That is a terrific finish from Richa Ghosh! This innings will be remembered for a long-long time in the Women's Premier League. She finishes the game with a six and stays not out at the score of 64 off 27. RCB win the opening game of WPL 2025 by 6 wickets against GG.

Richa Ghosh has slammed her fifty in 23 balls, Royal Challengers Bengaluru 187/4 in 17.4 overs vs Gujarat Giants. What a match this is! What a knock this is from Richa! She has turned this game on its head. RCB were lagging behind in the chase but her quickfire fifty has put them on the brink of victory now.

16 runs came off Deandra Dottin's over.. This is Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women's game to lose from this point. Two set batters at the crease and they need only 24 runs in 18 balls. Richa Ghosh is close to her half-century.

Richa Ghosh has turned this game on its head with some senstional batting. She slammed Ashleigh Gardner for 4 fours and 1 six in the 16th over of the innings. A total of 23 runs came in the over and suddenly Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women look the favourites from here. They need 40 runs in 24 balls. Meanwhile, Ghosh is batting at the score of 37 off 18 balls.

RCBW 162/4 (16)

16 runs come off Sayali Satghare's final over and Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women have managed to keep themselves alive in this chase. They need 63 runs in 30 balls. The asking rate is over 12 but gettable on this track.

A flighted and fuller delivery and Richa Ghosh launches it down the ground for a six. Royal Challengers Bengaluru need many more like this to keep their hopes intact. They need 81 runs in 39 balls.

RCBW 121/4 (13.3)

Ellyse Perry is gone for 57 off 34 balls and the trouble increases for Royal Challengers Bengaluru. It was a low full toss from Sayali Satghare and that went straight into the hands of fielder at long-on. RCB need 93 runs in 46 balls.

Ellyse Perry raced to her half-century in 27 balls before Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women lost struggling Raghvi Bist. The batter was dismissed for 25 off 27 balls. RCB need 102 runs in 54 balls.

RCBW 100/3 (11)

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women are halfway down the chase. They need 113 runs in 60 balls. Ellyse Perry is close to her half-century, she is only 8 runs away from her half-century.

Width on offer from Tanuja Kanwa and Ellyse Perry capitalizes on it with a four. 11 runs came off the over. Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women need 122 runs in 66 balls. They have made a good comeback in this chase after losing two wickets in just one over.

It was an easy catch for the fielder Harleen Deol at long-on but she dropped it. Ellyse Perry mistimed the Sayali Satghare delivery and Deol ran to her right from long-on to take the catch. She reached there but failed to hold on to the catch.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women need 151 runs in 84 balls. They have scored 51 runs in the powerplay but lost two crucial wickets. Onus is on Ellyse Perry and Raghvi Bist to keep the side going in this big chase of 202.

Deandra Dottin bowled the third over and conceded 11 runs and it was surprising to see that the captain then handed the ball to Tanuja Kanwar instead of continuing her own bowling. Tanuja gave 8 runs in the 4th over. GG are in control at the moment.

Another RCB player is gone and Ashleigh Gardner is just having a dream game. That is the second wicket for her in the same over. Only one run came off the over and two wickets. Danielle Wyatt-Hodge went for a sweep but missed the ball completely as it rattled her stumps. RCB are in big trouble here.

Ashleigh Gardner has struck! She has dismissed Smriti Mandhana. What a night the Australian all-rounder is having. She first scored a fiery 79 not out in the first innings and now provides her side a breakthrough in the second one. Mandhana walks off after scoring 9 off 7 balls. She also wasted one review in the process.

RCBW 13/1 (1.2)

A short ball to start with for Kashvee Gautam and that has been slammed away for a four from Smriti Mandhana. Another short ball, this time outside off stump and Mandhana has cut it away past the backward point for another four.

The opening ceremony of WPL 2025 is currently underway at Kotambi Stadium, Vadodara. Bollywood actor and singer Ayushmann Khurrana is performing.

Kim Garth bowled three dot balls in the final over that fetched a total of 9 runs for Gujarat Giants. They crossed the milestone of 200 runs and that is a great total even on this kind of batting surface. Meanwhile, Ashleigh Gardner remains not out at the score of 79 off 37 balls. 

Simran Shaik was dismissed by Georgia Wareham but the over still fetched Gujarat Giants 20 runs. Simran slammed a four and a six before losing her wicket, while Ashleigh Gardner hit a six on the fifth ball of the over.

Ashleigh Gardner is looking in some ominous touch. She is hitting the ball brutally. The right-handed batter slammed three sixes in the over of Joshitha VJ. She is now batting on 71 off 32 balls. A total of 20 runs came off the over.

A big breakthrough for RCB this is! Deandra Dottin is the batter who departs at the score of 25 off 13 balls. Renuka Singh has once again brought RCB back in the game. The partnership between Dottin and Ashleigh Gardner was of 67 off 30 balls.

