After three days of nail-biting matches at the 2023 TATA Women’s Premier League, we examine the top-10 players in contention for the orange cup in WPL
Thanks to her explosive 77-run knock against Royal Challengers Bangalore, Mumbai’s star player Hayley Matthews is leading the run chart of the 2023 Women’s Premier League with 124 runs from two games.
WPL 2023 orange cap list, top run getters, highest scorer
2023 TATA WPL: top run scorers, latest standings, & orange cup leaders
Currently, Mumbai Indians player Hayley Matthews is leading the run scoring chart with her 124 total from first two matches. Meanwhile, Shafali Verma is close behind with 84 runs from just one match. In the below table, we examine the top ten players competing for the Orange Cup at the 2023 Women’s Premier League. Tournament’s most expensive player Smriti Mandhana is sitting seventh among the top run getters thanks to her 58 run total from two matches.
| Player | Player | Team | Matches | Runs | Average | SR | 4s | 6s |
| 1 | Hayley Matthews | Mumbai Indians Women | 2 | 124 | 124 | 179.71 | 16 | 5 |
| 2 | Shafali Verma | Delhi Capitals Women | 1 | 84 | 84 | 186.67 | 10 | 4 |
| 3 | NR Sciver | Mumbai Indians Women | 2 | 78 | 78 | 165.96 | 14 | 1 |
| 4 | Meg Lanning | Delhi Capitals Women | 1 | 72 | 72 | 167.44 | 14 | 0 |
| 5 | Harmanpreet Kaur | Mumbai Indians Women | 2 | 65 | 65 | 216.67 | 14 | 0 |
| 6 | Grace Harris | UP Warriorz | 1 | 59 | – | 226.92 | 7 | 3 |
| 7 | Smriti Mandhana | Royal Challengers Bangalore Women | 2 | 58 | 29 | 145 | 10 | 1 |
| 8 | Kiran Prabhu Navgire | UP Warriorz | 1 | 53 | 53 | 123.26 | 5 | 2 |
| 9 | Megan Schutt | Royal Challengers Bangalore Women | 2 | 50 | 50 | 151.52 | 8 | 0 |
| 10 | D Hemalatha | Gujarat Giants Women | 2 | 50 | – | 138.89 | 3 | 3 |
What is Orange Cup at 2023 WPL & why players are eager to win it?
For their team, most players start the competition with large scores, but few are likely to maintain that level of consistency. The Orange Cap, meanwhile, goes to the player who manages to accumulate runs over the course of the entire season as opposed to just a few contests. In the Women’s Premier League, the Orange Cap is awarded to the player who outsmarts the other competitors and finishes first in run scoring. The Orange Cap winner will be announced following the last match on March 26, when the WPL 2023 comes to an end.
At least for the following season, the spotlight belongs to the person who wins the Orange Cap at the end of the competition. The players were permitted to don the Orange Cap rather than the team cap when fielding on the ground, as was seen in the men’s IPL.