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Gujarat Giants

League	Women's Premier League
Personnel
Captain	Beth Mooney
Coach	Michael Klinger
Owner	Adani Sportsline
Team information
City	Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Colours	Orange and yellow
Established	2023
History
WPL wins	0
Official website	Gujarat Giants
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The Gujarat Giants are an Indian professional women's cricket team that compete in the Women's Premier League (WPL), based in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The team is owned by the Adani Sportsline, part of the Adani Group. The team is coached by Michael Klinger and captained by Beth Mooney.

History

In October 2022, the BCCI 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 Adani Group, 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 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, Phoebe Litchfield, and Veda Krishnamurthy. However, before the tournament began, Lauren Cheatle and Kashvee Gautam were both ruled out due to injury. Lea Tahuhu and Sayali Satghare were their respective replacements.

In February 2024, Michael Klinger took over as the head coach of Gujarat Giants, replacing Rachael Haynes. 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, Harleen Deol 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 in the squad.

Kim Garth, who was signed as a replacement for the injured Deandra Dottin, became only the second bowler after Tara Norris to pick up a 5-wicket haul in the WPL. She achieved the feat against UP Warriorz.

England opener Sophia Dunkley registered the fastest fifty in the history of the Women's Premier League, doing so against Royal Challengers Bengaluru.

Laura Wolvaardt scored 2 back-to-back fifties in the tournament. She scored 57 off 45 balls against Delhi Capitals and followed it up with 68 in 42 balls against Royal Challengers Bengaluru.

Ashleigh Gardner 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 Michael Klinger as the coach of the side to replace Rachael Haynes. They added 10 players in the Auction: Phoebe Litchfield, Kashvee Gautam, Lauren Cheatle, Meghna Singh, Tarannum Pathan, Veda Krishnamurthy, Priya Mishra, Trisha Poojitha, Kathryn Bryce and Mannat Kashyap. Lauren Cheatle was later replaced by New Zealand's Lea Tahuhu, while 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 Mumbai Indians 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 Royal Challengers Bangalore, 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. Meghna Singh picked up 4 wickets against the Delhi Capitals, but the Giants lost by 25 runs. Laura Wolvaardt and Beth Mooney 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 Dayalan Hemalatha scored 74 in 40 balls. Gujarat Giants scored 190 for 7 in their 20 overs. Harmanpreet Kaur 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.

Beth Mooney 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.

Current squad

• Source:
• Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Gujarat Giants Squad for the 2024 Women's Premier League
Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Captain / Wicket-keeper
Beth Mooney	Australia	(1994-01-14) 14 January 1994 (age 30)	Left-handed	–	Overseas player
Batters
Harleen Deol	India	(1998-06-21) 21 June 1998 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
Bharti Fulmali	India	(1994-10-11) 11 October 1994 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Veda Krishnamurthy	India	(1992-10-16) 16 October 1992 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
Phoebe Litchfield	Australia	(2003-04-18) 18 April 2003 (age 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	Overseas player
Trisha Poojitha	India	(2002-07-14) 14 July 2002 (age 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Laura Wolvaardt	South Africa	(1999-04-26) 26 April 1999 (age 25)	Right-handed	–	Overseas player
All-rounders
Kathryn Bryce	Scotland	(1997-11-17) 17 November 1997 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas player
Ashleigh Gardner	Australia	(1997-04-15) 15 April 1997 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas player
Dayalan Hemalatha	India	(1994-09-29) 29 September 1994 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Tarannum Pathan	India	(1993-10-08) 8 October 1993 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Sneh Rana	India	(1994-02-18) 18 February 1994 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Vice-captain
Sayali Satghare	India	(2000-07-02) 2 July 2000 (age 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Bowlers
Kashvee Gautam	India	(2003-04-18) 18 April 2003 (age 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Tanuja Kanwer	India	(1998-01-28) 28 January 1998 (age 26)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium
Mannat Kashyap	India	(2003-12-15) 15 December 2003 (age 21)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Priya Mishra	India	(2004-06-04) 4 June 2004 (age 20)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Shabnam Shakil	India	(2007-06-17) 17 June 2007 (age 17)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Lea Tahuhu	New Zealand	(1990-09-23) 23 September 1990 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas player
Meghna Singh	India	(1994-06-18) 18 June 1994 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium

Support staff

Source: Official website

Kit manufacturers and sponsors

Seasons

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