‘Very proud’: Skipper Sneh Rana lauds Gujarat Giants’ effort in win over RCB | Cricket News – Times of India

Gujarat Giants captain Sneh Rana lauded her team’s effort that helped them earn an 11-run win over Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the Women’s Premier League (WPL) on Wednesday at Mumbai’s Brabourne Stadium.
Gujarat owed it to opener Sophia Dunkley‘s 65 off just 28 balls, including the tournament’s fastest half-century in 18 balls, and Harleen Deol’s 67 off 45 to put up a mammoth 201/7 on the board.
Dunkley’s blazing knock included 11 fours and 3 sixes, while Deol hit 9 four and a six.

Sophine Devine (66 off 45) and Heather Knight (30 off 11) then almost took RCB home before ending up 11 runs short at 190/6.
“Amazing, incredible, superb effort from the girls, very proud of them. It (blow to finger) will be fine. Defending here in CCI is never easy, I know it was a tough game, a high scoring game. We lived up to the game,” said Rana during the post-match presentation ceremony.
With the ball, Ashleigh Gardner picked 3/32 while Annabel Sutherland, despite being expensive, managed to defend 24 runs off the final over to end up with 2/56 and give Gujarat their first two points.
“We thought of giving her (Annabel) a few overs because she bowls good wide yorkers. I think we are a balanced team, we have good batters and we have a good combination of players. It’s something we were looking for from the first win and now we have got it (the win),” added Sneh.

RCB captain Smriti Mandhana admitted that the bowlers gave away more runs than the expected margins.
“I think I’d say even in our bowling, we gave away 10-15 runs more than what we expected to. There were two-three overs where we conceded a lot, and not 6-7 runs. We would have gotten better (with the target) otherwise. It’s a good outfield, one end is really short, that did play with few of our bowlers’ in mind, we are trying to work on it,” said Mandhana.
This was the third straight loss for RCB, while Gujarat ended their two-match losing run.
(With agency inputs)