UP Warriorz and Gujarat Giants will face each other in match 8 of WPL 2024. The match will take place on Friday, March 1. The Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru hosts the UP Warriorz vs Gujarat Giants match of WPL 2024.
UP Warriorz and Gujarat Giants will meet for the first time in WPL 2024. Led by Alyssa Healy, UP Warriorz lost their first game. Beth Mooney-led Gujarat Giants also suffered defeat in the first match of WPL 2024. Below, we take a look at the head-to-head records of UP Warriorz vs Gujarat Giants in WPL.
UP Warriorz vs Gujarat Giants Head to Head Records – WPL 2024, Match 8
Statistics Matches UP Warriorz won Gujarat Giants won No result Overall 2 2 0 0 In Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru 0 0 0 0 In last 5 matches 2 2 0 0 In WPL 2023 2 2 0 0 In WPL 2024 0 0 0 0
UP Warriorz vs Gujarat Giants: Key Stats
If we take a look at the head-to-head records between UP Warriorz and Gujarat Giants in the Women’s Premier League, both teams faced each other twice last season. UP Warriorz dominated Gujarat Women in both matches and emerged victorious. Therefore, UP Warriorz have a 100 percent winning record against the Gujarat Giants.
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UP Warriorz vs Gujarat Giants: 5 recent matches
UP Warriorz and Gujarat Giants faced each other in two games last season. Therefore, both teams still have to face each other in five matches. They will fight each other for third place in match 8 of WPL 2024. Notably, both matches took place in Mumbai last season. Therefore, UP-W and GUJ-W will face each other for the first time at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
Key moments and standout performances
According to the head-to-head records of UP Warriorz vs Gujarat Giants in WPL, Grace Harris is the leading run-getter for UP-W with 131 runs in 2 games. Harris also broke the record of 72 runs in a match.
Apart from Harris, Tahlia McGrath and Kiran Navgire scored fifties against GG. Sophie Ecclestone accounts for the most 3 wickets for the team. The left-arm spinner took 2/25 in a game last year, which is the best bowling performance for the team.
Talking about Gujarat Giants, Ashleigh Gardner holds the record for most runs against UP Warriorz. The right-handed batsman has scored 85 runs in 2 games. The Australian batsman also scored 60 runs in a match last season.
Dayalan Hemalatha smashed a half-century last season, while Harleen Deol scored 46 runs in a game. Kim Garth holds the record for most 7 wickets against UP. The right-arm pacer took a 5-wicket haul last season.
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Trends and patterns
Both UP-W vs GUJ-W games last year seemed like a replica of each other. In both the matches, the Gujarat Giants batted first and racked up decent totals. However, UP Warriorz later pursued him.
In the first match, Gujarat Women amassed 169/6 in the first innings. UP chased him in the final by 3 wickets. In the second clash, GG posted 178/6 in the first innings. Warriorz chased him down by 3 wickets in the final once again. Therefore, we can conclude that UP Warriorz have dominated the Gujarat Giants with their batting power in both the matches.
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Conclusion
UP Warriorz have a 100 per cent winning record against Gujarat Giants. In match 8 of WPL 2024, their goal will be to continue their dominance. On the other hand, Gujarat Giants are fighting for their first win against UP Warriorz.
However, they lost both games in WPL 2024 by huge margins and need to improve their form in the next game to overcome the Alyssa Healy-led team. It should be noted that players from both teams had brilliant performances last season.