Anushka Sharma dominated in her debut match of Women’s Premier League. The middle order batsman of Gujarat Giants played an important inning of 44 runs against UP Warriors on Saturday. Gujarat made a good start in Season 4 by winning this match by 10 runs.

Anushka’s full name is Anushka Brijmohan Sharma, who represents Madhya Pradesh in domestic. She is an all-rounder player, who is known for her excellent batting in the middle order. Anushka had scored 80 runs in 58 balls for Central Zone in the Senior Women’s Interzonal Trophy. She scored 207 runs for Madhya Pradesh in the Senior Women’s T20 Trophy. She caught everyone’s attention with this performance, as a result of which many teams wanted to buy her in the auction held for the ongoing edition of the Women’s Premier League.

Who is cricketer Anushka Sharma?

Anushka was born on April 5, 2003. She is 22 years old. She plays for Madhya Pradesh Women, India B Women, C Women, Central Zone, Bundelkhand Bulls Women’s team.

In the auction for Women’s Premier League 2026, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians also bid on her, but Gujarat Giants won. Gujarat had bought him for Rs 45 lakh.

Not only T20 but Anushka Sharma has a good record in ODI format also. His average in ODIs is 63. In T20, she scores runs at an average of 21.8 in every match. Takes a wicket in every gap of 18 balls. Anushka has scored more than 4000 runs in her entire career.

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— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) January 10, 2026

Gujarat won the first match by 10 runs

In the first match of Women’s Premier League Season 4, Gujarat Giants defeated UP Warriors by 10 runs. Batting first in this match played at DY Patil Sports Academy, Gujarat Giants scored 207 runs. Team captain Ash Gardner scored the most runs. The captain scored 65 runs with the help of 3 sixes and 6 fours. For UP, Phoebe Litchfield played a brilliant inning of 78 runs in 40 balls, but she could not lead her team to victory. UP remained 11 runs away from the target.

Gujarat Giants have defeated UP Warriors by 10 runs. In this match played in Navi Mumbai, Gujarat had scored 207 runs while playing first. In response, UP team could score only 197 runs. Star players like Deepti Sharma, Harleen Deol, Shikha Pandey and Kranti Gaur are playing in the UP Warriors team, but none of them could ensure the victory of the UP team.

The second match of the Women’s Premier League 2026 was played at DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. UP Warriors team won the toss and chose to bowl first, but the decision to chase proved costly.

Gujarat team maintained dominance in the match from the beginning. Beth Mooney was out early, but Sophie Devine scored 38 runs in 20 balls and Anushka Sharma scored 44 runs in 30 balls, laying the foundation of Gujarat team’s big score. After that captain Ashley Gardner played a strong inning of 62 runs. The remaining work was completed by Georgia Wareham, who scored 27 runs in just 10 balls. Thanks to this, Gujarat scored 207 runs in its innings.

India’s big stars flopped

Deepti Sharma and Harleen Deol are in the team of UP Warriors. Harleen could not even open the account, while Deepti Sharma scored only one run in batting. Deepti proved to be very expensive in bowling also. Shikha Pandey took one wicket in 3 overs, but gave away runs at an economy rate of around 10. Kranti Gaur gave away runs at an economy rate of 10 and could not take a single wicket.

Talking about the batting of UP Warriors, Phoebe Litchfield scored 78 runs, but apart from her, no other batsman could play a big innings. This is only the third time in Women’s Premier League history that more than 400 runs have been scored in a match. A total of 404 runs were scored in this match between UP and Gujarat.