RCB opener Grace Harris single-handedly destroyed her old team UP Warriors.Image Credit source: PTI

If the beginning is like this, then the coming days are not going to be good either. This warning has been issued by the batsmen to all the bowlers in the new season of the Women's Premier League (WPL 2026). From the very first match, tremendous batting was witnessed and big scores were seen within just 5 matches. The attitude of the batsmen seems to be more attacking than last season. Many evidences of this have been found in these 5 matches and if anyone has not watched the last 4 matches then all the hurdles would have been fulfilled in the match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and UP Warriors. Only one batsman dominated this match, whose name is Grace Harris.

Australia's explosive batting-all-rounder Grace Harris transformed Navi Mumbai's DY Patil Stadium into a small park in a locality on the evening of 12 January. Sixes and fours came from Harris's bat as if she was practicing in the nets. Harris, who played some explosive innings while being a part of UP Warriors for the last 3 seasons of WPL, this season Royal Challengers Bangalore He is a part of (RCB) and this time he targeted his old team only.

In how many balls did Harris hit his fifty?

Harris, who was opening for RCB with captain Smriti Mandhana, gave a fast start in the first match also. But in the second match it became difficult to stop him. This batsman completed his half-century in just 22 balls. This is the fastest half-century of the WPL 2026 season and the fifth fastest half-century in WPL history. But the manner in which she reached here was very special. To reach this score, Harris targeted West Indies legend Deandra Dottin and took 32 runs in one over, out of which he scored 30 runs himself.

32 runs in one over

This was the last over of the powerplay. But the very first ball was a no ball and Harris hit a four. Then taking advantage of the free hit, Harris hit a six. RCB's opener again scored a four on the next ball. Dottin's third ball also met the same fate and it reached for 6 runs. Dottin brought the fourth legal ball of the over and once again watched helplessly as the ball crossed the boundary for 6 runs. After continuous beating, the next West Indies bowler bowled a wide. Dottin's rhythm had deteriorated but Harris was in full swing and sent the next ball for a four.

blown away in 40 balls

However, the surprising thing was that even after so much beating, the last ball came out empty. But despite this, Harris single-handedly scored 30 runs in these 5 balls, while with the help of no balls and wides, 32 runs were scored in this over. Just a day before, Sophie Devine had also given away 32 runs from one over. In this way, Harris could not break the record but she broke the back of the target set by UP Warriors. Ultimately her innings came to a halt in the 12th over but by then she had scored 85 runs in 40 balls, in which she had hit 5 sixes and 10 fours. RCB won the match just 3 balls after his dismissal.