The Indian women players have proved their mettle by registering impressive performances alongside foreign international players in the Women’s Premier League cricket tournament. Be it batting or bowling, Indian women players have proved that they are no less than international players.
Royal Challengers Bangalore won the Women’s Premier League this year. This is the first title of the RCB team. The Delhi Capitals team had to settle for the runner-up position for the second year in a row. In this match, RCB’s spinners performed effectively and defeated the Delhi Capitals team.
The Women’s Premier League saw a remarkable performance by renowned star players from around the world. All eyes will be on the performance of these players in the upcoming ICC Women’s T20 World Cup. The T20 Women’s World Cup cricket tournament will be held in Bangladesh in the month of September-October.
Many of the players who are expected to participate in the Women’s T20 World Cup cricket tournament have recorded outstanding performances either in batting or bowling in the Women’s Premier League. They will surely be hoping to maintain their form until the ICC tournament later this year.
Australia’s legendary batsman Ellyse Perry became the highest run-scorer in the Women’s Premier League cricket tournament. Ellis Perry has been instrumental in making the RCB team champions. Perry has scored the most runs in this tournament with 347 runs. Next is Delhi Capitals’ Meg Lanning. She has scored 331 runs. India’s aggressive opening batsman Shafali Verma has scored 309 runs while playing for Delhi Capitals. Smriti Mandhana, the captain of the champion team, has reached the 300-run mark.
Deepti Sharma (295, UP Warriors), Beth Mooney (285, Gujarat Giants), Harmanpreet Kaur (268, Mumbai Indians), Richa Ghosh (257, RCB), Jemimah Rodriguez (235, Delhi Capitals), Alice Capsey (230, Delhi Capitals) batsmen. In this, the performance of Indian players along with foreign players has been amazing. Ellyse Perry has truly dominated the tournament with the highest score of 347 runs. Although the bowlers played a vital role in making RCB champions in the final match, Perry’s performance in this tournament cannot be ignored. The performance of her Australian teammates has also been eye-catching. Beth Mooney scored 285 runs in it. Grace Harris scored 188, Australia captain Alyssa Healy scored 175 runs. His batting has been spectacular.
The Indian women’s team is gearing up to win the upcoming T20 Women’s World Cup. In that sense, the performance of the Indian players in the Women’s Premier League is certainly encouraging. Experienced openers include Shafali Verma (309), Smriti Mandhana (300). Deepti Sharma (295), Harmanpreet Kaur (268), Richa Ghosh (257) and Jemimah Rodrigues (235) batting performance will definitely have high expectations from the Indian women’s team.
Shafali Verma has ranked in the top 3 in batting. Also, Shafali has become the batsman who hit the most sixes in this tournament. Shafali has hit the most 20 sixes. It is followed by a memorial service. She has hit 10 sixes. Richa Ghosh (10), Deepti Sharma (8), Harmanpreet Kaur (8), Jemimah Rodriguez (8), Grace Harris (7), Kiran Navgire (7), Elise Perry (7), Sophie Devine (7) hit sixes Your ability has been shown in this competition.
Apart from this, England’s young player Alice Capsey (230), New Zealand’s all-rounder Amelia Kerr (215), West Indies’ star Hallie Matthews (180), England’s Nat Syver Brunt (172), South Africa’s captain Laura Wollward (167), New Zealand’s Sophie Devine (136) ) has also recorded good performance in the competition.
Shreyanka Patil Top Bowler India’s young spinner
Shreyanka Patil has performed amazingly in this tournament. Shreyanka Patil has taken 13 wickets while playing for the RCB. Shreyanka has been instrumental in making the RCB team champions. RCB’s Asha Shobhan is next. Asha has picked up 12 wickets. Sophie Molyneux has taken 12 wickets. RCB’s bowlers Shreyanka, Asha and Sofi have made RCB champions by taking a total of 37 wickets. Bowling Marizan Kapp (11 wickets, Delhi), Sophie Ecclestone (11, UP), Radha Yadav (10, Delhi), Tanuja Kanwar (10, Gujarat), Nat Syver Brunt (10, Mumbai), Deepti Sharma (10, UP) has made his mark in bowling.
It is special that Shreyanka Patil has earned a reputation as a leading bowler in a very short time by taking four wickets in the final match. There is no doubt that Shreyanka Patil will be an integral part of the Indian team for the upcoming Women’s T20 World Cup. Radha Yadav and Deepti Sharma took 10 wickets each and highlighted that they will not be ignored.
While the spinners seem to have dominated the Women’s Premier League cricket tournament, the pacers have also been impressive. Among them, the name of South African fast bowler Marizan Kapp is at the forefront. She has taken 11 wickets. England all-rounder Nat Syver Brunt has taken 10 wickets. Australian fast bowler Ellyse Perry became the bowler who took five wickets. Perry bowled a memorable spell against Mumbai Indians with six wickets for 15 runs.
Alice Capsey has taken the lead as the most economical bowler in this tournament. Capsies have conceded 6.12 runs per over. Shabnim Ismail (6.17, Mumbai Indians), Marizan Kapp (6.28, Delhi Capitals), Sophie Ecclestone (6.57, UP Warriors), Ellis Perry (6.81, RCB), Chamri Attapattu (6.86, UP Warriors), Grace Harris (6.69, UP Warriors) ranks.
In the Women’s Premier League competition, the young players have performed brilliantly alongside the experienced players. Therefore, this year’s Women’s Premier League cricket tournament has become truly different. It is special that cricket fans have also got a big response. Looking at the performance of foreign and Indian players in this tournament, there is no doubt that the Women’s Premier League will be as popular as the IPL in the future.