Reduced to 14/2, the RCB's 'Play Bold' philosophy drove the run-chase despite all odds, as a recovery partnership by Perry and Raghvi Bisht paved way for what seemed like endless punishment for GG bowlers towards the end.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday revealed the Men's and Women's Players of the Month for January 2025 as the West Indies spinner Jomel Warrican and Australia batter Beth Mooney.
The match, taking place at Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi Stadium, will be missed by Bethell, who sustained a left hamstring injury. He had featured in the first ODI at Nagpur.
India Under-19 star Trisha Gongadi along with Australia's veteran wicketkeeper-batter Beth Mooney and West Indies' Karishma Ramharack were nominated for January's ICC Women's Player of the Month award on Thursday, according to ICC.
Solid three wicket hauls by spinner Ravindra Jadeja and debutant pacer Harshit Rana helped India overcome half-centuries from skipper Jos Buttler and Jacob Bethell, restricting England to 248 in 47.4 overs at Nagpur's Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium on Thursday.
Gardner has been an integral part of Gujarat Giants since the league's inception. Over the last two seasons of WPL, she has scored 324 runs and bagged 17 wickets
Australia opener Travis Head was honoured with Men's ODI Player of the Year whereas the right-arm leg-spinner Adam Zampa was felicitated with the Men's T20I Player of the Year award at the Australian Cricket Awards 2025 in Melbourne on Monday
After having secured a 270-run lead over the tourists, Australia bowlers followed it up with a clinical bowling display and won the one-off Ashes Test in Melbourne by an innings and 122 runs to clean-sweep the Women's Ashes by a historic 16-0 margin.
Australian wicketkeeper-batter Beth Mooney increased her lead at the top of ICC Women's T20I Rankings among batters following a brilliant outing in the women's Ashes series against England.