The Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2025 will begin play on February 14th, and fans are looking forward to this thrilling league. When this league first began in 2023, the Mumbai Indians team emerged victorious. Since the start of this tournament, many records have been made and many records have been broken. However, do you know which players have had the largest partnership in WPL history?
4. Smriti Mandhana and Sophie Devine: 125 runs
In the match held at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on March 18, 2023, Indian team star Smriti Mandhana scored 37 runs and New Zealand’s dashing batsman Sophie Devine scored 99 runs. In this match, Royal Challengers Bangalore made a splash in the WPL with a stormy partnership of 125 runs in 60 balls against Gujarat Giants.
While Mandhana showed amazing performance with her timing and placement, New Zealand’s Devine showed her strength and hit the desired boundary. Her team won the match by eight wickets thanks in part to her creative batting, which sent the Gujarat Giants’ bowlers reeling for sixes.
3. Devika Vaidya and Alyssa Healy: 139 runs
The Indian nation’s 36-run and 96-run partnership of Devika Vaidya and Alyssa Healy comes in third on this list. Who shared an unbeaten 139-run partnership off 79 balls for UP Warriors against RCB at the Brabourne Stadium on 10 March 2023.
Let us tell you that in this match, Australia’s World Cup-winning wicketkeeper-batsman Healy brought life to the team with her explosive batting, while Sharma took on the opposition bowlers with his explosive batting performance. With outstanding performances for their teams, both of these players helped the UP Warriors win by a commanding 10 wickets and easily reach the RCB’s 138-run target.
2. Laura Wolvaardt and Beth Mooney: 140 runs
The opening partnership for Gujarat Giants against RCB in Delhi on March 6, 2024, was a masterclass, with South Africa’s Laura Wolvaardt scoring 76 runs and Australia’s Beth Mooney scoring 85. The duo shared a 140-run partnership off 85 balls, the second-highest partnership in WPL history.
1. Shafali Verma and Meg Lanning: 162 runs
Top of the list is the explosive 162-run partnership off 91 balls between Shafali Verma (84 runs) and Meg Lanning (72 runs) for Delhi Capitals against RCB at the Brabourne Stadium on March 5, 2023. In this match, India’s experienced batsman Shefali Verma displayed her fearless batting, while Australia’s veteran captain Lanning also played a wonderful innings.
Their record-breaking partnership was the biggest partnership in the history of WPL. As a result, their team defeated Royal Challengers by an impressive 223 runs. Let us tell you that this is one of the highest runs scored by any team in the history of WPL.
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