India, Feb. 14 -- Defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru are up against the Gujarat Giants in the opening match of the 2025 season of the Women's Premier League (WPL). This is the third season of the league, with the last one ending in much celebration and fanfare as RCB lifted their first title of any kind in the franchise's history.

Interestingly, the Giants' new captain Ashleigh Gardner has the wood on RCB skipper Smriti Mandhana. No bowler has dismissed Mandhana as frequently as Gardner has in T20Is and ODIs. Gardner is pretty much the life and soul for Gujarat, being their highest run scorer and highest wicket taker. "She (Gardner) has been one of the best all-rounders in women's game and also she is one of those batters wh...