Our pick of the best playing XI from the 2024 season...
Shafali Verma (DC): Inns: 9, Runs: 309, Avg: 38.62, Best: 71, SR: 156.85, 50s: 3
The 20-year-old provided rousing starts, including in the final. Scored three swashbuckling fifties in the league phase too. A 37-ball 71 against Gujarat stands out.
Smriti Mandhana (RCB) (Captain): Inns: 10, Runs: 300, Avg: 30.00, Best: 80, SR: 133.92, 50s: 2
Besides the solid starts she gave, Smriti was most impressive with her captaincy and on-field strategies.
Her bowling changes and use of her three spinners stood out.
Meg Lanning (DC): Inns: 9, Runs: 331, Avg: 36.77, Best: 60, SR: 123.04, 50s: 4
The 'Megastar' was her usual self, scoring runs and being the backbone of the batting.
Ellyse Perry (RCB): Inns: 9, Runs: 347, Avg: 69.4, Best: 66, SR: 125.72, 50s: 2, Wickets: 7, ER: 6.81
Topped the run-scoring charts and bailed RCB out of trouble on more than one occasion. The 66 in the Eliminator against MI on a sluggish pitch was memorable. Now, she also boasts the best bowling figures in WPL - 6/15 in a league match versus MI.
Harmanpreet Kaur (MI): Inns: 7, Runs: 268, Avg: 53.6, Best: 95*, SR: 141.05, 50s: 2
Her 95* against Gujarat fashioned an improbable win as the team chased down 91 in the last six overs.
Deepti Sharma (UPW): Inns: 8, Runs: 295, Avg: 98.33, Best: 88*, SR: 136.57, 50s: 3, Wickets: 10, ER: 7.23
The 'player of the tournament' nearly pulled UPW into the Eliminator with several impactful performances.
Richa Ghosh (RCB) (wk): Inns: 9, Runs: 257, Avg: 42.83, Best: 62, SR: 141.98, 50s: 2
Was super sleek behind the stumps and in front of it, playing some crucial knocks in the knockout phase. The silent force behind RCB's win.
Sophie Molineux (RCB): Inns: 10, Wkts: 12, Best: 3/20, Avg: 23.16, ER: 7.31, SR: 19.00
Turned the final on its head with a three-wicket over. The go-to spinner for RCB in the Powerplay and at the death.
Marizanne Kapp (DC): Inns: 7, Wkts: 11, Best: 3/5, Avg: 16.00, ER: 6.28, SR: 15.27
Swung the new ball both ways at decent pace, troubling all top-order batters. Played a couple of pivotal knocks in the middle.
Shreyanka Patil (RCB): Inns: 8, Wkts: 13, Best: 4/12, Avg: 12.07, ER: 7.30, SR: 9.92
The off-spinner bagged the Purple Cap. Picked four wickets in the final, bowling with flight and guile.
Asha Sobhana (RCB): Inns: 10, Wkts: 12, Best: 5/22, Avg: 15.41, ER: 7.11, SR: 13.00
Finished second to Shreyanka in the wicket-taking charts. Asha was a delight to watch, mixing her leg-spin and googlies with aplomb. Most batters found it difficult to read her from the hand and perished as a result.
12th player Amelia Kerr (MI): Inns: 9, Runs: 215, Avg: 35.83, Best: 40*, Strike Rate: 129.51, Wickets: 7
Excelled with both bat and ball. Played some match-winning knocks that took MI past the victory mark on more than one occasion.
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