The first match of the Women’s Premier League 2025 will be played between Gujarat Giants and Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara. Fans are eagerly waiting for this opening match and this can also prove to be a golden opportunity for the players creating fantasy teams.
If you want to win big money by creating your own team on a fantasy platform, then the tips and information given here can be very useful for you. In this article, we are going to give you GGW vs RCBW Fantasy 11 Prediction as well as all the important information related to this match.
GGW vs RCBW: A Clash of Titans
Match Briefing
- Tournament: Women’s Premier League 2025 (WPL 2025)
- Match: Gujarat Giants vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 1st Match
- Date and Day: 14 February 2025, Saturday
- Time: 07:30 PM IST
- Venue: Kotambi Stadium, Vadodara
Kotambi Stadium Pitch Report
At Vadodara’s Kotambi Stadium, the pitch is better suited for bowlers than batsmen. Fast bowlers get more help here, while spin bowlers can also prove to be effective in the middle overs. However, if the batsmen manage to save wickets in the first few overs here, then they can play the ball very easily. Over the past ten Twenty20 matches, spin bowlers have claimed 41% of the wickets (43), while fast bowlers have claimed 59% of the wickets (62).
The highest score in women’s T20 matches played at Kotambi Stadium Vadodara is recorded by the Indian women’s team. They scored 143/3 in 20 overs against Bangladesh here in 2013 and restricted the opposition team to 94/7 in 20 overs. On this field, the Bangladesh women’s team records the lowest score in women’s T20 matches. They could only score 88/4 in 20.0 overs against India.
GGW vs RCBW: Weather Forecast
The first match of WPL 2025 to be played between Gujarat Giants and Royal Challengers Bangalore at Kotambi Stadium Vadodara will be played on 14 February at 07:30 PM IST. According to the Meteorological Department, the temperature there will be 23.7℃ during the match, while there is no chance of rain. However, the humidity is expected to be up to 25%.
Probable Playing XI
Gujarat Giants Probable Playing 11: Beth Mooney, Laura Wolfart, Phoebe Litchfield, Ashley Gardner (Captain), Dayalan Hemalatha, Harleen Deol, Sayali Satghare, Tanuja Kanwar, Deandra Dottin, Simran Sheikh, Danielle Gibson.
Royal Challengers Bangalore Probable Playing 11: Smriti Mandhana (captain), Danni Wyatt-Hodge, Sabbini Meghana, Ellyse Perry, Georgia Wareham, Kanika Ahuja, Shreyanka Patil, Richa Ghosh, Renuka Singh, Ekta Bisht, Charlie Dean.
GGW vs RCBW Fantasy 11 Predictions
Fantasy Team 1
- Wicketkeeper: Beth Mooney, Richa Ghosh
- Batters: Smriti Mandhana, Laura Wolvaardt, Danni Wyatt-Hodge
- All-rounders: Ashleigh Gardner, Georgia Wareham, Deandra Dottin, Ellyse Perry
- Bowlers: Charlie Dean, Shreyanka Patil, Renuka Singh Thakur
- Captain: Ashleigh Gardner
- Vice-Captain: Danni Wyatt-Hodge
Fantasy Team 2
- Wicketkeeper: Beth Mooney
- Batters: Smriti Mandhana, Laura Wolvaardt, Danni Wyatt-Hodge
- All-rounders: Ashleigh Gardner, Georgia Wareham, Deandra Dottin, Phoebe Litchfield, Ellyse Perry
- Bowlers: Renuka Singh Thakur, Tanuja Kanwer
- Captain: Deandra Dottin
- Vice–Captain: Beth Mooney
Players to Watch Out For
Deandra Dottin (Gujarat Giants):
After the controversies in WPL 2023, Dottin will now want to respond with her performance. In the Women’s T20 World Cup last year, she scored the most runs while batting for the West Indies and also took five wickets while bowling. She scored 110 runs at a strike rate of 203.70 in the home T20 series against Bangladesh. Her team will expect her to give her best contribution in both the batting and bowling departments.
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Richa Ghosh (Royal Challengers Bangalore):
There are very few players in Indian cricket who can finish the match like Richa Ghosh. She played an important role in RCB winning the title last season. She is also third in the list of players who have hit the most sixes in WPL history. This season, due to the absence of many big and hard-hitting players, there will be more responsibility on them.
Key Statistics
Ashley Gardner, an all-around player, has scored 324 runs and taken 17 wickets for the Gujarat Giants in WPL history.
Gujarat Giants have tried eight opening pairs in the last two WPL seasons, the most by any team.
Bangalore has Ekta Bisht and Heather Graham, two bowlers who have taken hat-tricks in T20 international cricket. Bisht also took a hat-trick in the Women’s Uttarakhand Premier League 2023.
