WPL witnessed special performances from some of the best cricketers in the world
Australia's Alana King claimed the first hat-trick in the history of women's competition at The Hundred on Saturday, a fortnight after the feat narrowly eluded her in the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
Smriti Mandhana has reached a career-best 741 points as she continues to maintain her third position
England all-rounder Sarah Glenn closed in on compatriot Sophie Ecclestone after a fine show in the first match of their three-T20I series against India.
It was a red-letter day for Vrinda Dinesh having hit the WPL pay-dirt with a whopping Rs 1.30 crore deal.
India opener Smriti Mandhana and all-rounder Deepti Sharma have moved up a place each to attain career-best second spot in the batters and bowlers' charts of the latest ICC women's T20I player rankings.
Images from the Women's Premier League 2023 match between UP Warriorz vs Mumbai Indians played at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday.
The duo progressed following their fine showing in India's victory over Pakistan in the women's T20 World Cup opener.
IMAGES from the Women's Premier League match played in Mumbai on Tuesday.
Out of 409 players, 246 are Indians and 163 are overseas of which eight are from the associate nations.
India would like to keep the winning momentum going and maintain its stay in the top four
India Women beat England by 16 runs in the third and final ODI to record their first clean sweep in this country.
Besides Knight and Ecclestone, Sophia Dunkley and Danni Wyatt are the other English cricketers who have signed up for the competition.
Smriti Mandhana achieved a career-best world number two rank in T20Is and climbed to the seventh spot in ODIs
Team-wise list of players during WPL auction
IMAGES from the Women's T20 Challenge final between Supernovas and Velocity in Pune on Saturday.
Smriti Mandhana-led Trailblazers will aim for another win to finish with two victories and enter the final on November 9 with momentum behind them.
Three men and four women in the Teams of 2022
The defeat has dented RCB's prospects of advancing further.
Skipper Meg Lanning's second consecutive half-century and Jess Jonassen's splendid all-round show powered Delhi Capitals to an emphatic 42-run win over UP Warriorz.
Ahead of the inaugural edition of the Women's Premier League, UP Warriorz named Australia's explosive batter Alyssa Healy as captain.
Royal Challengers Bangalore signed off the inaugural Women's Premier League with a loss as Mumbai Indians registered a four-wicket win.
As UP Warriorz fell to their second loss from four games in the inaugural edition of the Women's Premier League, Sophie Ecclestone opened up about their season so far.
Azam scooped the honour following a number of thrilling batting displays in Pakistan's multi-format series against Australia.
Two weeks after the men's team coasted to a 4-0 Ashes triumph against Joe Root's England, holders Australia defended a modest total of 205-9 at Canberra's Manuka Oval to take an 8-4 lead in the multi-format series.
Mithali Raj dropped a place to seventh but star opener Smriti Mandhana moved up to ninth position
Images of the Women's T20 World Cup match played between India and England in Gqeberha, South Africa on Saturday
India's teen sensation Shafali Verma moved up a rung to regain her position at the top of the ICC Women's T20I rankings for batters while her opening partner Smriti Mandhana dropped a spot to fourth.
The West Indies pulled off another upset as they beat England by seven runs to secure their first-ever ICC Women's World Cup victory over the defending champions.
Supernovas, champions in 2018 and 2019, just about managed to ward off their rivals in a last-over thriller.
Teen sensation Shafali Verma is set to make her eagerly-anticipated ODI debut as the Indian women's team seeks white-ball course correction against a strong world champion English side in the first game of the three-match series, in Bristol, on Sunday.
From a strong 167 for none, India lost five wickets for the addition of just 16 runs before ending the day at 187 for five.
Mumbai Indians aim to cap their superb WPL season by defeating Meg Lanning's Delhi Capitals in the final of the inaugural edition of the T20 league on Sunday.
IMAGES from the WPL match between UP Warriorz and Royal Challengers Bangalore, played in Navi Mumbai on Wednesday.
Raj rescued her side from a precarious 27/2 but India's total of 201 for eight was not challenging enough for England
Mandhana moved out of the top 10 to 11th despite hitting 123 against West Indies on Saturday.
The Supernovas, led by Harmanpreet Kaur, have been invincible so far winning all the previous two editions.
India were forced to follow on after being dismissed for 231 in the first innings, in the opening session on Day 3, of the one-off women's Test against England in Bristol, on Friday.
Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur rekindled the memories of 2017 World Cup with a magnificent 143 not out as Indian women thrashed England by 88 runs in the second ODI in Canterbury on Wednesday, to seal the three-match series 2-0.
The T20 Challenge, to be played during the IPL play-offs, will begin with last year's finalist Supernovas taking on Velocity in the opening game.
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