy out within the first over itself when the UP skipper mishit a shot at mid-off with Mannat Kashyap taking the catch. She acquired Chamari in the identical over because the Sri Lankan icon miscued a shot to Gardner at covers. Kathryn Bryce and Gardner added extra salt to the injuries with the wickets of Grace Harris and Kiran Navgire.
Shweta Sehrawat and Deepti tried rebuilding issues with a mini-stand of 29 runs however the former was cleaned up by Shabnam within the seventh over. Discovering it extraordinarily exhausting to remain alive within the sport, Deepti led from the entrance and located Poonam Khemnar to take the UP ship collectively. They first stabilised issues after which went all weapons blazing from the 14th over. UP wanted 90 from the ultimate 42 balls and 35 runs from the following three overs gave them loads of hope. Deepti did the heavy lifting whereas Khemnar chipped in too. However a three-run 18th over turned the tides. UP wanted 40 from the ultimate two overs and whereas they acquired 14 from the nineteenth over, 26 runs from the ultimate over appeared means too many.
Deepti nevertheless, stored the hopes alive. Khemnar first gave the strike to Deepti on a large supply, earlier than the all-rounder hit a six. The subsequent two balls noticed singles however Deepti hit a six within the fourth ball to deliver it all the way down to 10 wanted off 2 balls. Nonetheless, Meghana Singh’s back-to-back slower deliveries introduced two runs and ended the sport.
RCB are on third place in the mean time and have six factors and a sport left. UP have performed out their full eight video games and have six factors as nicely. GG have 4 factors in seven video games. All three groups are in competition however RCB simply want a win of their last sport in opposition to Mumbai Indians to cruise by way of no matter what GG does. They’ll nonetheless qualify after shedding however might want to rely upon NRR then.
