The women’s version of the Indian T20 premier league started in 2023 with 5 teams, and it immediately garnered a lot of attention thanks to the action on the field. The strong Mumbai Indians team became the inaugural victors of the WPL and entered the second season that is currently underway as the defending champions.
Any T20 league, be it a men’s or women’s tournament, will be successful if there is a great balance between bat and ball. The WPL seems to have aced it in the first season, and part of the reason is the individual performances of the batters who lit up games with their batting.
So here are the top 10 highest individual scores in the WPL thus far.
Highest Individual Scores in WPL
| Player | Score (Balls) | 4s/6s | SR | Against | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sophie Devine (RCB) | 99 (36) | 9/8 | 275.00 | Gujarat Giants | Brabourne | 18 Mar 2023 |
| Alyssa Healy (UPW) | 97* (47) | 18/1 | 204.25 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Brabourne | 10 Mar 2023 |
| Harmanpreet Kaur (MI) | 95* (48) | 10/5 | 197.91 | Gujarat Giants | Delhi | 09 Mar 2024 |
| Tahlia McGrath (UPW) | 90* (50) | 11/4 | 180.00 | Delhi Capitals | DY Patil Stadium | 07 Mar 2023 |
| Deepti Sharma (UPW) | 88* (60) | 9/4 | 146.66 | Gujarat Giants | Delhi | 11 Mar 2024 |
| Beth Mooney (GG) | 85* (51) | 12/1 | 166.66 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Delhi | 06 Mar 2024 |
| Shafali Verma (DC) | 84 (45) | 10/4 | 186.66 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Brabourne | 05 Mar 2023 |
| Smriti Mandhana (RCB) | 80 (50) | 10/3 | 160.00 | UP Warriorz | Bengaluru | 04 Mar 2024 |
| Hayley Matthews (MI) | 77* (38) | 13/1 | 202.63 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Brabourne | 06 Mar 2023 |
| Shafali Verma (DC) | 76* (28) | 10/5 | 271.42 | Gujarat Giants | DY Patil Stadium | 11 Mar 2023 |
(You can check out other WPL stats here.)
Key Insights
99 is the highest score posted by a batter in the WPL, and it was done by New Zealand opener Sophie Devine, who represents Royal Challengers Bangalore. She hit a whopping 8 sixes in her thunderous knock of 99 in just 36 balls against the Gujarat Giants at Mumbai’s Brabourne Stadium.
While a century is yet to be recorded in the WPL, there have been 7 times a player has accumulated 75 or more runs in an innings, and Delhi’s Shafali Varma is the only player to do it twice.
Devine’s strike rate during that epic 99-run knock was a whopping 275 per 100 balls, and this is the best strike rate in WPL competition. Shafali Verma’s 271.42 during her knock of 76* (28) is the second-best for a batter with a minimum of 50 runs/innings.
There are 34+ instances of a batter scoring 50 or more in an innings, with 31 of them coming in the inaugural edition.
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