2024 Gujarat Giants (WPL) season

Gujarat Giants

2024 season
Coach	Michael Klinger
Captain	Beth Mooney
WPL League	Finished at the 5th place [1]
Most runs	Beth Mooney (285)
Most wickets	Tanuja Kanwar (10)
Most catches	Ashleigh Gardner (4)
Most wicket-keeping dismissals	Beth Mooney (2)
← 2023 2025 →

The 2024 season was the second season for the franchise Gujarat Giants. They were one of five teams that competed in the 2024 Women's Premier League. They finished at the last place in the previous (inaugural) season's League stage. ^[2]

Gujarat Giants finished at the last place in WPL League stage for the consecutive 2nd year. ^[1]

Squad

• Source: ^[3]
• Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Gujarat Giants Squad for the 2024 Women's Premier League
Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Captain / Wicket-keeper
Beth Mooney	Australia	(1994-01-14) 14 January 1994 (age 30)	Left-handed	–	Overseas player
Batters
Harleen Deol	India	(1998-06-21) 21 June 1998 (age 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
Bharti Fulmali [4]	India	(1994-10-11) 11 October 1994 (age 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Veda Krishnamurthy	India	(1992-10-16) 16 October 1992 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
Phoebe Litchfield	Australia	(2003-04-18) 18 April 2003 (age 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	Overseas player
Trisha Poojitha	India	(2002-07-14) 14 July 2002 (age 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Laura Wolvaardt	South Africa	(1999-04-26) 26 April 1999 (age 25)	Right-handed	–	Overseas player
All-rounders
Kathryn Bryce	Scotland	(1997-11-17) 17 November 1997 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas player
Ashleigh Gardner	Australia	(1997-04-15) 15 April 1997 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas player
Dayalan Hemalatha	India	(1994-09-29) 29 September 1994 (age 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Tarannum Pathan	India	(1993-10-08) 8 October 1993 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Sneh Rana	India	(1994-02-18) 18 February 1994 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Vice-captain
Sayali Satghare [5]	India	(2000-07-02) 2 July 2000 (age 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Bowlers
Kashvee Gautam	India	(2003-04-18) 18 April 2003 (age 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Tanuja Kanwer [6]	India	(1998-01-28) 28 January 1998 (age 26)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium
Mannat Kashyap	India	(2003-12-15) 15 December 2003 (age 20)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Priya Mishra	India	(2004-06-04) 4 June 2004 (age 19)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Shabnam Shakil	India	(2007-06-17) 17 June 2007 (age 16)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Lea Tahuhu [7]	New Zealand	(1990-09-23) 23 September 1990 (age 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas player
Meghna Singh	India	(1994-06-18) 18 June 1994 (age 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium

Support staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Michael Klinger
Batting coach	Tushar Arothe
Bowling coach	Nooshin Al Khadeer
Fielding coach	Gavan Twining
Mentor	Mithali Raj
Source: Official website [8]

Sponsors

• Kit manufacturer: T10 Sports
• Main shirt sponsor: Ambuja Cement
• Back shirt sponsor: Fortune

League stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Delhi Capitals (R)	8	6	2	0	12	1.198	Advanced to Final
2	Mumbai Indians (3rd)	8	5	3	0	10	0.024	Advanced to Eliminator
3	Royal Challengers Bangalore (C)	8	4	4	0	8	0.306
4	UP Warriorz	8	3	5	0	6	−0.371
5	Gujarat Giants	8	2	6	0	4	−1.158

Source: ESPNcricinfo ^[9]
(C) Champions; (R) Runners-up

Fixtures and results

Match 3 25 February 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Gujarat Giants 126/9 (20 overs)	v	Mumbai Indians 129/5 (18.1 overs)
Tanuja Kanwar 28 (21) Amelia Kerr 4/17 (4 overs)		Harmanpreet Kaur 46* (41) Tanuja Kanwar 2/21 (4 overs)

Mumbai Indians won by 5 wickets M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Umpires: Puttarangaiah Jayapal and Gayathri Venugopalan Player of the match: Amelia Kerr (Mumbai Indians)

• Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 5 27 February 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Gujarat Giants 107/7 (20 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore 110/2 (12.3 overs)
Dayalan Hemalatha 31* (25) Sophie Molineux 3/25 (4 overs)		Smriti Mandhana 43 (27) Ashleigh Gardner 1/15 (3 overs)

Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 8 wickets M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Umpires: Parashar Joshi and Mohamed Rafi Player of the match: Renuka Singh (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

• Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 8 1 March 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Gujarat Giants 142/5 (20 overs)	v	UP Warriorz 143/4 (15.4 overs)
Phoebe Litchfield 35 (26) Sophie Ecclestone 3/20 (4 overs)		Grace Harris 60* (33) Tanuja Kanwar 2/23 (3 overs)

