RCBW Vs GGW: Australian all-rounder Ashleigh Gardner creates history during Gujarat Giants Women Vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women, WPL 2025 match by becoming the first-ever batter from the side to score 5 fifty-plus scores in the history of the league.
With her fifth fifty-plus score, Ashleigh Gardner kept the qualification hopes of her side alive, and hand Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women their third consecutive defeat.
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Most Fifty-plus scores for Gujarat Giants Women in WPL:
- 5 – Ashleigh Gardner
- 4 – Beth Mooney
- 3 – L Wolvaardt
- 2- D Hemalatha
Here’s What Ashleigh Gardner Said During Post-Match Presentation Ceremony
Ashleigh Gardner (Player of the Match & Gujarat Giants Captain):
“Over the last couple of games we haven’t batted the way we wanted to. Credit goes to the bowlers tonight. They did a tremendous job, in particular TK, Kashvee – really leading from the front and it’s awesome to see different players to step up at different times. Being able to chase a low total like that gives you a little bit of freedom to play some shots and get into your innings.”
“That first game against RCB we probably should have won. It was really disappointing that we couldn’t defend 200 but that’s cricket. People can outplay you and that’s fine. Tonight it was really pleasing to be able to win and to quieten the crowd which I think most people want to do when they come to Chinnaswamy is to make the RCB fans quiet. It was really nice to be able to get a win and hope to have some positivity back in the camp.”
“Batting second is the trend of WPL at the moment. It’s nice not having too much dew. The wicket has shown it has enough in it. Against DC, it had a lot of seam movement, the wicket was very green. Quite a challenging wicket to bat on. Being able to adapt quickly to that. Tonight it was flat with not much turn. I am not sure how the wickets are going to be there in the coming games.”
“We spoke as a group to get better in the powerplay while batting. We just lost 1 wicket today. It proved pivotal. In the last 2 games we lost 4 wickets in the powerplay. We can take a lot of positivity. Each game is a new game. Bowlers have done a fantastic job. Hopefully we can train towards that direction and get some more wins.”
