Ellyse Perry (57, 34b, 6x4, 2x6) and Richa Ghosh (64 not out, 27b, 7x4, 4x6) were in sublime touch as defending champions RCB scaled down the target of 202 with ease in the tournament opener against GG in Baroda.

Given the kind of setbacks her team has had to deal with even before WPL 3 got underway, it was a tribute to her character that Smriti Mandhana could flash that winning smile of hers so often on Thursday evening.

The third season of the Women's Premier League commences today, featuring the defending champions, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, facing off against the Gujarat Giants.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Gujarat Giants Highlights, WPL 2025: Richa Ghosh scored a sensational fifty as defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru beat Gujarat Giants by 6 wickets.

Gujarat Giants will face Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the opening match of the 2025 Women's Premier League. Giants finished last in the last two seasons while RCB are the defending champions. Previously,

Gujarat Giants vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru Live Score: FOUR! THE GENIUS OF PERRY! Fires in a yorker, outside off, Ellyse Perry lets the ball come to her and then opens the face of the bat to squeeze it in the gap towards short third for a boundary.

For decades, cricket in India was a man's world. Heroes were men, and their triumphs dominated every conversation. But RCB's women's team changed the narrative.

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Royal Challengers Bengaluru captain Smriti Mandhana won the toss and elected to field against Gujarat Giants in the first match of the third season of Women’s Premier League, in Vadodara on Friday (February 14, 2025).

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) won the toss and elected to bowl first against Gujarat Giants (GG) in the WPL 2025 season opener

Defending champions RCB led by Smriti Mandhana will be facing Ash Gardner's GG in the opening match of the season.