UP Warriorz won by 6 wickets M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Umpires: Puttarangaiah Jayapal and Gayathri Venugopalan Player of the match: Grace Harris (UP Warriorz)

• UP Warriorz won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 10 3 March 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Delhi Capitals 163/8 (20 overs)	v	Gujarat Giants 138/8 (20 overs)
Meg Lanning 55 (41) Meghna Singh 4/37 (4 overs)		Ashleigh Gardner 40 (31) Radha Yadav 3/20 (4 overs)

Delhi Capitals won by 25 runs M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Umpires: Parashar Joshi and Mohamed Rafi Player of the match: Jess Jonassen (Delhi Capitals)

• Gujarat Giants won the toss and elected to field.
• Sayali Satghare (Gujarat Giants) replaced Dayalan Hemalatha as a concussion substitute in the second innings. ^[10]

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Match 13 6 March 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Gujarat Giants 199/5 (20 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore 180/8 (20 overs)
Beth Mooney 85* (51) Sophie Molineux 1/32 (4 overs)		Georgia Wareham 48 (22) Ashleigh Gardner 2/23 (4 overs)

Gujarat Giants won by 19 runs Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium, New Delhi Umpires: Puttarangaiah Jayapal and Gayathri Venugopalan Player of the match: Beth Mooney (Gujarat Giants)

• Gujarat Giants won the toss and elected to bat.

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Match 16 9 March 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Gujarat Giants 190/7 (20 overs)	v	Mumbai Indians 191/3 (19.5 overs)
Dayalan Hemalatha 74 (40) Saika Ishaque 2/31 (4 overs)		Harmanpreet Kaur 95* (48) Tanuja Kanwar 1/21 (4 overs)

Mumbai Indians won by 7 wickets Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium, New Delhi Umpires: Abhijeet Bengeri and Vrinda Rathi Player of the match: Harmanpreet Kaur (Mumbai Indians)

• Gujarat Giants won the toss and elected to bat.
• Mumbai Indians qualified for the playoffs as a result of this match. ^[11]

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Match 18 11 March 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Gujarat Giants 152/8 (20 overs)	v	UP Warriorz 144/5 (20 overs)
Beth Mooney 74* (52) Sophie Ecclestone 3/38 (4 overs)		Deepti Sharma 88* (60) Shabnam Shakil 3/11 (4 overs)

Gujarat Giants won by 8 runs Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium, New Delhi Umpires: Puttarangaiah Jayapal and Gayathri Venugopalan Player of the match: Shabnam Shakil (Gujarat Giants)

• Gujarat Giants won the toss and elected to bat.

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Match 20 13 March 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Gujarat Giants 126/9 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Capitals 129/3 (13.1 overs)
Bharti Fulmali 42 (36) Minnu Mani 2/9 (2 overs)		Shafali Verma 71 (37) Tanuja Kanwar 2/20 (4 overs)

Delhi Capitals won by 7 wickets Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium, New Delhi Umpires: Parashar Joshi and Mohamed Rafi Player of the match: Shafali Verma (Delhi Capitals)

• Gujarat Giants won the toss and elected to bat.

Statistics

Most runs

Runs	Player	Inns	HS	Ave	SR	100s/50s	4s	6s
Last updated: 12 May 2024, Source: ESPNcricinfo [12]

Most wickets

Wkts.	Player	Inns	Ov	Runs	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4W	5W
Last updated: 12 May 2024, Source: ESPNcricinfo [13]

References

1. "Delhi Capitals defeat Gujarat Giants by seven wickets to take direct flight to WPL final". The Economic Times. 14 March 2024. ISSN   0013-0389 . Retrieved 16 March 2024.
2. "WPL Points Table | WPL Standings | WPL Ranking". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
3. "WPL 2024 squads: Full player list for all teams | The Cricketer". www.thecricketer.com. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
4. https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/bharti-fulmali-961179
5. https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/sayali-satghare-1255540
6. https://www.wplt20.com/players/tanuja-kanwer-wpl-profile-70721
7. https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/lea-tahuhu-380929
8. "Adani Sportsline appoints Rachael Haynes, Nooshin Al Khadeer and Tushar Arothe as coaches for WPL team". Adani sportsline. 3 February 2023. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
9. "WPL Points Table | WPL Standings | WPL Ranking". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
10. "Satghare comes in for Hemalatha to become the first concussion substitute in the WPL". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
11. "Harmanpreet magic powers Mumbai heist". ESPNcricinfo. 9 March 2024. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
12. "Women's Premier League, 2024 batting most runs career Records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
13. "Women's Premier League, 2024 bowling most wickets career Records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 May 2024.

External links

• Official website
• Gujarat Giants on WPLT20 Website