Ekana Cricket Stadium Pitch Report For UPW vs GG WPL 2025 Match 15

Bhargav Dixit

Lucknow will be hosting its first WPL match on Monday. [Source: @tmsproducer/X]Lucknow will be hosting its first WPL match on Monday. [Source: @tmsproducer/X]

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The league phase of the third season of the Women’s Premier League is all in readiness of entering its third and final destination, i.e., Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium. With Vadodara and Bengaluru hosting six and eight matches respectively, Lucknow will be venue to the remaining six matches.

UP Warriorz Women will be hosting Gujarat Giants Women in their first-ever home match across the three seasons. With Delhi Capitals Women already qualifying for the playoffs for the third successive season, both UPW and GG find themselves under pressure to quality for the next round.

While UP have been in such a position once, GG have never experienced how WPL playoffs feel like. Having finished at the bottom of the points table across the first two seasons, they find themselves at the same position yet again.

Warriorz, on the other hand, are at the third position right now. Both the teams, however, have won two and lost three out of their first five matches.

Ekana Cricket Stadium Lucknow Stats In WPL 2025

As mentioned above, one of India’s newest cricketing grounds is yet to host a WPL match till now.

Ekana Cricket Stadium Lucknow Pitch Report Today

Out of the 39 Indian stadiums which have hosted at least 20 T20s, an average run rate of 7.38 at Ekana Cricket stadium is among the lowest. In fact, it is the lowest at venues which have hosted a T20 in the last 12 months.

The number further drops to 7.04 across six Lucknow T20Is. Surprisingly, three Women’s T20Is here have produced an average run rate of 7.31.

As a result, fans shouldn’t be surprised at the sight of low-scoring encounters at this ground. Another aspect of the game which shouldn’t surprise anybody is spinners dictating terms here.

Players To Watch Out For At Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow

Harleen Deol

Gujarat batter Harleen Deol’s solitary T20I half-century has come at this venue. Overall, she’s the fourth-highest run-scorer in Women’s T20Is in the city. Additionally, two out of her six wickets in the format have also come here.

Rajeshwari Gayakwad

Having played just once this season thus far, Warriorz are quite likely to hand another opportunity to spinner Rajeshwari Gayakwad not only because of this stadium’s inclination towards spinners but also because of her four wickets (highest wicket-taker) at an average of 14.25, an economy rate of 4.75 and a strike rate of 18 in Women’s T20Is here. Furthermore, her eight wickets also make her the joint-highest wicket-taker in Women’s ODIs here.

Ashleigh Gardner

Captaincy has brought the best out of Ashleigh Gardner in this competition. Fourth-highest run-scorer this season, her 202 runs have come at an average of 50.50 and a strike rate of 169.74. Her off-breaks have yielded her six wickets at an average of 24.66, an economy rate of 8.7 and a strike rate of 17.