India, Jan. 12 -- On a warm Sunday evening at the DY Patil Stadium, it was Delhi Capitals' medium-pacer Nandani Sharma - playing only her second Women's Premier League (WPL) match - who had ignited the crowd with a sensational hat-trick.

The match may not have gone Delhi Capitals' way as Gujarat Giants sneaked in a narrow 4-run win, but Sharma ensured her name echoed across the league. After conceding 16 runs in her first over, the 24-year-old from Chandigarh stormed back to claim a five-wicket haul, finishing with a dream spell (5/33). Bowling the final over, she dismissed Renuka Thakur, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Kanika Ahuja and her state captain Kashvee Gautam, following her earlier crucial breakthrough of Sophie Devine - who had blasted 9...