Gujarat Giants defeated UP Warriorz for the second time in WPL 2026 on Thursday (January 22) to rise from 5th to 2nd position in the points table. Sophie Devine’s unbeaten fifty helped the Ahmedabad-based franchise post a fighting total of 153/8 after Meg Lanning invited them to bat first. The target of 154 runs proved too much for the Warriorz, who came into Thursday’s match after securing back-to-back wins over defending champions Mumbai Indians in Navi Mumbai.
They lost wickets at regular intervals and ultimately fell short of the target by 45 runs.
For GG, Renuka Singh Thakur picked up 2 wickets for 20 runs in her quota of four overs, and spinner Rajeshwari Gayakwad accounted for the dismissal of three UPW batters.
WPL 2026 points table
| POSITION | TEAM | MATCHES | WINS | LOSSES | NO RESULT | POINTS | NET RUN RATE |
| 1. | Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Q) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | +1.882 |
| 2. | Gujarat Giants | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -0.341 |
| 3. | Mumbai Indians | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | +0.046 |
| 4. | Delhi Capitals | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -0.586 |
| 5. | UP Warriorz | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | -0.769 |
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Australian batter Phoebe Litchfield scored 32 runs from 27 balls for UP Warriorz on Thursday, and it was enough to help her overtake Harmanpreet Kaur in the list of batters with the most runs in WPL 2026. The left-handed batter has 243 runs to her credit in six matches, whereas Harman is second on the list with 240 runs.
Litchfield’s UPW teammate Meg Lanning is now fifth in the Orange Cap list. She scored 14 runs from 10 balls against GG to take her tally of runs to 207, which is 8 more than Sophie Devine’s 199 and Ashleigh Gardner’s 196.
Most runs in WPL 2026
| POSITION | PLAYER | TEAM | MATCHES | RUNS | BEST |
| 1. | Phoebe Litchfield | UP Warriorz | 6 | 243 | 78 |
| 2. | Harmanpreet Kaur | Mumbai Indians | 6 | 240 | 74* |
| 3. | Nat Sciver-Brunt | Mumbai Indians | 5 | 219 | 70 |
| 4. | Lizelle Lee | Delhi Capitals | 5 | 213 | 86 |
| 5. | Meg Lanning | UP Warriorz | 6 | 207 | 70 |
| 6. | Sophie Devine | Gujarat Giants | 6 | 199 | 95 |
| 7. | Ashleigh Gardner | Gujarat Giants | 6 | 196 | 65 |
| 8. | Smriti Mandhana | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 5 | 192 | 96 |
| 9. | Harleen Deol | UP Warriorz | 6 | 150 | 64* |
| 10. | Nicola Carey | Mumbai Indians | 6 | 149 | 40 |
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Apart from scoring an unbeaten 50 for GG on Thursday, Devine also picked up 2 wickets for 16 runs in her quota of 3.3 overs. The wickets by Devine against UPW helped her take the No. 1 position in the list of bowlers with the most wickets in WPL 2026.
In six matches for the Ahmedabad-based franchise, she has 11 wickets to her credit, which is one more than Nadine de Klerk, Amelia Kerr and Nandini Sharma’s tally of 10 each.
Most wickets in WPL 2026
| POSITION | PLAYER | TEAM | MATCHES | WICKETS |
| 1. | Sophie Devine | Gujarat Giants | 6 | 11 |
| 2. | Nadine de Klerk | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 5 | 10 |
| 3. | Amelia Kerr | Mumbai Indians | 5 | 10 |
| 4. | Nandini Sharma | Delhi Capitals | 5 | 10 |
| 5. | Lauren Bell | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 5 | 9 |
RCB’s star pacer Lauren Bell is in fifth place now with 9 wickets to her credit in five matches.
