WPL: In the match played between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Women’s Premier League 2026, Nat Sciver-Brunt created history. Sciver-Brunt became the first player to score a century in the WPL.
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The 16th match of the Women’s Premier League 2026 was played between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore last night, January 26th. The match was held at the Kotambi Cricket Stadium in Vadodara, where England’s Nat Sciver-Brunt made history. Playing for Mumbai Indians, she scored the first-ever century in the history of the Women’s Premier League. Nat Sciver-Brunt played an unbeaten innings of 100 runs off 57 balls, including 16 fours and one six. Apart from Nat Sciver-Brunt, no other player has scored a century in the history of the WPL.
Top five individual scores in the Women’s Premier League:
- Nat Sciver-Brunt – 100* (Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 2026)
- Georgia Wareham – 99* (UP Warriorz vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 2025)
- Sophie Devine – 99 (Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Gujarat Giants, 2026)
- Harmanpreet Kaur – 95* (Mumbai Indians vs Gujarat Giants, 2024)
- Smriti Mandhana – 96 (Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians, 2026)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss
Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Smriti Mandhana won the toss and elected to bowl first. However, her decision proved wrong. Powered by Nat Sciver-Brunt’s century, Mumbai Indians scored 199 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in their allotted 20 overs, setting a target of 200 runs for Royal Challengers Bangalore. Besides Nat Sciver-Brunt, opener Hayley Matthews scored 56 runs off 39 balls with the help of 9 fours, while captain Harmanpreet Kaur was dismissed after scoring just 20 runs. For Royal Challengers Bangalore, Lauren Bell took the most wickets with two, while Shreyanka Patil and Nadine de Klerk took one wicket each. How has Nat Sciver-Brunt’s international career been?
England women’s team star all-rounder Nat Sciver-Brunt has played 12 Tests, 129 ODIs, and 137 T20 Internationals in her career so far. In Test cricket, she has scored 883 runs and taken 12 wickets. In ODIs, she has scored 4,354 runs and taken 88 wickets, while in T20 Internationals, she has scored 2,960 runs and taken 90 wickets.
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