The third match of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) will take place today between Gujarat Giants and UP Warriors. The match will start at 7:30 pm at DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai. UP Warriors team will play their first match in the tournament. At the same time, Gujarat Giants lost their first match against Mumbai Indians on Saturday.

This match can be difficult for Gujarat, as there is doubt over the captaincy of the team, Beth Mooney. Mooney injured his left knee while batting against Mumbai in the first match on Saturday. However, the team has not yet clarified anything on Mooney’s playing. Sneh Rana can captain in Mooney’s absence. At the same time, Alyssa Healy will take charge of UP.

See here the photo of the trophy on which all the five captains are eyeing…

The captains of the five teams unveiling the first WPL trophy.

Top class all-rounder in Gujarat Giants
Women’s T20 World Cup player of the tournament Ashley Gardner and player of the final Beth Mooney are in Gujarat. Mooney is the captain of the team and the team also has top class all-rounders like Georgia Wareheim, Sneh Rana, Annabel Sutherland, Deandra Dottin, Manasi Joshi and Harleen Deol.

Strength : Foreign batsmen, domestic spinners and spin bowling all-rounders are giving strength to the team. The batting lineup is so strong that the lack of domestic batsmen will not be felt.

Weekdays : There are no specialist pacers. Foreign and domestic experts are not fast bowlers. There is no dearth of domestic batsmen and world class leg spinners in the batting line-up either.

World Cup winning players in UP Warriors
Australia’s wicket-keeper batter Alyssa Healy has been given the captaincy of the team. Apart from these, the team also includes World Cup winning players like Tahlia McGrath, Grace Harris and Shabnim Ismail, who played the final of the Women’s T20 World Cup from South Africa.

Strength : There are all kinds of top class players in the playing XI. Australian players are making the batting order very aggressive. Domestic spinners will strengthen the team. The playing eleven is balanced.

weekend : Lack of domestic batters and fast bowlers. Lack of options due to having only 5 extra players. There are not many top class fast bowlers in the team.

See here the full squad of both the teams…

UP Warriors: Kiran Navagire (India), Alyssa Healy (Australia), Deepti Sharma (India), Devika Vaidya (India), Simran Shaikh (India), Tahlia McGrath (Australia), Parshvi Chopra (India), Shabnim Ismail (South Africa), Sophie Ecclestone (England), Rajeshwari Gaikwad (India) and Grace Harris (Australia).

Gujarat Giants: Sabineni Meghana (India), Deondra Dottin (West Indies), Ashley Gardner (Australia), Sophia Dunkley (England), Harleen Deol (India), Sneh Rana (India), Monika Patel (India), Tanuja Kanwar (India), Sushma Verma (India), Manasi Joshi (India) and Annabel Sutherland (Australia).