WPL 2023: Sheroes

Hayley Matthews MI Matches 10 Runs 271 Wickets 16The Mumbai Indians allrounder was the Most Valuable Player MVP of the tournament as well as the Purple Cap holder most wickets The West Indian who is No 2 in the T20I allrounder rankings collected four threewicket hauls and crossed the 30run mark four times which shows her remarkable consistency with both bat and ball The offspinner also boasts of a superb economy rate of 594 To top it all she took three wickets in the final to help MI winNat SciverBrunt MI Matches 10 Runs 332 Wickets 10The allrounder emerged as the mainstay of the MI batting lineup pulling them out of adversity on multiple occasions including matchdefining innings in both the Eliminator as well as the Final where she scored an unbeaten 72 and a 60 not out respectively The English woman was the player of the match in both games She also has the highest batting average of the tournament at 6640 with three fifties and five thirtyplus scores Without her contribution with the bat in the final MI would not have got their hands on the trophyMeg Lanning DC Matches 9 Runs 345The DC skipper and opener finished as the Orange Cap most runs in the tournament holder She was extremely consistent throughout going past 30 runs in six out of the nine matches she played reaching double figures every time Her key decisions as captain combined with her ability with the bat helped DC reach the final as table toppers at the end of the league stage Then despite posting a low total in the summit clash the Australianrsquos sharp captaincy and bowling changes saw DC in with a chance right up to the last overSaika Ishaque MI Matches 10 Wickets 15MIrsquos leftarm tweaker from Bengal lit up the WPL with some scintillating spin bowling She has emerged as the most impressive uncapped player of the season For much of the tournament Ishaque was leading the list of wickettakers thanks to two threewicket hauls and a fourwicket show in the first four matches The threewicket hauls came against DC and UPW both of whom qualified for the playoffs Interestingly each time Saika picked a wicket MI ended up winning the matchSophie Ecclestone UPW Matches 9 Wickets 16The UPW allrounder who is the No 1 ranked T20I bowler finished tied with Hayley Matthews for most wickets in the season despite having played a match less The English leftarm spinner did not go wicketless in a single match She picked a fourwicket haul against RCB as well as six wickets in three outings against eventual champions MIHarmanpreet Kaur MI Matches 10 Runs 281The MI and India skipper was the second highest rungetter for her side starting hot with three fifties in the first five matches Kaurrsquos aggressive batting saw MI take off with a fivematch winning streak and end up securing a playoff spot before any other team Kaurrsquos handson captaincy ensured MI won eight out of 10 matches the most by any team Another testament to Kaurrsquos leadership is the fact that four of the five top wickettakers in the WPL are from MI In the lowscoring final Kaurrsquos 37 came as a crucial contributionAlso readWas waiting to win something as a captain Harmanpreet Kaur on MIs WPL triumph