With WPL 2023 drawing to a close on Sunday, we take a look at who won the Orange Cap, Purple Cap and other award winners.
Meg Lanning won the Orange Cap and Hayley Matthews the Purple Cap at the WPL 2023. Image: Sportzpics
Mumbai Indians beat Delhi Capitals by seven wickets in the Women’s Premier League (WPL) final to lift the inaugural trophy on Sunday. MI are thus the first champions of the women’s T20 league in India.
In the final, MI restricted DC to 131/9 and then returned to overhaul the target with three balls to spare.
Nat Sciver-Brunt smashed an unbeaten 55-ball 60, while skipper Harmanpreet Kaur made a 39-ball 37 as MI reached 134 for 3 in 19.3 overs.
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Earlier, Delhi Capitals skipper Meg Lanning (35 off 29 balls) was the top-scorer after she won the toss and elected to bat at the Brabourne Stadium.
For Mumbai Indians, Hayley Matthews returned with incredible figures of 4-2-5-3, while Issy Wong (3/42) continued her sensational run, claiming three wickets and Melie Kerr (2/18) was the other wicket taker for MI.
With the tournament drawn to a close, we take a look at who won the Orange Cap, Purple Cap and other award winners.
Mumbai Indians dominated the Orange Cap and Purple Cap charts with three batters and four bowlers in the list for most runs and most wickets respectively.
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