Women's T20 League

Match 6: GUJ-W vs BLR-W

Preview

The Women’s IND T20 League's sixth match is set to begin on Wednesday at 07:30 PM IST, 08th March 2023. Sneh Rana's Gujarat and Smriti Mandhana's Bangalore will face off in this colossal match. This match is scheduled to take place at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai.

GUJ-W will now come to the Brabourne Stadium to face the best-looking BLR in search of their first win. Smriti Mandhana’s BLR-W has two experienced players on the side who are also the captains of their national team.

Bangalore has lived up to the expectations. A team that is strong on paper, has failed to make an impact on the ground. GUJ-W, on the other hand, did well to bounce back after a huge loss against MUM-W in the season opener.

Defending a 169-run total against UP-W, they reduced the opposition to 105-7 and found themselves in a strong position. Sneh Rana should be focusing on finishing things off in this game. 

The right-arm off-break bowler is now leading Gujarat after Beth Mooney was injured in the first game. Gujarat doesn’t look particularly threatening and with their current form, Mandhana’s BLR-W would find this as a perfect opportunity for a comeback.

Match Details

Match: GUJ-W vs BLR-W, Match 6, Women's T20 League

Date: Wednesday, 08th March

Time: 07:30 PM

Venue: Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai

Pitch & Weather Report

Brabourne Stadium has been a great batting venue, It is BLR-W's third consecutive game on this ground. The average 1st innings score in women’s T20Is is 170 runs at this venue. Given the depth of the batting lineups of these two teams, the team batting first would need at least 180+ runs on the board.

In the Women’s IND T20 League played at this venue, teams batting first and second have won an equal number of games. So far this season, there have been two matches here, and the team batting first won once. Neither of these teams has the kind of form needed to chase down a big total and they’d both be comfortable batting first and defending a total.

The maximum temperature will remain at 34°C, with a low of 26°C with 33% humidity, and a wind speed of 19 Km/hr for the sixth Match, the Women's IND T20 on Mar 08 b/w GUJ-W vs BLR-W. The weather in Brabourne Stadium during the match day will be clear and no rain is predicted.

GUJ-W vs BLR-W Squad:

GUJ-W: Ashleigh Gardner, Beth Mooney, Georgia Wareham, Sneh Rana, Annabel Sutherland, Deandra Dottin, Sophia Dunkley, Sushma Verma, Tanuja Kanwer, Harleen Deol, Ashwani Kumari, Dayalan Hemalatha, Mansi Joshi, Monica Patel, Sabbineni Meghana, Hurley Gala, Parunika Sisodia, Shabnam Shakil.

BLR-W: Smriti Mandhana, Sophie Devine, Ellyse Perry, Renuka Singh, Richa Ghosh, Erin Burns, Disha Kasat, Indrani Roy, Shreyanka Patil, Kanika Ahuja, Asha Shobana, Heather Knight, Dane van Niekerk, Preeti Bose, Poonam Khemnar, Komal Zanzad, Megan Schutt, Sahana Pawar

GUJ-W vs BLR-W: Probable XIs

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

BLR-W: Smriti Mandhana (c), Sophie Devine, Ellyse Perry, Disha Kasat, Richa Ghosh (wk), Heather Knight, Kanika Ahuja, Megan Schutt, Shreyanka Patil, Preeti Bose, Renuka Thakur Singh

Match Prediction

Both teams are coming here with losses in their first two games of the season. Gujarat has a few positives to take from their last game as they turned things around in both departments. However, BLR-W only has growing concerns on their plate as not only the batters are struggling but even the bowlers have failed big time. But GUJ-W does have its vulnerabilities and their bowling troubles are far from over. The batting lineup isn’t very promising and we reckon Bangalore will start with an edge over Gujarat. We expect a close game and pick BLR-W to win their encounter.

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