Vadodara, Jan. 19 -- A brilliant half-century from uncapped Indian Gautami Naik helped Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) register 178/6 in their Women's Premier League (WPL) clash against Gujarat Giants (GG) at Vadodara on Monday.

RCB needs to defend 179 runs to seal their fifth win in a row.

After Gujarat Giants opted to field first, they were off to a great start as pacer Renunka Singh's inswinger made a dangerous Grace Harris give an easy catch to GG skipper Ash Gardner at mid-on for just one run in three balls. RCB was 2/1 in one over. Also, Georgia Voll was dismissed by Kashvee Gautam for just one run as well, reducing RCB to 9/2 in two overs.

In the fourth over, skipper Smriti Mandhana broke the shackles with a couple of boundari...