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Women’s Premier League: Ashleigh Gardner keeps Gujarat Giants afloat

It was a bit late, but Ashleigh Gardner finally arrived at the WPL party. Gujarat Giants went all out for the Australian all-rounder in the auction, and on Thursday, she showed why the franchise was right to bet big on her. Gardner’s unbeaten 51 off 31 balls and 2/19 helped Gujarat Giants beat Delhi Capitals by 11 runs to keep their playoff hopes afloat. It was sweet revenge for the Sneh Rana-led team after they were hammered by the Capitals in an earlier fixture. Put into bat, Giants scored 147 for 4. In reply, Capitals were bowled out for 136 in 18.4 overs. Gardener’s half-century proved to be the match-winning knock for the Giants. After 12 overs, they were 64 for 2, but in the next eight overs, put on 83 runs. Gardner, along with Laura Wolvaardt (57 off 45 balls) put on 81 runs for ...