WPL Winner Prize Money: What is WPL Winning Prize Money for Mumbai Indians Captain Harmanpreet Kaur?

During the final match of the inaugural season of the Women’s Premier League between Delhi Capitals Women and Mumbai Indians Women in Mumbai, Mumbai Indians beat Delhi Capitals by 7 wickets to lift the trophy.

A match which appeared to be a one-sided contest until the first 16 overs ended up going down to the wire as MI were able to seal a 132-run chase with only three balls to spare.

Having lost a couple of wickets in the first four overs, all-rounder Nat Sciver-Brunt (60*) and captain Harmanpreet Kaur (37) shared a sensible 75-ball 72-run partnership for the third wicket.

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Kaur finding herself getting run-out in the middle of a tense run-chase did bring back dejecting memories from the last month but Sciver-Brunt and all-rounder Amelia Kerr (14*) kept their nerves in the business end of the match needing 21 runs in the last two overs.

Opening batter Hayley Matthews (13) couldn’t lay a commanding foundation for her team tonight but her bowling figures of 4-2-5-3 played a titular role in restricting Capitals to 131/9 in 20 overs after their captain Meg Lanning (35) won the toss and chose to bat. Having dismissed the likes of Jess Jonassen (2), Minnu Mani (1) and Taniya Bhatia (0), Matthews’ spell was a reason why Delhi were reduced to 79/9 in 16 overs.

WPL Winner Prize Money

In what is the sixth title for the Mumbai Indians franchise, they will be taking home INR 6 crore as prize money for winning WPL 2023. It is worth mentioning that the title-winning captain doesn’t win any additional cash prize in either the WPL or the Indian Premier League.

Runners-up DC, on the other hand, will win INR 3 crore as WPL prize money for being the second-best team in the tournament. UP Warriorz Women, meanwhile, who had lost WPL 2023 Eliminator to the eventual champions on Friday, will get INR 1 crore for bagging the third place in the tournament.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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