The second edition of the Women's Premier League i.e. WPL has started from 23 February and the final match will be played on 17 March. A total of 22 groups including playoffs were played in the tournament. Women cricketers scored a lot of runs in the successful inaugural season. This number could be bigger this season due to the batting-friendly wickets in Bengaluru. Here we will talk about the top 5 players in WPL 2024 on whom everyone will keep an eye.
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Beth Mooney, who was ruled out of the inaugural season due to injury, will be looking to continue her impressive form where she has scored 2 centuries and 22 fifties in 95 matches in T20 cricket. The 30-year-old Mouni will also have the additional responsibility of captaining the Gujarat giants on her shoulders and the Australian team always shines in the toughest of conditions.
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19 year old Titash Sadhu has impressed everyone with his bowling at the international level in recent times. After his brilliant performance in the Under-19 World Cup, Delhi Capitals bought him in last season's auction, but he was not given a chance in a single match. In last year's Asian Games final, Titash took 4 wickets for just 6 runs and played an important role in India winning the gold medal. It is expected that Titash Sadhu will perform very well in WPL 2024 also.
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Sri Lanka's legendary all-rounder Chamari Atapattu, who was not sold in the WPL 2024 auction, was included in the team by UP Warriors as a replacement for Lauren Bell. Chamari Atapattu, who has played 122 T-20 International matches, has an excellent record. In the Big Bash League 2023, he scored 552 runs and took 9 wickets in 14 matches for Atapattu Sydney Thunder. For which he was chosen Player of the Tournament.
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Shreyanka Patil was retained by RBC before this season's auction. Last season he had taken 6 wickets in 7 matches. Shreyanka performed brilliantly in domestic cricket and on her debut for the Indian team. Last year, he made his debut in T-20 International against England and took 5 wickets in the series, after this in the debut ODI series against Australia, he took 4 wickets in 2 innings.
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Mandhana is the most expensive player in the history of WPL, she was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore last year for Rs 3 crore 40 lakh. But his performance as a player and captain was disappointing. Mandhana scored only 149 runs in 8 matches. Under his captaincy, RCB won only two out of eight matches.
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