🏏WPL 2026, Match-12, GG W vs RCB W, BCA Stadium Vadodara🏏 - Page 2

Gujarat Giants face a tough task after their 32-run loss in Match 9. Their batting order collapsed while chasing 183, with only Bharti Fulmali showing any real fight. The team needs their top-order batters to step up big time. Beth Mooney and Danni Wyatt-Hodge must give them solid starts.

The middle order depends heavily on Ashleigh Gardner. She scored just 3 in the last match, so expect her to come back stronger. Sophie Devine brings experience and can change games with both bat and ball. Their bowling remains a strength with Wareham and Gautam picking up wickets regularly.

The Giants know Kotambi Stadium well as their home ground. Playing in Vadodara gives them crowd support and familiar conditions. They need to use this advantage and bounce back from their recent loss.

Match Prediction

RCB walks into this game with a clear advantage. They just hammered GG, and you can see their confidence building. Radha Yadav and Shreyanka Patil have found their groove right when it matters. Their bowlers, honestly, look sharp and ready to cause more trouble.

GG has the home crowd behind them in Vadodara, so that’s a boost. Playing on your own turf always helps a bit. But they really need their batters to show up this time. Last game was rough, no way around it. Beth Mooney, Gardner, and Fulmali have to deliver and put some serious runs on the board.

Kotambi Stadium usually gives the batters what they want: plenty of runs. And if you’re chasing, dew in the second innings makes life easier. So, winning the toss and bowling first, that’s a big deal tonight.

RCB walks into this match riding a wave of confidence. They just beat GG a few days back, so they’re feeling good. Shreyanka Patil’s bowling gives them a real edge; she can tear through any batting lineup. And with Radha Yadav steadying the middle order, they’ve patched up some old problems. Sure, GG will put up a fight at home, but right now, RCB has all the momentum. Honestly, it looks like RCB will grab another win and stretch their lead even further.

Still, cricket loves throwing curveballs. If GG’s top order settles in and piles up a big total, their bowlers can definitely defend it. Sophie Devine knows how to rally her team, and Kotambi Stadium is familiar ground for them. If Mooney and Wyatt-Hodge get them off to a strong start, GG could flip the script in a hurry.

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After a quality time in Navi Mumbai, the WPL bandwagon has now reached Vadodara and there's one section of the cricketing fraternity that will be happy about it. It's the spinners who could have a better time here than the first leg of the competition as this venue does offer a bit more for the Navi Mumbai. But, the toss will again play a massive role. Last year, none of the six games were won by the team setting the target. We are in for a cracker of a contest tonight as RCB and GG lock horns again.

We are in for a cracker of a contest tonight as RCB and GG lock horns again. The Royal Challengers had a great escape after losing early wickets as the Giants couldn't stop Radha Yadav. And with the ball Shreyanka Patil spun a web to pick up a fifer. But Gardner and Co. will be itching to give it back. It's neck to neck between the two sides as RCB lead 4-3 on the head-to-head front.

Kashvee Gautam has been a bright spot for Gujarat Giants, picking four wickets and also hitting a few big shots down the order. S Sudarshanan spoke with the allrounder and found out her rather simple agenda: 'providing breakthroughs and hitting the winning runs'.

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Best of luck to both the teams!

Today's gonna be interesting!

RCBW will be fighting to continue their unbeaten trot and GG will be itching to be the ones breaking it!

Here is the pitch report, courtesy Mithali Raj: "If you look at the wicket, the first thing we can notice is the visible cracks. That is because the wicket is really dry. It's hard as a rock. Good wicket to bat. For the pacers there will be a little bit of bounce so good for them. Not much to offer for the spinners. Can expect a high scoring game. There is a possibility of dew so that probably will influence captains. In this venue we have seen last season [that teams like to chase]."

It's pitch No. 4 where the match will be played, with 52m and 61m square boundaries, which means there is a shorter side to target.