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Their men’s team is the most successful IPL team of all time with 5 titles and now the Mumbai Indians<\/a> women’s team has won the inaugural Women’s Premier League title.<\/a>
Incidentally, the Delhi Capitals IPL team has never won the IPL title and they were denied the title in the first WPL final as well. MI beat DC by 7 wickets to become the inaugural champions under the captaincy of Harmanpreet Kaur.
As the curtain came down on the very first edition of the WPL, which saw participation from 5 teams and ran for 23 days, the tournament, just like the IPL, also became a good barometer to gauge which players are a cut above the rest in T20 cricket, from among the countries whose players participated in the tournament.
TimesofIndia.com here takes a look at the best performers of the inaugural edition of the WPL:
Most Runs (Top 5)<\/span>
– Meg Lanning (DC) – 345 runs
– Nat Sciver-Brunt (MI) – 332 runs
– Tahlia McGrath (UPW) – 302 runs
– Harmanpreet Kaur (MI) – 281 runs
– Hayley Matthews (MI) – 271 runs<\/p>\n
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.@DelhiCapitals captain Meg Lanning won hearts with the bat & recorded 3️⃣4️⃣5️⃣ runs to bag the Orange Cap 👏She\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/GMWkcyMqzO<\/p>\n

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Most Wickets (Top 5)<\/span>
– Hayley Matthews (MI) – 16
– Sophie Ecclestone (UPW) – 16
– Issy Wong (MI) – 15
– Amelia Kerr (MI) – 15
– Saika Ishaque (MI) – 15<\/p>\n

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.@MyNameIs_Hayley scalped 1️⃣6️⃣ wickets and bagged the Purple Cap 👌👌Congratulations to the #TATAWPL champion on\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/MY4lW7fKJa<\/p>\n

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Most Fifty plus scores (Top 3)<\/span>
– Tahlia McGrath (UPW) – 4
– Harmanpreet Kaur (MI) – 3
– Nat Sciver-Brunt (MI) – 3<\/p>\n

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Champion with the bat ✅Champion with the bowl ✅@MyNameIs_Hayley’s impressive all-round contributions for\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/wZYEwd0Nd5<\/p>\n

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Most Sixes (Top 5)<\/span>
– Sophie Devine (RCB) – 13
– Shafali Verma (DC) – 13
– Alice Capsey (DC) – 10
– Hayley Matthews (MI) – 10
– GM Harris (UPW) – 9<\/p>\n

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The young promising wicketkeeper-batter shined bright in a victorious season for @mipaltan 👏👏@YastikaBhatia becom\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/2zpjG2FekF<\/p>\n

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Highest Strike Rates (Top 5)<\/span>
– Sophie Devine (RCB) – 275
– Heather Knight (RCB) – 272.72
– Shafali Verma (DC) – 271.42
– Sophia Dunkley (GG) – 232.14
– Richa Ghosh (RCB) – 231.25<\/p>\n

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🗓️ . . 🗓️A day to remember 👏👏#TATAWPL | #Final | #DCvMI | @mipaltan | @ImHarmanpreet https:\/\/t.co\/eNL5WZECLe<\/p>\n

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5-wicket Hauls <\/span>
– Tara G Norris (DC) – 1
– Kimberly Garth (GG) – 1
– Marizanne Kapp (DC) – 1<\/p>\n

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……..! 🏆@mipaltan captain @ImHarmanpreet receives the #TATAWPL Trophy from BCCI President Roger Binny\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/WuwwoTkScZ<\/p>\n

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<p>Nat Sciver-Brunt hit an unbeaten half-century to steer Mumbai Indians to a seven-wicket victory over Delhi Capitals in the inaugural Women’s Premier League final on Sunday.<\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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<p>Issy Wong and Hayley Matthews set up the victory as they claimed three wickets each after Delhi elected to bat first at the Brabourne Stadium. <\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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<p>Delhi crumbled under pressure despite a late blitz from Shikha Pandey (27*) and Radha Yadav (27*) lifted the team from 79\/9 to bat out the innings. <\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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<p>Wong rattled the opposition top-order and then Matthews demolished the Delhi batting as she returned figures of 3\/5. <\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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<p>Delhi looked down and out before number eight Shikha put on an unbeaten 52-run 10th-wicket stand off just 24 balls with Radha to take the total past 100. <\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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<p>Wong struck twice in her first over with the wickets of Shafali Verma (11) and Alice Capsey (0) to put Delhi on the back foot.<\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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<p>Skipper Meg Lanning and Jemimah Rodrigues hit back with four boundaries but Wong struck again with the wicket of Rodrigues as Delhi fell to 35\/3.<\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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<p>The in-form Lanning consolidated her top spot in the tournament batting charts with 345 runs but her run out hurt Delhi badly. <\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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<p>Delhi kept losing wickets and collapsed from 73\/3 with Amelia Kerr returning with 2\/18 as Mumbai restricted Delhi to 131\/9.<\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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<p>Mumbai overhauled the target with three balls to spare after a key 72-run third-wicket stand between Sciver-Brunt (60*) and skipper Harmanpreet Kaur (37).<\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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<p>Mumbai lost their openers inside four overs but Kaur and Sciver-Brunt soaked up the pressure.<\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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<p>The stand was broken with Kaur’s run out but there was no stopping Sciver-Brunt. <\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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<p>Sciver-Brunt raised her third half-century of the tournament to anchor the team home with Amelia Kerr (14*) in an unbeaten stand of 39. <\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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<p>Sciver-Brunt hit the winning boundary as the Mumbai dugout erupted in celebrations as the women added to the record five IPL crowns of the men’s team.<\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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<p>”It (the win) means everything. At the start of the competition I didn’t know what to expect,” player of the match Sciver-Brunt said. <\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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<p>”Coming together with a special group of girls with the Mumbai Indians, really special to be standing here.” <\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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<p>Kaur said: “It feels like a dream, for everyone here. So many people were asking when will the WPL come and that day is here, and we are so happy and proud.” <\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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<p>”We would have loved to win tonight, but full credit to Mumbai Indians they have been excellent throughout the tournament, so they deserved their win,” said Lanning. <\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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