Australia all-rounder Ash Gardner has been named Gujarat Giants captain for the upcoming Women's Premier League (WPL) following her stellar performances in the Women's Ashes. Gardner, 27, took nine wickets with her off-spin and scored 190 runs at 63.33 as Australia beat England 16-0 in a series clean sweep.

Gardner has been instrumental to the GG side over the last two seasons of WPL, wherein she scored 324 runs and bagged 17 wickets

Gujarat Giants will start their WPL 2025 campaign against defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the opening match at Vadodara

Australia all-rounder Ashleigh Gardner was on Wednesday appointed as captain of Gujarat Giants for WPL 2025, starting later this month. The 27-year-old replaced another Australian stalwart Beth Mooney, who will now focus only on her batting.

The decision to change the captain comes after two bad seasons for the Gujarat Giants in the Womens Premier League.

Gujarat Giants (GG) have appointed Australia all-rounder Ashleigh Gardner as their captain. She replaces her fellow Australia team-mate

Gujarat Giants on Wednesday appointed Australian all-rounder Ashleigh Gardner as the team captain for the upcoming Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2025 season.

After finishing at the bottom of the WPL points table twice, Gujarat Giants appointed Australia's experienced all-rounder Ashleigh Gardner as their new captain.