WPL: Richa Ghosh, Ellyse Perry fifties energy Royal Challengers Bengaluru to six-wicket win over Gujarat Giants | Cricket Information

NEW DELHI: Ellyse Perry and Richa Ghosh delivered highly effective half-centuries as Royal Challengers Bengaluru achieved a historic Ladies’s Premier League victory, efficiently chasing down 202 runs to defeat Gujarat Giants on Friday. Perry (57, 34b, 6×4, 2×6) and Ghosh (64 not out, 27b, 7×4, 4×6) displayed distinctive batting prowess within the event’s opening match.
RCB confronted early setbacks, dropping each openers Smriti Mandhana (9) and Danny Wyatt (4) to Ashleigh Gardner within the second over, leaving them at 14 for 2.

The partnership between Perry and Raghavi Bist (25, 27b) yielded 86 runs, stabilising the innings till Bist fell to Deandra Dottin.
Perry, who obtained a lifeline when dropped on 19, capitalised on the chance in opposition to the Giants’ imprecise bowling assault.
Regardless of nursing a hip harm from the current Ladies’s Ashes, Perry reached her fifty off 27 balls with a six in opposition to Dottin.

Following Perry’s dismissal by Sayali Satghare, Ghosh and Kanika Ahuja (30 not out, 13b, 4×4) took management of the chase.
Their unbroken 93-run partnership, that includes Ghosh’s 23-ball fifty, proved decisive as RCB secured victory, scoring 64 runs within the closing 5 overs.
Earlier, Gujarat Giants posted 201/5, powered by captain Gardner’s explosive 79 off 37 balls (3×4, 8×6) and Beth Mooney’s composed 56 off 42 (8×4).
After dropping Wolvaardt and Hemalatha with 41 runs on board, Mooney and Gardner steadied the innings with a 44-run partnership earlier than Mooney fell to Prema Rawat.

Gardner and Dottin (25, 13b, 3×4, 1×6) accelerated the scoring with a fast 67-run partnership.
Gardner’s aggressive strategy contrasted with Mooney’s technical batting, as she dominated each spin and tempo, significantly focusing on Prema and VJ Joshitha for 3 sixes every.
The innings concluded with Dottin’s dismissal by Renuka Singh while trying an aggressive shot.