India, Jan. 12 -- The 2026 season of the Women's Premier League has yet another uncapped Indian talent leaving a mark early on in the tournament. Although her effort came in a losing cause at the wrong end of a thriller at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai, Delhi Capitals seamer Nandani Sharma made a name for herself as she took the Purple Cap with a five-fer against Gujarat Giants. A haul which included a hat-trick in the final over of the Gujarat innings.

After having taken her first wicket with the key scalp of Sophie Devine while she was batting on 95, Nandani returned in the last over of the innings. She proceeded to take four wickets in that over, including a hat-trick which saw the last three wickets of the innings as a whole. ...