WPL 2023: Best starting XI of UP Warriorz

8. Sophie Ecclestone

Sophie Ecclestone is one of the finest spinners going around in world cricket at the moment. She has bamboozled batters with her variations and ripped through top-quality batting line-ups for fun. Further, the 23-year-old is no muck the bat and has played crucial knocks slotting in at lower down the order.

Ecclestone has bagged 92 wickets in 67 T20Is at an economy of 5.85 and scored 165 runs at a strike rate of 117.85. She has been a match-winner for England and UP Warriorz went hammer and tongs to sign her at the auction. In the end, they paid INR 1.8 crore to acquire her services.

9. Anjali Sarvani

Anjali Sarvani fared well in the Senior Women's T20 Challenger Trophy 2022. She troubled batters with the left-arm angle and chipped in with timely breakthroughs. The 25-year-old took three wickets in four wickets at a superb economy of 5.50. Courtesy of her impressive showing, the Kurnool-born broke into the international circuit. 

In the third game of the five-match series against Australia, Anjali showed her class and dismissed Tahlia McGrath and Ellyse Perry. The left-arm pacer's inclusion brings variety to the attack and thus, UP Warriorz signed her for INR 55 lakh at the player auction.