Gujarat Giants skipper Ashleigh Gardner won the toss and elected to bowl first against UP Warriorz (UPW) in the tournament’s third game at the Kotambi Stadium on Sunday. GG had a heart-breaking six-wicket loss in the season-opener to defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and will be aiming to win over UPW to get their first points of the season. Deepti Sharma became the UPW captain due to Alyssa Healy pulling out of the tournament with injury. uncapped India pacer Kranti Goud and Australia leg-spinner Alana King are the WPL debutants for them. Tahlia McGrath, Sophie Ecclestone, and Grace Harris are the four overseas players included by UPW. The pitch for Sunday’S game is a fresh surface, with the square boundaries being 58m and 50m respectively, while the straight boundary stands at 70m. In the pitch report, it was observed that the grass was less and cracks were open.
