The Women's Premier League has reached its final stage. Now the last two matches are left in this league. In the first eliminator, the teams of Mumbai and UP will clash with each other. The winning team here will face Delhi in the final. The Women's Premier League has been a long wait and its first season has been a super hit. Even though all the matches are played at two grounds in Mumbai and the league has half the number of teams as compared to IPL, the Women's Premier League has gained immense popularity in the first season and women have shown that they can beat men in fast cricket. are not behind.

In international T20 women's cricket, there is often a huge skill gap between the two teams and this is reflected in the numbers, but the Women's Premier League has been a neck-to-neck fight between the teams and has seen many thrilling matches. The first season of the Women's Premier League has reached its final stage. So we are comparing it with IPL.

Spike in average run rate
In the 15 seasons of IPL, there have been 951 matches between a total of 15 teams. Of these, 14 matches have been tied, and five inconclusive. During this, 26.62 runs have been scored in the fall of one wicket. RCB scored the biggest score of 263 runs so far and the smallest score of 49 runs was also scored by this team. During this, all the teams together have scored runs at a run rate of 8.14 per over.

The first season of IPL was played in 2008 and in this season, an average of 8.30 runs was scored in one over. At the same time, the last season of IPL was played in 2022, in which 8.54 runs were scored per over. In that sense, the run rate is higher in IPL, but in terms of average run rate both leagues are almost at par. The Women's Premier League has so far scored an average of 8.17 runs per over, while the average run rate in the IPL is 8.14 per over.

Foreign players shine in the Indian league
In the 20 matches played in the league stage of WPL, a foreign player won the player of the match award 15 times. Every team in the Women's Premier League is heavily dependent on their foreign players. All the names in the top five players who scored the most runs in the tournament are foreign players. Mumbai's Saika Ishaq is the only Indian in the top five wicket-takers among bowlers.

The most expensive Mandhana flopped, 10 lakhs worth Saika shines
Talking about the performance of Indian women players in this league, Harmanpreet Kaur made a memorable start to the tournament with her blistering innings in the first match. In this league, Indian players have become players of the match only five times and Harmanpreet has won this award thrice. Apart from Harmanpreet, Shefali Verma, Harleen Deol, and Yastika Bhatia have also been in good form. Experienced fast bowler Shikha Pandey has also done wonders for Delhi.

Saika and Shreyanka made a name
Through the IPL, many domestic players made a place in the Indian team, and in the first season of the Women's Premier League, many players have done wonders and presented their claim in Team India. Mumbai's off-spinner Saika Ishaq is at the forefront of this. Saika Ishaq, 27 years old

Lots of fans
Women's cricket is not very popular in India, but the Women's Cricket League has attracted a lot of fans. It is clear from this that the future of women's cricket in the country is bright. A good number of fans were seen at every match. Some tickets were distributed free of cost, but fans stood in long queues to watch these matches. In such a situation, the Women's Cricket League has shown every possibility that this league will also start like IPL.