Vadodara, Feb 4 (IANS) Head coach Michael Klinger felt the Gujarat Giants’ WPL 2026 season demonstrated noticeable progress, despite an overall sense of unfinished goals, as the side concluded their campaign with a loss to Delhi Capitals in the Eliminator on Tuesday.Securing second place on the points table marked a positive advancement and showed that the Giants maintained composure in close matches throughout the league phase. However, it also identified areas for improvement, especially durin…
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New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s big-hitting all-rounder Grace Harris said her contrasting personality with skipper Smriti Mandhana has been key to their successful opening partnership as the team prepares for the 2026 Women’s Premier League (WPL) final, set to happen at BCA Stadium in Vadodara on Thursday.The Australian power-hitter was handed the role of opening the batting alongside Smriti by head coach Malolan Rangarajan in a practice session ahead of the tournament….
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Big-hitting all-rounder Nadine de Klerk has pointed to the WPL 2026 opening match, where Royal Challengers Bengaluru beat Mumbai Indians by three wickets, as the catalyst for the franchise believing that this could be a special season for them. In that game at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai, RCB were struggling to get going in the chase of 155 and were reeling at 65/5 in the eighth over. But Nadine, who picked a four-for earlier, came in and got going to hit an unbea…
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) On the eve of Gujarat Giants second appearance in a Women’s Premier League (WPL) Eliminator at the BCA Stadium in Kotambi, Vadodara, Rajeshwari Gayakwad exudes a quiet confidence that belies the tumultuous journey that brought her to this juncture.At 34, left-arm spinner Gayakwad is having her best WPL season – 10 wickets coming in seven games at an average of 14.50 and economy rate of 7.63. “Nothing much is going on. All we have in mind is to play well at any cost and …
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) Delhi Capitals captain Jemimah Rodrigues has expressed confidence that her team has learned valuable lessons from their previous encounters with Gujarat Giants and is poised to “come out stronger” in the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2026 Eliminator on Tuesday. The winner will secure a spot in the final against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB). “You never lose as long as you can learn. And I know we’ve gotten really close and tight with Gujarat. But I just believe…
Vadodara, Feb 1 (IANS) An unchanged Delhi Capitals have won the toss and elected to bowl first against UP Warriorz in a decisive WPL 2026 clash at the BCA Stadium in Kotambi on Sunday. The situation is simple for DC – a win takes them to 8 points and secures the final spot in the playoffs, where Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Gujarat Giants have already entered. But if DC lose, they are likely to be knocked out because defending champions Mumbai Indians have a better net run rate.After winning …
Vadodara, Jan 31 (IANS) Delhi Capitals will go all out to secure a place in the WPL 2026 playoffs when they take on UP Warriorz in their final league-stage match here on Sunday.Having won three and lost four of their seven matches so far, Delhi Capitals need a victory to qualify for the next stage.Reflecting on the campaign so far, head coach Jonathan Batty said, “We’ve played some really good cricket at times. I think we’re yet to piece together the perfect game. We’ve still got lots of…
Vadodara, Jan 31 (IANS) Leg-spin bowling all-rounder Georgia Wareham, who struck an unbeaten 44 and later picked two wickets in Gujarat Giants sealing an 11-run win over Mumbai Indians in a decisive 2026 WPL clash, said she felt really nice to have an impact with both bat and ball.Georgia was adjudged Player of the Match for her all-round contributions in helping GG break the MI hoodoo. “It was really nice to have an impact today with both bat and ball. I probably let myself down a little in b…
Vadodara, Jan 30 (IANS) Eight straight defeats to Mumbai Indians and a rivalry that had become their biggest stumbling block – the odds were stacked up against Gujarat Giants when their decisive WPL 2026 clash against Mumbai Indians arrived at the BCA Stadium, Kotambi, on Friday.The winner would go to playoffs, while the loser would have to wait till Sunday to see if they would be in the tournament or not. When it mattered the most, GG finally broke the MI hoodoo – becoming ninth time lucky …
Vadodara, Jan 29 (IANS) All-rounder Grace Harris said that going back to ‘some older patterns’ with her batting has worked out for her and proved useful after she produced a decisive all-round performance to power Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) into the final of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2026 as RCB cruised to an eight-wicket win over UP Warriorz in Vadodara on Thursday.Harris was central to RCB’s dominance, first picking up 2 for 22 with the ball before blasting a 37-ball 75 i…