GGW vs RCBW 6th Match Prediction

GGW vs RCBW Team Previews

Gujarat Giants Women

Despite having a strong batting line-up, the Gujarat Giants haven’t been off to a good start in the WPL. After being completely outplayed by the Mumbai Indians Women in the opening match, the Giants had a great chance of making a comeback as they faced a relatively weaker UP Warriorz in their second outing.

However, despite a superb bowling effort by Kim Garth, who took a fifer in her debut match, the Giants were unable to defend their total.

The team’s Captain and most experienced campaigner Beth Mooney injured herself in the match against Mumbai and is likely to miss at least a few matches as we wait for updates regarding the extent of damage to her ankle. In her absence, Sneh Rana will be leading the Giants.

Except for Harleen Deol, the Gujarat Giants do not have any big Indian names in the batting line-up and will have to rely on the likes of relatively inexperienced S Meghana and D Hemalatha to score runs. However, the team has a good mix of all-rounders in the form of Ashleigh Gardner, Annabel Sutherland, and Sophia Dunkley, all of whom are powerful hitters.

The Giants will need to work on their bowling, especially at the death, as it was the main reason why they lost the previous match. The Giants conceded as many as 63 runs in the last 4 overs of the second innings, which is a record in successful chases in WT20s. 

Royal Challengers Bangalore Women

Just like their opponents for Wednesday, the Royal Challengers Bangalore have a star-studded batting line-up, but they have failed to fire in their first two games of the season.

The collaboration of Smriti Mandhana and Ellyse Perry had skyrocketed the fans’ expectations but they have been left disappointed as both of them have failed to play a match-winning inning. In addition to Mandhana and Perry, the Royal Challengers will be looking for better performances from their star all-rounders, Heather Knight and Sophie Devine.

The other Indian players in the middle order include Disha Kasat, Kanika Ahuja, and Richa Ghosh. But they haven’t played a lot on such a big stage and are likely to crumble under pressure. Megan Schutt and Renuka Thakur Singh are once again expected to lead the pace attack, but both have gone wicketless in the first two matches.

With the pitch at the Brabourne Stadium quite helpful to the spinners, the Royal Challengers will depend on Preeti Bose and Shreyanka Patil to get them some quick wickets.