WPL 2025: The third season of the Women’s Premier League is going to start from February 14. The first match of the tournament will be played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat Giants. The Gujarat Giants team will be seen giving a tough fight to Smriti Mandhana’s RCB. In this match, everyone’s eyes will be on the young Indian players included in both the teams. This time Sophie Devine, Molinou and Kate Cross are not playing for Bangalore, which is a big setback for the team.
RCB Will Come Down To Defend The Title
In the second season of the tournament in 2024, RCB won the title by defeating Delhi. This time it will be difficult for the team to win the title in many ways. Gujarat under the captaincy of Ashley Gardner will pose a tough challenge for RCB. RCB captain Smriti Mandhana said, ‘Many players who were part of the last XI are out this time due to injury. Sophie Devine is one of the best all-rounders in the world, so she will be missed.’
🎙Ladies and Gentlemen… The defending champions are ready to rumble in Vadodara! 🤼♂
— Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) February 14, 2025
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Gardner Will Challenge Mandhana
In this match, everyone’s eyes will be on the match between Garden and Mandhana. Mandhana’s record against Garden has not been very good. Mandhana is often seen in trouble against the Gujarat captain and has been out against her many times in T20. Apart from these, Alice Perry and Harleen Deol will also play an important role for their teams.
| Gujarat Giants Women’s Full Squad | Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women’s Full Squad |
|---|---|
| Ashleigh Gardner (captain) | Asha Shobhana Joy |
| Harleen Deol | Joshita VJ |
| Prakashika Naik | Richa Ghosh |
| Beth Mooney | Danni Wyatt |
| Kashvi Gautam | Kanika Ahuja |
| Priya Mishra | Sabbineni Meghana |
| Bharti Fulmali | Ekta Bisht |
| Laura Wolvaardt | Kate Cross |
| Sayali Sachre | Shreyanka Patil |
| Danielle Gibson | Elise Perry |
| Mannat Kashyap | Prema Rawat |
| Shabnam Shakeel | Smriti Mandhana (Captain) |
| Dayalan Hemalatha | Georgia Wareham |
| Meghna Singh | Raghavi Bist |
| Simran Sheikh | Sophie Devine |
| Deandra Dottin | Jagravi Pawar |
| Phoebe Litchfield | Renuka Singh |
| Tanuja Kanwar | Sophie Molineux |
| RCB’s Probable Playing XI | GG’s Probable Playing XI |
|---|---|
| Smriti Mandhana (captain) | Beth Mooney (wk) |
| Danny Wyatt Hodge | Laura Woolvaardt |
| S Meghna | Harleen Deol |
| Alice Perry | Deandra Dottin |
| Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper) | Dayalan Hemalatha |
| Raghavi Bisht | Ashleigh Gardner (c) |
| Kanika Ahuja | Simran Sheikh |
| Georgia Wareham | Sayali Satghare |
| Jagarvi Pawar | Meghana Singh |
| Kim Garth | Tanuja Kanwar |
| Renuka Singh Thakur | Kashvi Gautam |
