GG-W vs RCB-W WPL 2025 Playing 11 Prediction, Fantasy Tips, Pitch Report, Live Streaming

GG-W vs RCB-W WPL 2025 preview [Source: @wplt20/x]

The Gujarat Giants Women (GG-W) and defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women (RCB-W) will be squaring off in the opening match of the WPL 2025 season on Friday, February 14. The match will be hosted by the Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara.

GG-W vs RCB-W WPL 2025 Team Previews And Comparison

Gujarat Giants Women

The Gujarat Giants franchise finished at the bottom of the WPL points table last year, as they managed to secure just two wins from their eight league games. Under the leadership of Beth Mooney, the Giants managed to procure a dismal NRR of -1.158. Following successive wooden spoon finishes, the Gujarat Giants appointed Australian all-rounder Ashleigh Gardner as team’s new captain for the WPL 2025 season. Captain Gardner, wicketkeeper-batter Beth Mooney, South African star Laura Wolvaardt and Indian middle-order batter Harleen Deol will start out as some of the biggest star-attractions and in-form players in the team.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women

The Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women’s (RCB-W) team won the WPL 2024 title last year by defeating table-toppers Delhi Capitals in a one-sided finale. With Smriti Mandhana at the helm, the RCB recorded four wins and sustained four defeats from eight league fixtures to finish third on the points table. As Mandhana’s troops prepare themselves for its title-defence, the RCB team will once again rely on some of its biggest impact players from the previous season, i.e., Ellyse Perry, Shreyanka Patil and the skipper herself.

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GG-W vs RCB-W WPL 2025: Match Details And Live Streaming

GG-W vs RCB-W WPL 2025 Pitch Report: How Will Surface At Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara Behave?

The Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara is yet to host a single women’s T20I or a WPL match to date. However, the venue did host three ODI matches between India and West Indies Women a couple of months ago. Based on the ODI results, fast bowlers will be expected to make early inroads with the new ball. Spinners can take control as the game progresses, especially during the second innings of the match. Batters can also haul big totals in the match, after biding their time at the crease.

GG-W vs RCB-W WPL 2025: Playing XI Prediction

Gujarat Giants Women: Beth Mooney (wk), Laura Wolvaardt, Harleen Deol, Deandra Dottin, Dayalan Hemalatha, Ashleigh Gardner (c), Simran Shaikh, Sayali Satghare, Meghna Singh, Tanuja Kanwar and Kashvee Gautam.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women: Dani Wyatt, Smriti Mandhana (c), Sabbineni Meghana, Ellyse Perry, Richa Ghosh (wk), Georgia Wareham, Kim Garth, Shreyanka Patil, Kanika Ahuja, Renuka Singh Thakur, Ekta Bisht

GG-W vs RCB-W WPL 2025: Fantasy Tips And Key Players

• Beth Mooney and Smriti Mandhana can be the top batting picks of their respective teams on the Kotambi Stadium surface. Both cricketers have tallied nearly 300 runs in their last 10 innings.
• Gujarat Giants captain and ace spinner Ashleigh Gardner as well as RCB fast bowler Renuka Singh might pick up wickets in a canter, considering their seniority and overall track record for their respective teams and in T20 cricket.
• Gujarat Giants Women Expected Key Players: Beth Mooney, Laura Wolvaardt, Ashleigh Gardner, Harleen Deol and Deandra Dottin.
• Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women Expected Key Players: Smriti Mandhana, Ellyse Perry, Renuka Singh, Danni Wyatt-Hodge and Richa Ghosh.

GG-W vs RCB-W WPL 2025: Winner Prediction

Defending champions RCB Women will start out as favourites to defeat last year’s wooden-spooners Gujarat Giants in the opening match of the WPL 2025 season on Friday, February 14 in Vadodara.

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