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WPL Complete Guide Part 4: Nail-biter finishes, hattricks & race to the big Eliminator on March 15

It's WPL history now: Deepti Sharma became the first Indian to take a WPL hat-trick in an edge-of-the-seat match between her side, the UP Warriorz, and the Delhi Capital on March 8. Delhi were all out in 19.5 overs in the low-scoring match. UP won by a single run!

April 12, 2024 / 11:11 IST
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UP Warriorz's Grace Harris pulled a stunning last-over win for her team in WPL 2024. The Warriorz were defending just 138 against the Delhi Capitals who had just lost one match in WPL 2024 till March 8. (Image via X/WPL)

1. Mumbai Indians squared off against the UP Warriorz in the 14th match of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2024 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on Thursday, March 7. MI won comfortably, by 42 runs.

2. Beth Mooney said: “Tanuja Kanwer is competitive and knows what she wants... Sometimes we have a few little arguments on the field about what field to set but if I could pick one player in India to have on my team, it's probably her.”

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3. RCB’s chances to make it to the playoffs looked 50-50 with just days to go till the Eliminator. Coach Luke Williams said: ‘Our destiny is in our own hands.’ After two back-to-back wins to kick-start their WPL 2024 season, Smriti Mandhana's Royal Challengers Bangalore saw two subsequent losses, followed by a win and a loss apiece. With just one RCB league match to go in the tournament, they were left in a middle-of-the-table scramble in pursuit of a playoffs (March 15) spot - at No. 3 out of five teams, with six points from the three wins and a net run rate of 0.038. They were trailing second-placed Mumbai Indians by two points and Meg Lanning’s Delhi Capitals which had eight points on the WPL 2024 Points Table at this time.

4. The 16th match of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2024 saw Beth Mooney's Gujarat Giants take on Harmanpreet Kaur’s Mumbai Indians at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Saturday, March 9. MI won by seven wickets, and with a delivery to spare.