Ashleigh Gardner smashed her 3rd fifty of the WPL 2025 season during the match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru to secure a 6-wicket victory for the side.
Her fifty came off in 28 deliveries and went on to score 58 runs which included 6 fours and three fifties.
Playing 21 WPL matches, Ashleigh Gardner scored 526 runs at an average of 27.68. She also has 23 WPL wickets proving to be a valuable player in the league.
Gujarat Giants clinched their third victory of the season after their 126-run chase on February 27. After providing excellence with the ball, they continued to haunt Bengaluru with stellar batting performances.
Gujarat Won the toss and opted to bowl. Batting first, RCB suffered a set back losing three wickets in the powerplay for 26 runs. They lost the wickets of Danni Wyatt, Ellyse Perry and Smriti Mandhana for 25 runs within the end of the power play.
Clinical bowling performance 🤝 A captain’s knock#GG get back to winning ways with a dominant 6️⃣-wicket victory👏💪
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— Women’s Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) February 27, 2025
Deandra Dottin bagged the wicket of Danni Wyatt on a lbw for four runs while Ashleigh Gardner dismissed Ellyse Perry on a duck. Meanwhile, Smriti Mandhana was sent out by Tanuja Kanwar for 10 runs.
However, they managed to get back with a partnership from Raghavi Bist and Kanika Ahuja for the fourth wicket.
Raghvi scored 22 runs off 19 deliveries before being dismissed on a run out. In the next over, Tanuja Kanwar bagged the wicket of Kanika Ahuja for 33 runs.
Georgia Wareham and Kim Garth’s contribution in the last overs has helped their side to cross 100+ runs.
Wareham scored 20* while Kim Garth scored 14 runs in their innings. Deandra Dottin and Tanuja Kanwar bagged two wickets each while Ash Gardner and Kashvee Gautam scalped a wicket each.
In the pursuit of chasing 125 runs, Beth Mooney and Dayalan Hemalatha opened the innings. But Renuka Singh gave a early breakthrough picking the wickets of the openers.
She dismissed Hemalatha for 11 runs in the last ball of the fifth over and went on to bag the wicket of Beth Mooney for 17 runs in the second ball of the 7th over. Harleen Deol came to bat after Hemalatha was sent back with 5 runs by Georgia Wareham.
Gardner and Litchfield forged a partnership to quick the side’s victory in the match. Gardner raced for a quick fifty in 28 deliveries and after her dismissal, Phoebe Litchfield took the responsibility to complete the innings.
