In cricket, a captain is a player who leads the team and has additional roles and responsibilities.[1][2] The Women's Premier League (WPL) is a professional league for women's Twenty20 cricket in India,[3][4] which has been held annually since its first edition in 2023.[5][6] In the two seasons played, seven players have captained their team in at least one match.[7]
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Mumbai Indians' Harmanpreet Kaur and Royal Challengers Bangalore's Smriti Mandhana have won one title each as a captain making them the joint most successful captains in WPL history. Delhi Capitals' Meg Lanning and Mandhana have tied for captaining most matches (18) while Lanning and Kaur have tied for most wins as a captain (12). Kaur leads with the highest win percentage as a captain (70.58% – 12 wins out 17 games captained).[7]
The list includes those players who have captained their team in at least one WPL match. The list is initially organised by the number of matches as a captain and if the numbers are tied, the list is sorted by the win percentage as captain.[a]
Key
edit| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| † | Currently captaining their sides in the WPL 2024 |
| First | Year of the first WPL match as a captain |
| Last | Year of latest WPL match as a captain |
| Mat | Number of matches as a captain |
| Team(s) | Team(s) for which the player has played as captain in at least one match |
| Win % | The percentage of games won by that captain[b] |
Captains
edit- Source: ESPNcricinfo[7]
- Updated As of 17 March 2024[update].
| Nationality[c] | Captain | Team(s) | First | Last | Mat | Won | Lost | Tied | NR | Win % | Titles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Australia | Meg Lanning† | Delhi Capitals | 2023 | 2024 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 | 0 |
 India | Smriti Mandhana† | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 2023 | 2024 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 44.44 | 1 |
| India | Harmanpreet Kaur† | Mumbai Indians | 2023 | 2024 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 70.58 | 1 |
| Australia | Alyssa Healy† | UP Warriorz | 2023 | 2024 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 41.17 | 0 |
| Australia | Beth Mooney† | Gujarat Giants | 2023 | 2024 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 22.22 | 0 |
| India | Sneh Rana | Gujarat Giants | 2023 | 2023 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 | 0 |
 England | Nat Sciver-Brunt | Mumbai Indians | 2024 | 2024 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | 0 |
Notes
edit- ^ To sort these tables by any statistic, click on the
icon in the column title. - ^ Games that did not have a result are not taken into consideration while calculating the result percentage. Ties are counted as half a win.
- ^ The information in the nationality column is according to ESPNcricinfo. This information may not necessarily reflect the player's birthplace or citizenship.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Cricket Australia; Frank Pyke; Ken Davis (8 March 2010). Cutting Edge Cricket. Human Kinetics. p. 132. ISBN 978-0-7360-7902-0. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
- ^ Ken Davis; Neil Buszard (5 April 2011). Cricket: 99.94 Tips to Improve Your Game. Human Kinetics. p. 69. ISBN 978-0-7360-9078-0. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
- ^ "Women's IPL: BCCI earns Rs 4669.99 crore windfall for 5 teams - Rediff.com". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ JayShah [@JayShah] (6 July 2015). "The @BCCI has named the league - Women's Premier League (WPL). Let the journey begin..." (Tweet). Retrieved 17 May 2024 – via Twitter.
- ^ "'Let the journey begin': BCCI garners Rs 4669.99 crore for sale of 5 Women's Premier League teams". The Times of India. 26 January 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ "CCI, DY Patil to host WPL from March 4-26; Mumbai-Ahmedabad to play opening game". Cricbuzz. 3 February 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ a b c "Women's Premier League Trophy individual most matches as captain". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
