Gujarat Giants batter Sophia Dunkley came out all guns blazing against the Royal Challengers Bangalore in Match 6 of the 2023 Women’s Premier League on Wednesday, March 8 at the Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai. She slammed the fastest fifty of the tournament, providing her team off to an outstanding start.
Batting first, Gujarat Giants suffered an early blow as S Meghana was dismissed for eight runs. Following her dismissal, Sophia Dunkley put together a stunning partnership with Harleen Deol. Dunkley took the attack to the opposition bowlers. In the fifth over, Sophia Dunkley slammed Preeti Bose for 28 runs. She smashed four boundaries and a six in the over.
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FASTEST 5⃣0⃣ in the #TATAWPL! ⚡️ ⚡️@dunkleysophia brings up a stunning half-century in just 1⃣8⃣ balls! 👏 👏@GujaratGiants zoom to 64/1 after 6 overs.
Follow the match ▶️ https://t.co/QeECVTM7rl #GGvRCB pic.twitter.com/erZmQPxgdq
— Women's Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) March 8, 2023
Sophia Dunkley got to her maiden fifty of the 2023 Women’s Premier League off just 18 deliveries. She also slammed a six and a boundary on consecutive deliveries against Shreyanka Patil. However, the Gujarat Giants batter was dismissed off the very next delivery. She tried to go for a lofted shot, but couldn’t get enough and was caught in the deep for 65 runs off just 28 deliveries. Her knock witnessed eleven boundaries and three sixes.
Let’s take a look at how fans reacted to Sophia Dunkley’s knock:
The fastest ever fifty of the WPL belongs to Sophia Dunkley. She scored 65 Runs in just 28 balls. A stunning knock from Dunkley comes to an end.#WPL2023 #GGvRCB pic.twitter.com/gGRl3reyLM
— Anunay (@Anunay_Aanand) March 8, 2023
SOPHIA DUNKLEY SCORES THE FASTEST FIFTY OF THE WPL!
– 2 sixes
– 9 fours
– 18 balls🤯 💥#WPL pic.twitter.com/hkXGIi0InJ
— Wisden (@WisdenCricket) March 8, 2023
Dunkley Show at the Brabourne! #SophiaDunkley #WPL2023 #RCBvGG pic.twitter.com/gP2mRHIFGG
— Sportz Point (@sportz_point) March 8, 2023
Sophia Dunkley dunked on rcb, damn. if they lose this, the most star-studded side of this year's #wpl might be the first one to bow out of the competition.
— S K (@Deshi_Canadian) March 8, 2023
The fastest fifty of the WPL belongs to Sophia Dunkley! #WPL #GGvRCB
https://t.co/EVlhqokHzk— आकाश राजपूत (@Akashrajput66) March 8, 2023
What a knock from Sophia Dunkley. She smashed 65 runs from 28 balls including 11 fours and 3 sixes against RCB in WPL and her strike rate is 232.14 in this innings. Outstanding innings.#SophiaDunkley #WPL #GGvRCB pic.twitter.com/wyw326f9Nq
— SPORTSBUZZINFO (@Sportsbuzinfo) March 8, 2023
Sophia Dunkley's blistering knock comes to an end at 65 by Shreyanka Patil 🙌#CricketTwitter #WPL2023 #GGvRCB pic.twitter.com/zP9FtATRqY
— Female Cricket (@imfemalecricket) March 8, 2023
s..dunkley destroyed #RCB 🤣
As #RCB re Getting ruined as i am getting relief.@RCBTweets @imVkohli @mandhana_smriti
— Avinash Tiwari (@Avinash85904612) March 8, 2023
Great batting sophia dunkley..!! #GGvRCB
— the one last step 👣 (@theonelaststep) March 8, 2023
Gujarat Giants put on 201 runs against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 2023 WPL
The Gujarat Giants batters put up a blistering show at the Brabourne Stadium against the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 2023 Women’s Premier League. Apart from Sophia Dunkley, Harleen Deol also played a fantastic knock. She scored 67 runs off 45 deliveries, with nine boundaries, and a six. Meanwhile, Hemalatha played a nice cameo of sixteen runs. Gujarat Giants reached 201 runs on the back of these performances.
Shreyanka Patil and Heather Knight took a couple of wickets each in the innings, while Megan Schutt and Renuka Thakur took one wicket each. The Gujarat Giants need to defend 201 runs to mark their first win of the tournament.
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