2024 Gujarat Giants (WPL) season

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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)

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]

Contents

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

Squad

NameNationalityBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleNotes
Captain / Wicket-keeper
Beth Mooney Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 14 January 1994 (aged 30)Left-handedOverseas player
Batters
Harleen Deol Flag of India.svg  India 21 June 1998 (aged 25)Right-handedRight-arm leg break
Bharti Fulmali [3] Flag of India.svg  India 11 October 1994 (aged 29)Right-handedRight-arm medium
Veda Krishnamurthy Flag of India.svg  India 16 October 1992 (aged 31)Right-handedRight-arm leg break
Phoebe Litchfield Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 18 April 2003 (aged 20)Right-handedRight-arm leg break Overseas player
Trisha PoojithaFlag of India.svg  India 14 July 2002 (aged 21)Right-handedRight-arm medium
Laura Wolvaardt Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 26 April 1999 (aged 24)Right-handedOverseas player
All-rounders
Kathryn Bryce Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 17 November 1997 (aged 26)Right-handedRight-arm medium Overseas player
Ashleigh Gardner Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 15 April 1997 (aged 26)Right-handedRight-arm off break Overseas player
Dayalan Hemalatha Flag of India.svg  India 29 September 1994 (aged 29)Right-handedRight-arm off break
Tarannum PathanFlag of India.svg  India 8 October 1993 (aged 30)Right-handedRight-arm off break
Sneh Rana Flag of India.svg  India 18 February 1994 (aged 30)Right-handedRight-arm off break Vice-captain
Sayali Satghare [4] Flag of India.svg  India 2 July 2000 (aged 23)Right-handedRight-arm medium
Bowlers
Kashvee GautamFlag of India.svg  India 18 April 2003 (aged 20)Right-handedRight-arm medium
Tanuja Kanwer [5] Flag of India.svg  India 28 January 1998 (aged 26)Left-handedLeft-arm medium
Mannat KashyapFlag of India.svg  India 15 December 2003 (aged 20)Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Priya MishraFlag of India.svg  India 4 June 2004 (aged 19)Right-handedRight-arm medium
Shabnam Shakil Flag of India.svg  India 17 June 2007 (aged 16)Right-handedRight-arm medium
Lea Tahuhu [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 23 September 1990 (aged 33)Right-handedRight-arm medium Overseas player
Meghna Singh Flag of India.svg  India 18 June 1994 (aged 29)Right-handedRight-arm medium

Support staff

PositionName
Head coach Michael Klinger
Batting coach Tushar Arothe
Bowling coach Nooshin Al Khadeer
Fielding coachGavan Twining
Mentor Mithali Raj

Sponsors

League stage

PosTeamPldWLNRPts NRR
1 Delhi Capitals (R)8620121.198Advanced to the Final
2 Mumbai Indians (3rd)8530100.024Advanced to the Eliminator
3 Royal Challengers Bengaluru (C)844080.306
4 UP Warriorz 83506−0.371
5 Gujarat Giants 82604−1.158
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.

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.

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.

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]

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.

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]

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.

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.

References

  1. 1 2 "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. https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/bharti-fulmali-961179
  4. https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/sayali-satghare-1255540
  5. https://www.wplt20.com/players/tanuja-kanwer-wpl-profile-70721
  6. https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/lea-tahuhu-380929
  7. "WPL 2024 squads: Full player list for all teams | The Cricketer". www.thecricketer.com. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  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.