Chandigarh medium-pacer Nandani Sharma took the Women’s Premier League by storm on Sunday, January 11, when she picked up five wickets against the Gujarat Giants, including a hat-trick. With this performance, she became only the second Indian player in the tournament’s history to take three wickets in three consecutive balls.

Although her effort came in a narrow loss at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai, Nandani still made a strong impact. Her five-wicket haul helped her earn the Purple Cap after an outstanding spell against the Gujarat Giants.

The DC bowler took her first wicket by dismissing Sophie Devine on 95 runs. She then returned in the final over and broke through the batting order, taking four wickets in that over alone, including a hat-trick that removed the last three batters of the innings.

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Nandani Sharma Creates WPL History

This performance made Nandani Sharma the second Indian bowler to take a hat-trick in the Women’s Premier League, after Deepti Sharma. Before her achievement, only three hat-tricks had been recorded in the tournament, by England’s Issy Wong and Australia’s Grace Harris.

Nandani represents Chandigarh in domestic cricket, where she has captained her state side and also played for the North Zone. She was signed by Delhi Capitals for Rs 20 lakh at the auction and made her WPL debut against the Mumbai Indians in the opening match of the season.

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Match-Turning Spell Against Gujarat

In that game, she returned figures of 3 overs for 26 runs and took two wickets, removing Gunalan Kamalini and Nicola Carey. Against Gujarat Giants, she produced a match-changing spell of 5 for 33, including a hat-trick, as the team was bowled out for 209 runs.

Earlier in the innings, Sophie Devine gave Gujarat a strong start, hitting three boundaries off Chinelle Henry and then attacking Nandani with two fours and a six in the fourth over. However, Nandani bounced back strongly to turn the match in Delhi Capitals’ favour.

The 24-year-old Indian cricketer Nandani Sharma created history by becoming the fourth bowler to record a hat-trick in the Women's Premier League history, which she recorded during the last over of the first innings against Gujarat Giants Women in the fourth match of the WPL 2026.

WPL 2026: Nandani Sharma recorded a hat-trick

After Delhi Capitals Women chose to field first, Gujarat Giants Women scored 209 all out in 20 overs. In the final three balls of the innings, the right-arm medium pacer Nandani Sharma took three consecutive wickets to record the hat-trick. 

The hat-trick wicket streak started with the stumping dismissal of Kanika Ahuja (4). On the next delivery, Nandani bowled Rajeshwari Gayakwad for a golden duck. The innings ended with Nandani's hat-trick wicket as she bowled Ranuka Singh for another golden duck.

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Hat-tricks in Women's Premier League history

• Issy Wong (Mumbai Indians Women) vs UP Warriorz Women (WPL 2023)
• Deepti Sharma (UP Warriorz Women) vs Delhi Capitals Women (WPL 2024)
• Grace Harris (UP Warriorz Women) vs Delhi Capitals Women (WPL 2025)
• Nandni Sharma (Delhi Capitals Women) vs Gujarat Giants Women (WPL 2026)

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Nandani Sharma recorded fifer, took 4 wickets in final over

In that final over, Nandani actually claimed four wickets, as she dismissed Kashvee Gautam (14) on the second delivery of that over. 

Nandani picked up a total of five wickets in the match, as she earlier dismissed Sophie Devine for 95 runs. While Nandani conceded 16 runs without any wickets in her first over of the match, she finished with the bowling figures of 4-0-33-5. While it was the fifth-best bowling figures in WPL history, she became the seventh bowler to record a fifer in the competition's history.