WPL 2024 Match 18, GG-W vs UP-W | Playing 11, Prediction, Cricket Tips, Preview & Live Streaming

UP Warriorz players celebrating a wicket in WPL 2024 (BCCI)

Gujarat Giants Women and their UP Warriorz counterparts will collide in match number 18 of the ongoing WPL 2024 season on March 11. The upcoming contest marks a must-win one for the Warriorz, as they are still in with a chance of qualifying for the playoffs.

WPL 2024 Match 18, GG-W vs UP-W: Team Previews

Gujarat Giants Women

Gujarat Giants, under Beth Mooney, became the first team of the WPL 2024 season to get knocked out of the playoffs race. Currently placed at the bottom of the WPL 2024 points table, Giants can still climb up the ladder with wins in their remaining two games in the closing stages of the competition.

With the bat, captain Beth Mooney has led from the front. However, her 211-run tally features only one match-winning effort this season. Laura Wolvaardt and Dayalan Hemalatha have also made significant contributions from their ends. On the bowling front, Tanuja Kanwar has emerged as their leading bowler with eight wickets. Ashleigh Gardner, however, has failed to live up to her billing.

UP Warriorz Women

After slumping to successive defeats upfront, UP Warriorz lifted itself with an impressive chain of wins and still hold an outside chance of qualifying for the WPL 2024 playoffs. They are currently placed at number four on the five-team WPL 2024 points table.

Deepti Sharma and Grace Harris both feature among the top six run-getters of the season, and the two have listed three half-centuries between them. Apart from her batting masterclass, Deepti has also made significant impact with the ball, which included a match-winning hat-trick against table-toppers Delhi Capitals. Sophie Ecclestone continues to lead their wicket-taking charts with eight timely scalps.

WPL 2024 Match 18, GG-W vs UP-W: Match Details & Live Streaming

WPL 2024 Match 18, GG-W vs UP-W: Delhi Pitch Report

The conditions at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi has offered considerable assistance to batters this season, with some turn on offer for the spinners as well. The average first innings total here after five WPL 2024 matches has emerged in the range of mid-170s. The captain winning the toss might opt to bat first, considering the teams batting first have won four out of the last five matches played at the venue.

WPL 2024 Match 18, GG-W vs UP-W: Probable Playing 11

Gujarat Giants Women: Laura Wolvaardt, Beth Mooney (c & wk), Phoebe Litchfield, Ashleigh Gardner, Dayalan Hemalatha, Bharati Fulmali, Kathryn Bryce, Sneh Rana, Tanuja Kanwar, Meghna Singh and Shabnam Md Shakil.

UP Warriorz Women: Alyssa Healy (c & wk), Kiran Navgire, Tahlia McGrath, Grace Harris, Shweta Sehrawat, Deepti Sharma, Poonam Khemnar, Sophie Ecclestone, Gouher Sultana, Saima Thakor and Rajeshwari Gayakwad.

WPL 2024 Match 18, GG-W vs UP-W: Fantoss Fantasy Tips 

WPL 2024 Match 18, GG-W vs UP-W: Winner Prediction

Owing to their recent WPL 2024 form and superior head-to-head record, Alyssa Healy-led UP Warriorz Women will be considered as favourites to defeat cellar-dwellers Gujarat Giants.

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