WPL 2025 - Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Gujarat Giants - Key Players

Updated At: 2025/02/26

In the 12th fixture of WPL 2025, Royal Challengers Bangalore will host Gujarat Giants on Thursday at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. This is going to be the 2nd meeting between the two teams in the ongoing season and in the first meeting, Royal Challengers Bangalore came out as the winners.

After leading the point table for the first week, Royal Challengers Bangalore have witnessed a dip in their position and performance. They are currently in the 2nd spot in the league with 2 wins and 2 losses. Their net run rate stands at +0.619.

Gujarat Giants are going through a nightmare for the third consecutive season. They currently stand at the bottom of the point table with a single win and 3 losses. Their net run rate stands at -0.974. Before the beginning of WPL, the WPL betting sites in India predicted unfavourable odds for the Giants.

The two teams are in desperate need of a win. Royal Challengers Bangalore needs a win to maintain their dominance in the point table and Gujarat Giants are in need of a win to have a strong hope to qualify for the playoffs.

WPL 2025 - RCB vs GG - 1st Match Recap

The first meeting between the two teams was a thrilling contest and a high-scoring fixture. Bangalore won the toss and elected to bowl first. Gujarat Giants top order had a shaky start but Beth Mooney scored the majority of the runs at the start and overall collected 56 off 42 balls at a strike rate of 133.33.

Skipper Ashleigh Gardner was the leading scorer for the team with 79 runs off 37 balls at a strike rate of 213.51. She was on fire and gave a major push to the overall score for the team from the middle order.

For Royal Challengers Bangalore, Renuka Singh came out as the leading wicket-taker with 2 wickets in 4 overs at an economy of 6.25. Kanika Ahuja, Georgia Wareham, and Prema Rawat scalped a single wicket each.

On the batting front of Bangalore, the opening partnership between Smriti Mandhana and Danni Wyatt-Hodge was broken early and Ellyse Perry handled the situation. She scored 57 runs off 34 balls at a strike rate of 167.65.

Wicket-keeper batter Richa Ghosh came out as the leading scorer and a match-winner for the team. She was dominating and scored 64 off 27 balls at a strike rate of 237.04. Her partner Kanika Ahuja was also on fire as she scored 30 off 13 balls at a strike rate of 230.77.

For Gujarat Giants, skipper Ashleigh Gardner picked up 2 wickets but she was expensive at an economy of 11 in 3 overs. Deandra Dottin and Sayali Satghare contributed with a single wicket each but it was not enough to stop the opposition from winning the game.

In this article, we bring a list of key players for the 2nd fixture between the two teams and winning odds from the online betting apps.

WPL 2025 - RCB vs GG - Winning Odds

	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Gujarat Giants
1xBet	1.628	2.34
Parimatch	1.6	2.34
Melbet	1.63	2.346
4Rabet	1.57	2.3
10Cric	1.57	2.3
1Win	1.55	2.35

WPL 2025 - RCB vs GG - Key Players

1) Renuka Singh - Royal Challengers Bangalore

Before the start of the league, RCB suffered a major blow as their key bowler Shreyanka Patil got injured and was ruled out of the league. However, pacer Renuka Singh has come out as the leading wicket-taker this year and she has fulfilled every void in the team. Renuka tops the charts and she is a key to RCB’s success in the bowling unit.

WPL 2025	Matches	Wickets	Average	Economy
Renuka Singh	4	7	17	7.43

2) Ashleigh Gardner - Gujarat Giants

The Gujarat Giants skipper has done exceptionally well as an individual contributor. She is the 3rd highest run-scorer in the league right now and she has also done well with the wall. Her captaincy might be turning out to be a failure in every game but Gardner is without a doubt a key player and has all the match-winning abilities.

WPL 2025 - Batting	Matches	Runs	Average	Strike Rate
Ashleigh Gardner	4	144	48	163.63

WPL 2025 - Bowling	Matches	Wickets	Average	Economy
Ashleigh Gardner	4	5	25.20	9.69

3) Ellyse Perry - Royal Challengers Bangalore

Royal Challengers Bangalore have Ellyse Perry in their batting unit who is the leading run-scorer in the league right now. The Australian all-rounder is always in dominating form and she has all the tools to dominate the Gujarat Giants bowling unit. Ellyse Perry in partnership with Smriti Mandhana can do major damage to any bowling unit.

WPL 2025 - Batting	Matches	Runs	Average	Strike Rate
Ellyse Perry	4	235	117.50	160.95

WPL 2025 - RCB vs GG - Head-to-Head

RCB	Matches (4)	GG
2	Wins	2
167.3	Average Runs	173.8
190	Maximum Runs	201
110	Minimum Runs	107

Both teams are evenly matched in the past and they both have won 2 fixtures each in the last 4 meetings. We can expect an absolute thriller between the two considering the past records.