Women’s T20 World Cup Records: Most Expensive Bowler

The International Cricket Council (ICC) Women’s T20 World Cup (known as the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 until 2019) is the periodic international championship for women’s Twenty20 international cricket.  The tournament is organized by the International Cricket Council (ICC), the sport’s governing body, and its inaugural round was held in England in 2009. A specific multitude of teams qualifies autonomously for each event, with the rest chosen through the World Twenty20 Credential. Australia is the most dominant team, having won the competition five times.

A lot has been written recently about the significance of bowling in T20, both statistically and in terms of individual bowlers and their specialist knowledge of yorkers and speed variations. The unexpected revival of wrist spin has grabbed people’s curiosity, following this, we present to you the list of the most expensive bowlers in the ICC women’s T20 World Cup. The below-listed table is a brief introduction to the same:- 

Wongpaka Liengprasert

Thai cricketer Wongpaka Liengprasert started  playing for her country in 2013 at the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 Qualifier. She additionally participated in the 2015 ICC Women’s World Twenty20 Qualification for Thailand. Wongpaka participated in the Thailand-hosted 2016 Women’s Twenty20 Asia Cup as well. She participated in the Thai women’s cricket squad, which won the inaugural Southeast Asian Games women’s T20 cricket tournament in 2017. The tournament was first established at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games. She was picked for the Thailand team for the 2018 ICC Women’s World Twenty20 Qualification competition. On June 3, 2018, during the 2018 Women’s Twenty20 Asia Cup, she played her first Women’s Twenty20 International match for Thailand.

Khadija Tul Kubra

Khadija Tul Kubra is a cricket player from Bangladesh who participates for the Bangladesh cricket team and is known for  batting with her right hand and bowling with her right arm off break. She was the initial Bangladeshi player to capture five wickets in a WODI match in October 2018 against Pakistan Women. On November 26, 2011, Kubra competed in her first ODI match against Ireland. On August 28, 2012, Kubra made her T20 debut against Ireland as well. She was a member of the Bangladeshi team who captured the 2018 Women’s Twenty20 Asia Cup tournament in June 2018. This was the first Women’s Asia Cup trophy for Bangladesh. She was picked as one of Bangladesh’s three reserve players in January 2022 for the cricket qualifier match that take place in Malaysia in preparation for the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Sathya Sandeepani

Cricket player Sathya Sandeepani has represented Sri Lanka in the 2019 South Asian Games women’s competition. After losing to Bangladesh in the championship game by two runs, the Sri Lankan team received the silver medal. She was also chosen for the Sri Lankan team to compete in the 2020 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup. On February 29, 2020, she played for Sri Lanka in her first Women’s Twenty20 International (WT20I) match against India. She was selected as one of Sri Lanka’s five reserve players in October 2021 for the competition to qualify for the 2021 Women’s Cricket World Cup in Zimbabwe. She was selected as one of Sri Lanka’s four bench players in 2022 for the cricket qualifying match for the Commonwealth Games in Malaysia.

Umesha Thimashini

Sri Lankan cricketer Umesha Thimashini was selected for the Sri Lankan team’s series against South Africa in January 2019. On February 1st, 2019, she debuted for Sri Lanka in her first Women’s Twenty20 International (WT20I) tournament against South Africa. On February 11, 2019, she also competed against South Africa Women in her first Women’s T20 International (WT20I) match for Sri Lanka.

Chanida Sutthiruang

Chanida Sutthiruang is a cricket player for Thailand. She competed in the 2017 Women’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier for the Thailand women’s national cricket team in February 2017. She accomplished a hat-trick in a Women’s Twenty20 International match first for Thailand’s cricket team. At their annual awards ceremony in December 2019, the International Cricket Council (ICC) named her the ICC Women’s Emerging Player of the Year.

Sutthiruang was nominated in for the ICC Women’s Associate Cricketer of the Decade award in November 2020. She was chosen to represent Thailand in the Zimbabwe Women’s Cricket World Cup Qualification event in November 2021.