Playing on the front foot: Women cricketers

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Women’s Premier League (WPL) Orange Cap race

Saradhi Sankar

According to the WPL website, Smriti Mandhana, Royal Challenger Bangalore’s skipper is the current orange cap holder scoring 219 runs from 5 games with a strike rate of 154.22.

Most expensive buys of WPL vs. IPL

Steffy Maria Paul

The Women’s Premier League (WPL) is a women’s T20 cricket franchise league in India which began in 2023. Mumbai Indians are the current defending champions of the tournament. Whereas, the Indian Premier League (IPL) is a men’s T20 cricket franchise league in India which began in 2007. Chennai Super Kings are the current defending champions of the tournament.

Australia – hopped to top

Ashna Mariam George

The MRF Tyres ICC Team Rankings is a rating method developed by David Kendix to rank men’s teams playing across Test, One-Day International and Twenty20 International formats and women’s teams playing One-Day International and Twenty20 International cricket.

WPL updated purple cap holders 2024

Vishnupriya. R

Here is the updated list of purple cap holders for Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2024. A player who claims more wickets in WPL will be identified as a purple cap holder. Mumbai Indian’s Amelia Kerr is leading so far by clinching seven wickets in three matches.

Australian women’s cricket team dominates the T20 World Cup

Vandana Batra

Women’s T20 World Cup was first played in 2009 in England. It has mostly been held on a two-year basis ever since. Australia by far is the most successful team in the tournament as they lifted the winner’s trophy in six out of eight tournaments. India managed to secure runners-up position once in 2020.

Bowling Brilliance: Leading wicket takers in ICC Women’s World Cup 2023

K Nitika Shivani

The eighth edition of Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 was held in South Africa. The finals were played at Cape Town where Australian team emerged victorious. Renuka Singh of India took seven wickets in ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023.

SW Bates reigns as top woman batter

Arunima Pal

According to ESPN, Suzanna Wilson Bates of the New Zealand Women’s cricket team who has scored the maximum runs in ICC Women’s World Cup, is among the first women from New Zealand able to consider herself a full-time cricketer. She had been awarded one of the inaugural female contracts by New Zealand Cricket in April 2013. More recently, she was selected for the Women’s Big Bash League and the Kia Super League.