WPL 2025: Gujarat Giants Playing XI Prediction vs Delhi Capitals

WPL 2025: Gujarat Giants Playing XI Prediction vs Delhi Capitals

 

The third season of the Women's Premier League has witnessed some exciting games so far. In this row, the next match is between the previous runner-up, Delhi Capitals, and Gujarat Giants. This article will discuss the predicted playing XI of the Gujarat Giants for the upcoming match against Delhi Capitals.

After the first ten days of the tournament, Gujarat Giants have played three matches, winning only one and losing two. The upcoming match against Delhi Capitals will be important for the team, as losing this match will make the road to the playoffs tougher. On the other hand, Delhi Capitals have played four matches so far, winning two of them and losing two.

 

In the Women's Premier League 2025, each team will play eight matches in the group stage. The team finishing at the top will directly qualify for the finals. An eliminator match will determine the team in second place against the team in third place for the final match.

This is the expected playing XI of the Gujarat Giants for the upcoming match.

 

Role	Player	Specialty
Captain	Beth Mooney (wk)	Left-hand Bat
Opener	Laura Wolvaardt	Right-hand Bat
No. 3	Phoebe Litchfield	Left-hand Bat
No. 4	Ashleigh Gardner	All-rounder
No. 5	Dayalan Hemalatha	Right-hand Bat
No. 6	Sneh Rana	Off-spin
No. 7	Harleen Deol	Right-hand Bat
No. 8	Tanuja Kanwar	Left-arm Spin
No. 9	Meghna Singh	Right-arm Fast
No. 10	Mannat Kashyap	Left-arm Spin
No. 11	Lauren Cheatle	Left-arm Medium

 

 

Gujarat Performance So Far In WPL 2025

In the three matches played so far, the team's first match was against the defending champions, Royal Challengers, in the tournament opener. Despite scoring a substantial total of 21 runs in the first innings, the team lost the match as RCB completed a historic chase. 

 

In the second match, the Gujarat Giants, bowling first, restricted the UP Warriors' innings to just 143 runs, taking nine wickets and then chasing down the target to secure their first win in the tournament. In the third match of the season against the Mumbai Indians, the team got all out for just 120 runs, setting a very small target for the Mumbai Indians, who chased it down in just 16 overs.

 

 After losing two out of the three matches played so far, Gujarat Giants is currently in the last position in the points table.

 

 

Top 3 Gujarat Giants Players to Watch Out for

Ashleigh Gardner

Ashleigh Gardner, who is the captain of Gujarat Giants the WPL 2025, has performed well in the season so far is scoring two half-centuries along with 2/39 against UP Warriorz. Gardner has stepped up with her contributions after becoming the captain which is really helpful for the team, but Gujarat's performance in the season is not on par with the fan's expectations, and that is something Captain Gardner really needs to work on. 

 

Batting Stats	Value
Matches	8
Runs	295
Average	98.33
Strike Rate	136.57
Highest Score	88*
Not Outs	5

 

Bowling Stats	Value
Wickets	10
Economy Rate	7.23

 

 

Beth Mooney

Former captain of Gujarat Giants, Beth Mooney, stepped down from the captaincy before the season started and is now playing a key role in the team as a batter and wicketkeeper. In her 11 matches so far in the WPL, she has scored 341 runs with an average of 37.88.

Statistic	Value
T20I Runs	2200+
T20I Stats	2 hundreds, 16 fifties
WPL 2024 Runs	285
Role	Wicketkeeper-Batter
WPL Price	₹2 crore

 

 

 

 

 

Deandra Dottin

 

One of the most interesting acquisitions for the Gujarat Giants in the WPL 2025 auction was Deandra Dottin, who joined the team for a price of 1.7 crore. The Caribbean hard-hitter is a key finisher for the Giants this season. In the first match of the season against UP Warriorz, Dottin scored an explosive 33 runs off 18 balls while also claiming two wickets.

 

Statistic	Value
T20I Runs	3004
T20I Wickets	71
Highest Score	112*
Role	All-rounder
Style	Aggressive Batter

 

 

WPL 2025: Gujarat Giants 2025 Schedule

Date	Match	Opponent	Venue	Time
Feb 14, Thu	Match 1	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	Kotambi Stadium, Vadodara	7:30 PM
Feb 16, Sat	Match 3	UP Warriorz	Kotambi Stadium, Vadodara	7:30 PM
Feb 18, Mon	Match 5	Mumbai Indians	Kotambi Stadium, Vadodara	7:30 PM
Feb 25, Mon	Match 10	Delhi Capitals	M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru	7:30 PM
Feb 27, Wed	Match 12	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru	7:30 PM
Mar 3, Mon	Match 15	UP Warriorz	Ekana Stadium, Lucknow	7:30 PM
Mar 7, Fri	Match 17	Delhi Capitals	Ekana Stadium, Lucknow	7:30 PM
Mar 10, Sun	Match 19	Mumbai Indians	Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai	7:30 PM

 

 

WPL 2025 : Gujarat Giants Squad

Player Name	Role/Category
Ashleigh Gardner (C)	All-rounder
Beth Mooney	Wicketkeeper-Batter
Laura Wolvaardt	Batter
Phoebe Litchfield	Batter
Deandra Dottin	All-rounder
Harleen Deol	All-rounder
Dayalan Hemalatha	All-rounder
Danielle Gibson	All-rounder
Meghna Singh	Bowler
Tanuja Kanwer	Bowler
Mannat Kashyap	Bowler
Shabnam Shakil	Bowler
Kashvee Gautam	Bowler
Priya Mishra	Bowler
Prakashika Naik	Bowler
Sayali Satchare	Bowler
Bharti Fulmali	Batter
Simran Shaikh	Batter

 

 

WPL 2025 Schedule 

Match	Date	Teams	Venue
Match 1	Feb 14	Gujarat Giants vs RCB	Kotambi Stadium, Vadodara
Match 2	Feb 15	Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians	Kotambi Stadium, Vadodara
Match 3	Feb 16	Gujarat Giants vs UP Warriorz	Kotambi Stadium, Vadodara
Match 4	Feb 17	Delhi Capitals vs RCB	Kotambi Stadium, Vadodara
Match 5	Feb 18	Gujarat Giants vs Mumbai Indians	Kotambi Stadium, Vadodara
Match 6	Feb 19	Delhi Capitals vs UP Warriorz	Kotambi Stadium, Vadodara
Match 7	Feb 21	RCB vs Mumbai Indians	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Match 8	Feb 22	Delhi Capitals vs UP Warriorz	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Match 9	Feb 24	RCB vs UP Warriorz	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Match 10	Feb 25	Delhi Capitals vs Gujarat Giants	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Match 11	Feb 26	Mumbai Indians vs UP Warriorz	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Match 12	Feb 27	RCB vs Gujarat Giants	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Match 13	Feb 28	Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Match 14	Mar 1	RCB vs Delhi Capitals	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Match 15	Mar 3	UP Warriorz vs Gujarat Giants	Ekana Stadium, Lucknow
Match 16	Mar 6	UP Warriorz vs Mumbai Indians	Ekana Stadium, Lucknow
Match 17	Mar 7	Delhi Capitals vs Gujarat Giants	Ekana Stadium, Lucknow
Match 18	Mar 8	UP Warriorz vs RCB	Ekana Stadium, Lucknow
Match 19	Mar 10	Mumbai Indians vs Gujarat Giants	Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Match 20	Mar 11	Mumbai Indians vs RCB	Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Eliminator	Mar 13	2nd vs 3rd placed team	Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Final	Mar 15	Winner of Eliminator vs 1st placed team	Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai

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