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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Gujarat Giants’ young batter Anushka Sharma is showcasing her talent with fluent strokeplay on debut!#TATAWPL, #GGvUPW 👉 LIVE NOW ➡️ https://t.co/wB52zoL2TW pic.twitter.com/W9MY1SrWVp
— 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.

