Who’s enjoying
UP Warriorz vs Gujarat Giants
Ekana Stadium, Lucknow, 7.30pm IST
What to anticipate: Little room for error
Warriorz are enjoying their final three league video games of this season on the Ekana Stadium and will likely be eager to maximise the house benefit. Their final match towards Mumbai Indians noticed Warriorz rejig their batting line-up with Grace Harris opening with Kiran Navgire and Vrinda Dinesh transferring all the way down to No.3. The transfer appeared to work with each Harris and Dinesh chipping in with essential 46 and 33 respectively. Nonetheless, they’ve struggled to capitalise on the begins with the bat and have both left it too late for some lower-order hitting from Chinelle Henry and Sophie Ecclestone or ended up with below-par totals. The center overs is the part the place they’re most weak and Giants may look to take advantage of that. Warriorz have misplaced essentially the most wickets (24) within the center overs (7 to 16) on this WPL to this point and have been the slowest (6.72) in that part too.
For Giants, whereas the bowling division appears largely sorted when it comes to function readability, there are nonetheless query marks over their high order. They’ve used three totally different opening pairs in 5 video games with solely Beth Mooney remaining the one fixed on the high. D Hemalatha batted at No.3 within the first three matches in Vadodara was dropped after low scored earlier than being promoted to open towards RCB. Harleen Deol began this season within the center order after which opened with Mooney earlier than she was requested to bat at No. 3 of their earlier recreation. Giants, nonetheless, have strengthened their center order by having left-hander Phoebe Litchfield together with two star allrounders Ash Gardner and Deandra Dottin. Litchfield additionally performed at No.3 for one recreation earlier than transferring all the way down to No. 5 towards MI the place she checked out ease, scoring an unbeaten 30.
UP Warriorz LWL (final three matches, most up-to-date first)
Gujarat Giants WLL
The Lucknow floor is usually recognized to help slower bowlers. Warriorz may be tempted to play an additional spinner in Alana King and drop Tahlia McGrath, who has been scuffling with each bat and ball this season.
UP Warriorz (Possible XI): 1 Kiran Navgire, 2 Grace Harris, 3 Vrinda Dinesh, 4 Deepti Sharma (CAPT), 5 Shweta Sehrawat, 6 Uma Chetry (WK), 7 Chinelle Henry, 8 Saima Thakor, 9 Alana King, 10 SOPHIE ACCLESTONE,, 10 11 kranti goud
Giants may additionally convey again the left-arm spinner Rajeshwari Gayakwad rather than quick bowler Meghna Singh.
Gujarat Giants . Singh/Rajeshwari Gayakwad, 11 Priya Mishra
