BEN­GALU­RU – De­an­dra Dot­tin’s hero­ics with the bat weren’t need­ed, but she made a handy con­tri­bu­tion with the ball as the Gu­jarat Gi­ants Women com­fort­ably de­feat­ed Roy­al Chal­lengers Ben­galu­ru Women by six wick­ets in the Women’s Pre­mier League (WPL) in In­dia on Thurs­day.

Af­ter win­ning the toss and elect­ing to field at the M Chin­naswamy Sta­di­um, the Gi­ants did well to lim­it the Chal­lengers to 125 for sev­en in their 20 overs.

Dot­tin took 2-31 with her medi­um pace, while Tanu­ja Kan­war grabbed 2-16 to lead a dis­ci­plined Gi­ants bowl­ing at­tack.

Kani­ka Ahu­ja top­scored with 33 from 28 balls, while Raghvi Bist made 22 and Geor­gia Ware­ham fin­ished un­beat­en on 20.

Skip­per Ash­leigh Gard­ner then slammed 58 off 31 balls with six fours and three six­es and Phoebe Litch­field cracked an un­beat­en 30 as the Gi­ants got home with 21 balls to spare, fin­ish­ing on 126 for four.

Dot­tin, who faced just two balls in the in­nings, was un­beat­en on a duck.

CMC