6 names became ‘immortal’ in the history of WPL, did just one thing
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. | Edited By: Riya Kasana
Updated on: Mar 05, 2023 | 12:40 PM IST
The first match of the Women’s Premier League 2023 set many records. Know who hit the first six, who took the first wicket?
New Delhi. Women’s Premier League has started. On Saturday, the first match was played between Gujarat Giants and Mumbai Indians. In this league being played for the first time, many things happened for the first time on Saturday. Know which players have registered their names in history.
The team of Mumbai Indians came out to bat first in the match. On the fourth and fifth ball of the first over, Yastika Bhatia, while sweeping the ball, played on the mid-wicket and stole a single run. She became the first run scorer in the history of the league.
Mumbai captain Harmanpreet Kaur showed her storm in the very first match and scored the first half-century of WPL. He scored 65 runs in 30 balls. His innings included 14 fours. During this Harman’s strike rate was 216.67.
In WPL, sixes were hit before fours. Hailey Mathews of Mumbai pulled the very first ball of the second over and hit a six over square leg.
The first wicket of the league was named after Tanuja Kanwar of Gujarat Giants. Tanuja dismissed Yastika Bhatia on the third ball of the third over. She became the first wicket-taker of WPL.
The team of Mumbai Indians scored 207 runs in the very first match. This team became the first team to score 200+ scores in the league. On the basis of the stormy batting of Harmanpreet Kaur, the team scored this score, in front of which Gujarat succumbed. The Gujarat team got all out on the score of 64 runs.
Hailey Mathews also hit the first four of the league. On the second ball of the second over, he played the ball at third man and hit a four.
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