The Gujarat Giants are an Indian professional

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team that compete in the Women's Premier League (WPL), based in

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. The team is owned by the

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, part of the

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. The team is coached by

Michael Klinger Michael Klinger (born 4 July 1980) is an Australian former first-class cricketer, who held the record for the most runs scored in the Big Bash League when he retired in 2019. Until the 2008–09 season, Klinger played for Victoria and for S ...

and captained by

Ashleigh Gardner Ashleigh Katherine Gardner (born 15 April 1997) is an Australian cricketer who currently plays for the national women's team as an all-rounder. A right-handed batter and right-arm off spinner, Gardner also plays for New South Wales in the Wome ...

History

In October 2022, the

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announced its intentions to hold a five-team women's franchise cricket tournament in March 2023. The tournament was named the Women's Premier League in January 2023, with investors buying the rights to franchises through a closed bidding process. The

, the owners of the Gujarat Giants kabaddi team, bought the rights to one of the franchises, which they would go on to also call Gujarat Giants. The inaugural player auction for the WPL was held on 13 February 2023, with Gujarat Giants signing 18 players for their squad.

Beth Mooney Bethany Louise Mooney (born 14 January 1994) is an Australian professional cricketer who plays for the Australia women's national cricket team, national cricket team as a batting (cricket), batter in all three formats of the game. At the domes ...

was appointed captain, but an injury in their very first game led to Sneh Rana replacing her as captain for the rest of the tournament. The side finished bottom of the group stage at the inaugural tournament. In December 2023, Gujarat Giants acquired 10 players in the WPL Auction, which included Kashvee Gautam, Lauren Cheatle,

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, and Veda Krishnamurthy. However, before the tournament began, Lauren Cheatle and Kashvee Gautam were both ruled out due to injury.

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and Sayali Satghare were their respective replacements. In February 2024,

took over as the head coach of Gujarat Giants, replacing

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. Gujarat Giants began the second season of the WPL with a loss to Mumbai Indians and once again ended up at the bottom of the table. During the tournament,

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got injured, leading to Bharti Fulmali replacing her midway through the season.

2023

The first season of the Women's Premier League began on 4th March 2023, with the match between Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Giants at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. Beth Mooney was injured in their first over of the second innings. She was replaced by

Laura Wolvaardt Laura Wolvaardt (born 26 April 1999) is a South African cricketer who currently plays for Western Province, Adelaide Strikers, Gujarat Giants, Manchester Originals and South Africa. She plays as a right-handed opening batter. She has previo ...

in the squad.

Kim Garth Kimberley Jennifer Garth (born 25 April 1996) is an Irish-Australian cricketer who currently plays for Victoria, Melbourne Stars and Australia. An all-rounder, she plays as a right-arm medium bowler and right-handed batter. Between 2010 and 20 ...

, who was signed as a replacement for the injured

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, became only the second bowler after

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to pick up a 5-wicket haul in the WPL. She achieved the feat against UP Warriorz. England opener

Sophia Dunkley Sophia Ivy Rose Dunkley (born 16 July 1998) is an English cricketer who plays for Surrey, Welsh Fire, Melbourne Stars and England. A right-handed batter and right-arm leg break bowler, she made her county debut in July 2012 for Middlesex, hav ...

registered the fastest fifty in the history of the Women's Premier League, doing so against

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scored 2 back-to-back fifties in the tournament. She scored 57 off 45 balls against

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and followed it up with 68 in 42 balls against

was the standout performer for the Gujarat Giants, finishing as their highest run-scorer while also being their second-highest wicket-taker. She scored 204 runs, which included 2 fifties, and took 10 wickets in 8 games. Kim Garth was the highest wicket-taker for the Gujarat Giants with 11 wickets.

2024

Ahead of the second season of the Women's Premier League, the Gujarat Giants appointed

as the coach of the side to replace

. They added 10 players in the Auction:

, Kashvee Gautam, Lauren Cheatle,

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, Tarannum Pathan,

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, Priya Mishra, Trisha Poojitha,

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and

Mannat Kashyap Mannat Kashyap (born 15 December 2003) is an Indian cricketer who currently plays for Gujarat Giants. She plays as a left-arm off break bowler. She was part of the India team that won the inaugural Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup. Internationa ...

. Lauren Cheatle was later replaced by New Zealand's

, whil
Sayali Satghare
replaced Kashvee Gautam. Despite strong individual performances, the Giants had a similar run in the second season as they had in the first. Gujarat Giants played their first game against

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on 25th February. They could only score 126/9 while batting first, and Mumbai chased it down in 18 overs. In their next match against

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, they could only score 107/7, and Bangalore chased it down within 13 overs. In their next match against UP Warriorz, they scored 142/5, and UP chased it down within 16 overs.

picked up 4 wickets against the

, but the Giants lost by 25 runs.

and

put on a 140-run stand in the game against Royal Challengers Bangalore, where Mooney scored 85 in 51 deliveries while Wolvaardt scored 76 in 45 balls. Gujarat won the match by 19 runs. Mooney scored 66 in her next game against Mumbai Indians while

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scored 74 in 40 balls. Gujarat Giants scored 190 for 7 in their 20 overs.

Harmanpreet Kaur Harmanpreet Kaur ( ; born 8 March 1989) is an Indian cricketer who captains the India women's national team in all formats. She plays as an all-rounder. In 2018, she became the first woman for India to score a century in a T20 International m ...

scored 95 in 48 deliveries and Mumbai Indians won the game by 7 wickets. Mooney registered another 50 in the next game against UP Warriorz. She scored 74 in 52 balls to help the Giants score 152. Shabnam Shakil took 3 wickets for 11 runs and the Giants won the game by 8 runs. In their final league match against Delhi, they scored 126/9 while batting first, and Delhi chased it down in 13 overs.

finished as the highest run-scorer for the Gujarat Giants, scoring 285 runs in 8 games, while Tanuja Kanwer was the highest wicket-taker with 10 wickets.

Support staff

Source: Official website

Kit manufacturers and sponsors

Seasons

Captaincy record

References

{{Gujarat Giants WPL squad Cricket clubs established in 2023 Women's Premier League (cricket) teams Adani Group Gujarat Giants (WPL)