This team is out of WPL 2025, all hopes ended after the victory of Gujarat Giants

The 17th match of Women's Premier League 2025 was played between Gujarat Giants and table topper Delhi Capitals. This high scoring match played between the two teams saw a very tough competition and Gujarat Giants managed to register a win due to Harleen Deol's explosive innings. With this win, Gujarat Giants have kept their playoff hopes alive. But after the result of this match, one team has also been eliminated from the playoff race.

This team is out of WPL 2025

Gujarat Giants' victory means that the journey is over for UP Warriors, who can no longer make it to the playoffs. UP Warriors have won only 2 out of the 7 matches played so far this season and have lost 5 matches. Now, they have only one match left in the league stage. In such a situation, they can reach a maximum of 6 points, which is not enough for the playoffs. Let us tell you, UP Warriors' performance in the last 3 matches was very poor, they had to face continuous defeat, due to which their team has become the first team to be eliminated from the league this time.

Harleen Deol gave Gujarat an important victory

In this match played between the two teams, after being invited to bat first, Delhi Capitals made a good start. Captain Meg Lanning played an innings of 92 runs. At the same time, Shefali Verma contributed 40 runs. However, apart from these two players, no other batsman could perform much, due to which Delhi's team could score only 177 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs.

Chasing this target, Gujarat Giants scored 178 runs for five wickets in 19.3 overs and won. Gujarat's start was not very good, in the second over itself, opener Dayalan Hemalatha returned to the pavilion. But wicketkeeper and opener Beth Mooney and Harleen Deol shared an 85-run partnership for the second wicket in 57 balls. During this, Beth Mooney played an important innings of 44 runs. At the same time, Harleen Deol remained unbeaten by scoring 70 runs in 49 balls and led the team to victory. Deandra Dottin also scored 24 runs in 10 balls. During this innings, Beth Mooney, Harleen Deol and Deandra Dottin together scored 103 runs in the last 10 overs and registered an important victory for the team.

Gujarat remains in the playoff race

By defeating the table-toppers who are already in the playoffs, the Giants have overtaken Mumbai Indians and moved to second place on the points table with a better net run rate. However, MI still have two games in hand over the Giants. The Giants and MI will now face each other in a crucial league game on March 10 in Mumbai.