WPL 2024: Team-wise worst pick of the tournament

WPL 2024 witnessed some great matches which were close. While many matches were rather one-sided, some of the matches were nail-biting and the fans were entertained. Individually, players tried their best and put their best foot forward to win matches for their teams. Many players had brilliant outings for their teams in the 2nd edition of the WPL. Such players were backed by their teams. However, some players had a bad outing. Some of the players struggled to get going in the early stage of the tournament which led to them getting dropped. Some of them struggled the entire season despite getting backing from the management. Some others were terribly out of form and cost their teams some matches with their performances. WPL 2024 was not good for some players. Here are the five players who had a forgettable outing for their teams in the WPL 2024: 1. RCB women - Renuka Singh Thakur Renuka Singh ( Photo source : X / Twitter ) Renuka Singh Thakur burst out in 2022 where she was highly impressive for India. In her maiden tour of England, Thakur displayed a good mastery over swing bowling. It bagged her a maiden contract in the WPL. RCB women's franchise bid for the right-arm pacer. 2023 was not a good tournament for RCB. None of their players seemed to be in form. They ended the league in the last spot. Renuka Singh had an average outing in 2023. In the 2nd edition, she was rather poor. Without a swing, she looked ordinary. In ten matches, Renuka managed to claim just two wickets at a terrible average of 113, at a bowling SR of 84, at an economy of 8.07. 2. MI women - Hayley Matthews Hayley Matthews ( Photo source: X / Twitter ) At one stage, MI women looked good to defend their title. Some of their players like Harmanpreet Kaur, Amelia Kerr, and Shabnim Ismail played well. However, their key players like Hayley Matthews and Nat Sciver-Brunt were not in good touch. It cost MI women the season as they lost to RCB women in the Eliminator. Hayley Matthews, who was the Most Valuable Player in the WPL 2023, ended up having a poor season as a player. With the bat, she scored 180 runs in nine innings at a batting average of 20, and a batting SR of 113.2. With the ball, the West Indian claimed just seven wickets at a bowling average of 30.14, a bowling SR of 24.00, and an economy of 7.53. 3. DC women - Taniya Bhatia Taniya Bhatia ( Photo source : X / Twitter ) DC women had a brilliant campaign in the WPL 2024 despite losing the final. The runner-ups of the WPL 2023 pulled off the same feat in 2024. However, it was a sad ending for their campaign, as they looked like the best team on paper and favourites to win the league. Most of their players were in good form. Taniya Bhatia, who has a poor reputation in batting, turned out to be forgettable in their campaign. Some of the bowling all-rounders batted ahead of her and scored more. Taniya played nine matches and took a catch including four stumpings. With the bat, she did not score a run. DC would have hoped for better performance from Bhatia. 4. Gujarat Giants - Kathryn Bryce Kathryn Bryce ( Photo source: X / Twitter ) Gujarat Giants had yet another forgettable outing. For the second time in a row, the Giants failed to qualify for the playoffs. Individually, many players seemed out of touch. Some of the batters batted without intent. In the second half, some of the players stepped up. However, it was a bit too late at that stage. Kathryn Bryce had a bad season as an all-rounder. The Scottish sensation was regarded as one of the players to watch out for. But she failed in both regards. With the bat, Kathryn Bryce scored 83 runs in eight innings at an average of 20.75, at a batting SR of 97.64. With the ball, Bryce claimed four wickets in eight innings at a bowling average of 45.5, a bowling SR of 31.5, and an economy rate of 8.66. 5. UP Warriorz - Tahlia McGrath Tahila McGrath ( Photo source: X / Twitter ) Tahlia McGrath was in the form of her life when UP Warriorz picked her up in the WPL auction 2023. The Australian was incredible with the bat and with the ball in international cricket and won several matches on her own. She carried on the form in the WPL 2023, where she scored 302 runs at an average of over 50 and a strike rate of over 158. While 2023 was exceptional for Tahlia, 2024 was unfortunately bad. She played four matches and managed to score only 27 runs. With the ball, she claimed a solitary wicket and turned out to be bad for Warriorz. She was later replaced by Chamari Athapaththu for the rest of the tournament, who did not perform well either.

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WPL 2024: Team-wise worst pick of the tournament

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