Royal Challengers Bangalore’s star bowler Shreyanka Patil took 5 wickets in the match against Gujarat Giants on Friday, 16 January. This is the first 5 wicket haul of his T20 career. She also became the youngest bowler in the history of WPL to take 5 wickets in an innings. With these 5 wickets, Shreyanka has a total of 8 wickets in her name in WPL 2026, although she still did not get the purple cap. Actually, apart from Shreyanka, Nandini Sharma and Sophie Divine also have the same number of wickets in their names.
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Shreyanka Patil, Nandini Sharma and Sophie Devine are jointly the highest wicket-takers in the WPL, but due to better average, the Purple Cap is currently with Nandini Sharma. Nandini Sharma has taken 8 wickets so far in WPL 2026 at an average of 11, while Shreyanka Patil and Sophie Devine have an average of 13.13 and 17 respectively.
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Bowler taking the most wickets in WPL 2026-
Nandani Sharma- 8
Shreyanka Patil- 8
Sophie Devine- 8
Amelia Kerr- 7
Nadine De Klerk- 7
Talking about Orange Cap, Mumbai Indians captain Harmanpreet Kaur is leading in this race by scoring the most runs in this series. Harmanpreet Kaur has top scored 181 runs in 4 innings in WPL 2026 with two half-centuries. Sophie Devine is also present in the list of top-5 batsmen here.
The batsman who scored the most runs in WPL 2026
Harmanpreet Kaur- 181
Liezel Lee- 163
Phoebe Litchfield- 150
Sophie Devine- 149
Nate Sciver-Brunt- 139
