WPL 2024: UP Warriorz ride on Grace Harris’s whirlwind half-century to beat Gujarat Giants

The UP Warriorz secured their second win of the season to climb to the third in the Women’s Premier League points table.

Mar 1, 2024 - 22:00

WPL 2024: UP Warriorz ride on Grace Harris’s whirlwind half-century to beat Gujarat Giants

Grace Harris on Friday scored an unbeaten half-century to guide the UP Warriorz to a big win over the Gujarat Giants in the 2024 Women’s Premier League at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.

Riding on Harris’s unbeaten 33-ball 60, the Warriorz chased down the target of 143 runs with 26 balls to spare. The win sees the Warriorz tie Delhi Capitals, Royal Challengers Bangalore and the Mumbai Indians with four points. The Giants, on the other hand, are rooted to the bottom of the table after losing all three of their matches so far.

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Warriorz captain Alyssa Healy won the toss on a slow track and put the Giants to bat first. Laura Wolvaardt, who replaced Lea Tahuhu in the side, opened the innings with skipper Beth Mooney and got off to good start hitting Anjali Sarvani to a hat-trick of fours in the second over.

An over later, the pair hit Rajeshwari Gayakwad for 11 runs. However, at the other end, debutant Chamari Athapaththu kept things tight conceding just five runs from her opening two overs.

Healy brought on her main strike bowler in Sophie Ecclestone...