The last few days of the T20 thrills left as the Women’s Premier League is making its way to play-off stage. As the tournament is going towards another stage the competition is getting hard. Teams and players are also hustling hard to showcase the best of them. Depending on this, the race for Orange Cap is going on. Almost after every game, there are some notable changes. In this article, we will explore the changes in the list after the latest match.
Gujarat Giants and UP Warriorz locked horns in the 18th game of the tournament. The game witnessed some of the best batting performances by the batters of both teams. While batting first, Laura Wolvaardt and Beth Mooney gave a desired start to Gujarat’s innings. Laura walked away after scoring 43 runs in 30 balls. But the UP bowlers could not stop the Gujarat Giants skipper. Mooney remained unbeaten on 74 runs in 52 balls.
On the other hand, UP Warriorz struggled to bat in the second innings. But Deepti Sharma stands tall in the crucial situation. In the team’s need, she played a knock of 88 runs in 60 balls with 9 boundaries and 4 over-boundaries with a strike rate of 146.67. That knock couldn’t save the team but shattered the Orange Cap table.
The Orange Cap Scenario:
| Batter | Team | Runs | Match | Highest score | Average |
| Deepti Sharma | UP-W | 295 | 8 | 88 | 98.33 |
| Meg Lanning | DEL-W | 290 | 7 | 60 | 41.43 |
| Beth Mooney | GUJ-W | 285 | 7 | 85 | 57.00 |
| Smriti Mandhana | BAN-W | 248 | 7 | 80 | 35.43 |
| Harmanpreet Kaur | MI-W | 235 | 5 | 95 | 78.33 |
| Alice Capsey | DEL-W | 230 | 7 | 75 | 38.33 |
| Ellyse Perry | BAN-W | 206 | 6 | 58 | 51.5 |
| Jemimah Rodrigues | DEL-W | 197 | 7 | 69 | 39.4 |
| Shafali Verma | DEL-W | 194 | 7 | 64 | 32.33 |
| Richa Ghosh | BAN-W | 190 | 7 | 62 | 38.00 |
