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The 2025 Women’s Premier League starts on February 14. RCB, led by Smriti Mandhana, won the 2024 title. Key players include Meg Lanning, Ellyse Perry, and Sophie Ecclestone.
Smriti Mandhana led RCB to their maiden WPL title in 2024. (Image: X)
The 2025 edition of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) will kick off this week on February 14. Since WPL’s introduction in 2023, the tournament has delivered some of the most thrilling moments in women’s T20 cricket.
Within just two seasons, the franchise league has already made a huge impact while also setting up the stage for the upcoming edition. Harmanpreet Kaur’s Mumbai Indians set up a brilliant foundation for the league by winning the first season by defeating Delhi Capitals in 2023.
With Smriti Mandhana at the helm, the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) were crowned champions in 2024, again beating the Capitals. The RCB skipper broke several records in her team’s historic run last year.
Today, let’s take a detailed look at several such record makers who have dominated the women’s tournament in the previous two editions.
Most runs in WPL history
Meg Lanning (DC-W): 676 runs in 18 matches
Ellyse Perry (RCB-W): 600 runs in 17 matches
Shafali Varma (DC-W): 561 runs in 18 matches
Harmanpreet Kaur (MI-W): 549 runs in 17 matches
Nat Sciver-Brunt (MI-W): 504 runs in 19 matches
Highest scores in WPL history
Sophie Devine (RCB-W): 99 runs against GG-W, 2023
Alyssa Healy (UPW-W): 96 runs not out against RCB-W, 2023
Harmanpreet Kaur (MI-W): 95 runs not out against GG-W, 2024
Tahila McGrath (UPW-W): 90 runs not out against DC-W, 2023
Deepti Sharma (UPW-W): 88 runs not out against GG-W, 2024
Most fifties in WPL history
Meg Lanning (DC-W): 6 fifties in 18 matches
Harmanpreet Kaur (MI-W): 5 fifties in 17 matches
Shafali Varma (DC-W): 5 fifties in 18 matches
Tahila McGrath (UPW-W): 4 fifties in 13 matches
Ellyse Perry (RCB-W): 4 fifties in 17 matches
Most sixes in WPL history
Shafali Varma (DC-W): 33 sixes in 18 matches
Sophie Devine (RCB-W): 20 sixes in 18 matches
Richa Ghosh (RCB-W): 17 sixes in 18 matches
Grace Harris (UPW-W): 16 sixes in 14 matches
Alice Capsey (DC-W): 16 sixes in 17 matches
Most wickets in WPL history
Sophie Ecclestone (UPW-W): 27 wickets in 17 matches
Saika Ishaque (MI-W): 24 wickets in 19 matches
Hayley Matthews (MI-W): 23 wickets in 19 matches
Amelia Kerr (MI-W): 22 wickets in 19 matches
Marizanne Kapp (DC-W): 20 wickets in 16 matches
Most catches in WPL history
Radha Yadav (DC-W): 12 catches in 18 matches
Smriti Mandhana (RCB-W): 8 catches in 18 matches
Jemimah Rodrigues (DC-W): 8 catches in 18 matches
Sneh Rana (GG-W): 7 catches in 12 matches
Georgia Wareham (GG-W/RCB-W): 7 catches in 12 matches