Meg Lanning Argues With Umpire After Being Given Out LBW in UP-W vs GG-W WPL 2026 [WATCH]

Meg Lanning was involved in an argument with the umpire after being given out LBW in Match No. 2 of WPL 2026 between the UP Warriorz and Gujarat Giants at the Dr DY Patil Sports Academy in Navi Mumbai.

Meg Lanning Given Out LBW

The incident happened on the third ball of the eighth over in the second innings. Georgia Wareham bowled a googly that turned in slightly. Meg Lanning did not move far forward, and the ball hit her pad before touching the bat. Umpire Kaushik Gandhi took a moment before giving her out LBW.

Lanning took a review, but the ball hit her pad before the bat, was in line, and would have hit the stumps, so she was given out and UP lost the review.

The skipper had a brief word with the umpire before walking off. The decision ended an important partnership just as it was starting to build. Lanning was out for 30 off 27 balls, with five fours.

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It was a crucial moment in the game, as the partnership between Meg Lanning and Phoebe Litchfield added 70 runs. However, after Meg Lanning’s dismissal, UP Warriorz kept losing wickets and eventually fell short of the 208-run target by 10 runs.

Earlier in the match, Gujarat Giants scored 207/4 in 20 overs. Ashleigh Gardner scored 65, Anushka Sharma made 44, Sophie Devine scored 38, and Georgia Wareham stayed not out on 27 to help the team pass 200. For UP Warriorz, Sophie Ecclestone was the best bowler, taking two wickets for 32 runs in her four overs.

While chasing the target, Phoebe Litchfield was the top scorer for UP Warriorz with 78. There were some small contributions from other players like Lanning, Shweta Sehrawat and Asha Sobhana, but once Litchfield got out, the team struggled to keep up with the required run rate and ended up at 197/8 in 20 overs.

Meg Lanning Surpasses Ellyse Perry to Become Second-Highest WPL Run-Scorer

UP Warriorz captain Meg Lanning reached a new milestone in her WPL career by surpassing Ellyse Perry on the tournament’s all-time run-scorers list and currently holds the second spot. Her 30 off 27 balls against Gujarat Giants took her total to 982 runs, moving her into second place. Mumbai Indians’ Nat Sciver-Brunt remains at the top with 1,031 runs, while Perry is now third with 972 runs.

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