GGTW 152/4 (16.5)

Ashleigh Gardner raced to her half-century in only 25 balls with the help of 3 fours and 4 sixes. She is looking in terrific touch tonight. Unfortunately, defending champions RCBW have been at the receiving end of it. Gujarat Gaints could even get to 200 from this point.

A flighted delivery from Prema Rawat and Ashleigh Gardner slammed it down the ground for a biggie. Okay, she is not stopping. Here is another sensational hit from her for a biggie. This one went over the deep mid-wicket fielder. Rawat follows it with a poor short ball down the leg side and Gardner has pulled it over the square leg to make a hat-trick of sixes. A single came after that. Rawat leaked 21 runs in the over.

GGTW 119/3 (14)

A much-needed breakthrough for RCB and Prema Rawat is the bowler who provides it. It was a fuller delivery and Mooney struck it really hard but into the hands of Smriti Mandhana at mid-wicket. That is a good grab from Mandhana as the ball was travelling really fast. Mooney is gone for 56 off 42. 

Hat-trick of fours and then a single that's how Beth Mooney raced to her fifty in just 37 balls. Gujarat Giants are back in the game with some good acceleration. 15 runs came off the last over bowled by Georgia Wareham. This is the fourth half-century for Mooney in WPL, and she equals Meg Lanning's record for scoring most fifties in the tournament.

GGTW 68/2 (10)

That is a good review from Beth Mooney. Umpire had declared her out LBW, but the batter went for a review. She certainly knew she had edged it before it hit her pad. Snicometer revealed that she was right. 

A three-run over from Kanika Ahuja and pressure must be on Gujarat Giant batters now. GG's scoring rate has gone below 6 now.

Beth Mooney slammed Joshitha VJ for a four and that saw Gujarat Giants reaching 50 runs. It has been a slow start for the Giants and they need to accelerate a bit to get to a competitive total.

GGTW 50/2 (8)

Another one departs! Dayalan Hemalatha is gone for 4 runs off 9 balls. Kanika Ahuja bowled it fuller and wider from Hemalathan and the ploy worked as the batter got a thick outside edge that was easily taken by the backward point fielder.

An appeal for LBW on the fourth ball of 5th over was turned down by the umpire. Renuka Singh was the bowler and she kept insisting her captain Smriti Mandhana to go for a review. But the captain felt it was a bit high. Ball tracking revealed that it would have hit the stumps. As soon as the big screen showed it in the next over, Renuka reacted to it and saw if her teammates were watching it.

There is the first blood for defending champions RCB. They have got the wicket of Laura Wolvaardt. A beautiful incoming delivery provides Renuka Singh the wicket. Wolvaardt also got an inside edge on it as the ball crashed on her stumps. She is gone for 6 off 10 balls. This is a good comeback from Renuka as she had leaked runs so far. 

GGTW 35/1 (4.3)

Luck favoured Beth Mooney on the first ball of the over. She jumped out of her crease on the bowling of Kim Garth and got a thick edge, but the ball flew over the in-field to run away for a four through the third man region.

Nine runs came off Renuka Singh's second over. There were no boundaries in it but two wides and one of them even saw the players stealing a bye.

Width on offer outside off-stump and Laura Wolvaardt hit it away for a four. A single followed. Eight runs came off the Kim Garth over.

GGTW 14/0 (2)

That is impressive wicketkeeping from Richa Ghosh. Renuka Singh bowled two back-to-back deliveries down the leg side but Richa collected it really well. One of them was wide while the other one got deflected off Laura Wolvaardt's pad. 

0.2 - A short ball outside off-stump from Renuka to Mooney and that has been hit away for a four. That was a poor ball but meanwhile a good shot from Mooney. The ball went through the right side of backward point to run away for the boundary.

Renuka Thakur has the new ball in hand. Beth Mooney is on strike, Laura Wolvaardt is at the other end. Here we go...

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women: Smriti Mandhana(c), Danielle Wyatt-Hodge, Ellyse Perry, Raghvi Bist, Richa Ghosh(w), Kanika Ahuja, Georgia Wareham, Kim Garth, Prema Rawat, Joshitha V J, Renuka Thakur Singh

Gujarat Giants Women: Laura Wolvaardt, Beth Mooney(w), Dayalan Hemalatha, Ashleigh Gardner(c), Deandra Dottin, Harleen Deol, Simran Shaikh, Tanuja Kanwar, Sayali Satghare, Priya Mishra, Kashvee Gautam

"We were going to bowl as well but that's okay. We have built a good rapport with the Gujarat girls. We have got youth and experience in our team. Excited to get started. Five debutants," said GG captain Ashleigh Gardner.

"It's good to be back in Baroda. We were here a month back. I thought it was going to be Gujarat's home ground but looks like it is our home ground. We would like to bowl first. Dew is a big factor so it is better to a few overs out before dew comes in. We had good practice sessions, preparation has been good. Few forced changes. Perry, Wareham, Danny and Kim," said RCB captain Smriti Mandhana after winning the toss.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women captain Smriti Mandhana won the toss and opted to bowl against Gujarat Giants in WPL 2025 opener.

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