Nat Sciver Brunt 1st Wpl Century PtiImage Credit source: PTI
Finally the first century was scored in the Women’s Premier League (WPL). In the fourth season of WPL, Mumbai Indians’ legendary all-rounder Nate Siver-Brunt created history by scoring a century. In the important match of WPL 2026 between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore, Nate Siver-Brunt immortalized his name forever in WPL records by scoring a century in just 57 balls. For four consecutive seasons, many batsmen remained victims of ‘nervous nineties’, due to which the wait for the first century continued to drag on. But after 1059 days and 82 matches, WPL finally got its first century player.
Siver-Brunt’s memorable century innings
In this match played on the evening of Monday 26th January in Vadodara, Mumbai Indians batted first. It had a bad start and opener Sajeevan Sajna returned to the pavilion in the third over itself. But Nate Siver, who came after this, along with the second opener Haley Mathews, batted brilliantly and completed her half-century in just 32 balls. This English all-rounder made a stormy partnership of 131 runs with Mathews.
Mathews was out after scoring a half-century but Nate Siver’s bat continued to fire even after this. He continued to hit fours and sixes on the RCB bowlers and finally completed his century by taking one run on the fourth ball of the 20th over. He touched this milestone in just 57 balls and created history. She returned unbeaten after scoring 100 runs in 57 balls. His innings included 16 fours and 1 six. On the basis of his explosive innings, Mumbai gave a difficult target of 200 runs in 20 overs to Bengaluru.
MI star made this record
Not only this, with the help of his century, England captain Nate Siver-Brunt also crossed the 300-run mark in WPL 2026. In this way he made another record. She has scored more than 300 runs in 3 out of 4 seasons of this league and became the first player in the history of the league to do so. She had scored 332 runs in the first season of 2023 and was at second position. Then in 2025, he scored 523 runs in 10 matches, which is a record for the highest number of runs in a season. Now in WPL 2026, she has scored the maximum of 319 runs in just 6 matches.