WPL 2025: Why is Deandra Dottin not playing vs MI-W? – Explained

On Thursday, March 13, the Gujarat Giants will be without Deandra Dottin for their crucial Eliminator matchup against the Mumbai Indians in the ongoing Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2025. The pivotal match is being played at Mumbai’s Brabourne Stadium.

The toss was won by Ashleigh Gardner, who chose to bowl first. Dottin sustained an injury during the pre-match warm-up, the Australian all-rounder disclosed, just minutes before the toss.

Gardner suggested that Danielle Gibson take Deandra Dottin position.

At the same time, the Mumbai Indians decided to make a change. Saika Ishaque, a fellow left-arm spinner, took Parunika Sisodia’s place, giving the squad additional experience. The victor of this match will play the Delhi Capitals in the summit match on Saturday, March 15 at Brabourne Stadium.

Here are the words of the two captains during the toss:

Gardner emphasized that the wicket is new and that she intends to build on the prior game’s positives, in which they lost but had a strong showing against Mumbai. Given that this is the Gujarat Giants’ first final, she acknowledged that there might be anxiety in her camp.

Our plan is to go bowling. The other night, we believe we executed a lot of things correctly, and it’s another new wicket. Despite not winning, we can take a lot of encouragement from our bowling innings performance. The replacement for Deandra Dottin is Dani Gibson. It occurred due to an injury five minutes ago. Sad for such a significant game, but happy for Danielle, who is making her debut.

This is a really great chance, and hopefully she can make the most of it. It’s high-scoring in general. A bit early in the wicket, perhaps. We’re all really excited. The cricket matches we have played in this competition have been excellent. around addition to the excitement, there must be a lot of anxiety around the camp because this is the first time we’ve been here,” Gardner said.

In the meantime, Harmanpreet stated that if she had won the toss, she would have bowled first as well. With two previous appearances in this competition, she added, the team knows what it takes to win the Eliminator.

It’s a new pitch, indeed. Would MI have also bowled first? Anything was alright with us. We understand how crucial this game is because we have been in this predicament previously. Staying in the present is the only thing that works well. Saika is back and Parunika isn’t playing, which is one change,” Harmanpreet stated.