Harmanpreet Kaur-led Mumbai Indians have suffered defeat in the thrilling first match of WPL 2026. However, the MI captain managed to achieve a big achievement during this period. In this match against RCB in Navi Mumbai, Harmanpreet Kaur scored 20 runs. With these 20 runs, she has become the highest run-scorer in the history of the Women’s Premier League. Yes, she has broken Shefali Verma’s record in this list. Harmanpreet Kaur now has 871 runs in her name in WPL. Whereas Shefali Verma has slipped to second position with 865 runs.
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How far is Smriti Mandhana?
In this list of Indian batsmen who have scored the most runs in WPL, Smriti Mandhana is at third position after Harmanpreet Kaur and Shefali Verma. Mandhana has so far scored only 664 runs in this colorful league. Even in the first match against Mumbai, her bat did not work and she was out after scoring 18 runs.
Top-5 players who scored the most runs in WPL
Mumbai Indians’ Nate Sciver-Brunt holds the record for scoring the most runs in the history of the Women’s Premier League. Nate Sciver-Brunt is the only batsman in the WPL to cross the 1000-run mark. He has 1031 runs in his name in WPL. Alice Perry is at second place with 972 runs and Mag Lanning is at third place, who has 952 runs in his name. Harmanpreet Kaur is fourth in the all-over list and Shefali Verma is fifth. Nadine de Klerk again surprises Harmanpreet, fans remember the ‘wound’ of the World Cup.
MI vs RCB first match was very exciting
After losing the toss and opting to bat first, Mumbai Indians managed to score 154 runs on the board at the loss of 6 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. There was a time when MI had lost 4 wickets at the score of 67. Then Nicola Carey scored 40 runs and Sajeevan Sajna played an inning of 45 runs to take Mumbai to this score. Nadine de Klerk took the maximum of 4 wickets. Chasing the target of 155, Grace Harris (25 runs from 12 balls) and Smriti Mandhana (18 runs) gave a stormy start to RCB, but neither of them could play a big innings. After the openers were out, the middle order also disappointed. At one time RCB’s score was 40 runs without any wicket in 3.4 overs, then suddenly half the team was in the pavilion at the score of 65 in 7.4 overs. After this, Nadine de Klerk took up the responsibility of scoring runs and played a explosive inning of 63 runs in 44 balls, giving RCB victory in the last over. Nadine de Klerk scored 18 runs in the last over. He was awarded the Player of the Match award.
