WPL 2026, GG vs UPW Live Cricket Score Updates: Gujarat Giants will lock horns with UP Warriorz in the second game of the ongoing Women’s Premier League at the Dr DY Patil Sports Academy in Navi Mumbai on Saturday. Before today’s game, both teams had played each other six times, and both had won on three occasions each
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Going into the season, both teams have appointed a new captain on their side. Giants went with Ashleigh Gardner as their captain, and in one of the remarkable moves, Warriorz went with Meg Lanning. Lanning has led the Captials for three consecutive seasons in the initial three seasons of the WPL.
Apart from the leaders, the Giants have given their top order a boost by adding Sophie Devine, Yastika Bhatia and Danni Wyatt-Hodge. Warriorz, meanwhile, seem to have achieved a good balance in their batting line-up with Kiran Navgire, with Harleen Deol and the uncapped Shweta Sehrawat – their only retention ahead of the season – the other top-order options.
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Nadine de Klerk’s 44-ball 63, with seven fours and two sixes, took RCB home from what seemed a near-impossible scenario. Express Photo | Amit Chakravarty)
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