The Women's Premier League exploded onto the cricket scene in 2023, and honestly? It's been absolute chaos in the best way possible. Some of the amazing batting exhibitions have been witnessed by fans, those are the kinds of innings that leave you jumping off your couch screaming at the television. These are not ordinary knocks but record breaking performances that have changed the face of women in T20 cricket. It is not only the speed that made those fifties so special. It's the audacity. The sheer fearlessness of walking out there and deciding, "Yeah, I'm going after every single ball." Others of these players took half-centuries quicker than you can gulp your coffee. We're talking 18-ball fifties. Eighteen! That is no cricket-it is knocking down. The WPL has provided us with the moments, which will be revisited, in Sophia Dunkley bursting through the doors and Chinelle Henry miraculously saving us, moments that will be replayed over and over again. The country has seen light in the hands of international stars and the Indian talents on the stadiums. Here's everything you need to know about the fastest fifties in WPL history. Top 10 Fastest Fifties in WPL Rank Player Team Balls SR Opponent Date 1 Sophia Dunkley Gujarat Giants 18 232.14 RCB Mar 8, 2023 2 Chinelle Henry UP Warriorz 18 269.56 Delhi Capitals Feb 22, 2025 3 Shafali Verma Delhi Capitals 19 271.42 Gujarat Giants Mar 11, 2023 4 Sophie Devine RCB 20 275.00 Gujarat Giants Mar 18, 2023 5 Harmanpreet Kaur Mumbai Indians 22 216.66 Gujarat Giants Mar 4, 2023 6 Bharti Fulmali Gujarat Giants 22 244.00 Mumbai Indians Mar 10, 2025 7 Richa Ghosh RCB 23 237.03 Gujarat Giants Feb 14, 2025 8 Kiran Navgire UP Warriorz 24 188.33 Delhi Capitals Feb 19, 2025 9 Grace Harris UP Warriorz 25 226.92 Gujarat Giants Mar 5, 2023 10 Kiran Navgire UP Warriorz 25 183.87 Mumbai Indians Feb 28, 2024 Top 10 Fastest Fifties in WPL Detaled Analysis 1. Sophia Dunkley (England) - 18 Balls Image Source : BCCI Sophia Dunkley made WPL history at Brabourne Stadium on March 8, 2023. She went to bat against RCB playing as Gujarat Giants and she did not bat, she demolished the bowling attack. Dunkley opened the innings during the first season of the tournament and made 50 in just 18 balls, hitting 11 four and sending 3 huge sixes. Her final score? A 232.14 strike rate of 65 of 28 deliveries. One of them monitored her loot of 23 runs. Gujarat Giants beat Dunkley by a mere 11 runs and Dunkley was the winner of the Player of the Match award. Pure dominance. Also Read | Top 10 Most Expensive Players in WPL History 2. Chinelle Henry (West Indies) - 18 Balls Image Source : BCCI Dunkley had her record tied by Chinelle Henry when playing the WPL 2025, but her knock was another thing altogether. On February 22, 2025, at M. Chinnaswamy stadium, UP Warriorz were dropping at 89 to 6 against the Delhi Capitals. Then Henry, who was batting at number 8, simply lost the head. She hit 62 out of 23 balls-no 4s, but 8 sixes, four of them in succession in the 19th over to raise her fifty. Strike rate? A wild 269.57. No player batting at number 8 or lower in women's T20 history has ever scored more. Very dashing stuff of the West Indian man-of-all. 3. Shafali Verma (India) - 19 Balls Image Source : BCCI Shafali Verma tore Gujarat Giants apart on March 11, 2023. She opened against the Delhi Capitals at DY Patil Stadium where she hit her fifty in 19 balls, the third-fastest in the history of WPL and the fastest ever among Indians. She did not limit it there and ran to 76 out of a total of 28 deliveries with 10 boundaries and 5 towering sixes. Her strike rate? An absolutely ridiculous 271.43. It only required 106 by Delhi Capitals to win, and with the assistance of Shafali, they went out to accomplish this goal in 7.1 overs, beating them by a 10-wick margin. She was also the player with the best strike rate of the 2023 season of 185.29. It is explosive to say the least. 4. Sophie Devine (New Zealand) - 20 Balls Image Source : BCCI Sophie Devine gave a masterclass at Brabourne Stadium on March 18, 2023. The New Zealand captain who is playing with the Royal Challenger Bengaluru hit her fifty off just 20 balls and continued the killing spree. She completed with 99 runs off just 36 deliveries, one short of the first century in the history of the WPL. Nine fours. Eight sixes. A strike rate of 275.00. The 8 maximums she scored were the WPL record of sixes in one innings, and as she left it was the whole of her dugout standing and bowing. RCB chased down 189 in 15.3 overs. Divine batting out of this world. 5. Harmanpreet Kaur (India) - 22 Balls Image Source : BCCI Harmanpreet Kaur made history in the very first WPL match ever played. March 4, 2023, at DY Patil Stadium—Mumbai Indians versus Gujarat Giants. She hit the first fifty in the tournament ever, but she did it with only 22 balls, and then with 65 balls out of 30. Fourteen fences went to the fence, but she had not struck a six. She once hit seven consecutive fours in two overs- the highest in the history of the IPL by Chris Gayle. She had a strike rate of 216.67 and this led Mumbai Indians to 207 and they literally decimated Gujarat Giants by 143 runs. MI was later taken to the first WPL title by Harmanpreet. 6. Bharti Fulmali (India) - 22 Balls Image Source : BCCI It was a knock to reckon with and Bharti Fulmali was keeping Harmanpreet pace in WPL 2025. Gujarat Giants were chasing 180 against Mumbai Indians at Brabourne Stadium on March 10, 2025, and they'd slumped to 70 for 5 when Fulmali walked in. She simply attacked everything. Scored 61 out of 25 balls with 8 boundaries and 4 sixes with a strike of 244. Her first in the WPL was her fifty in 22 balls, which she made and she almost pulled her team to a miracle win. The Giants missed by 9 runs yet Fulmali declared herself a true power hitter. Fearless, aggressive, and incredibly talented. 7. Richa Ghosh (India) - 23 Balls Image Source : BCCI Richa Ghosh stunned everyone in the WPL 2025 opener.On February 14, she was playing against Gujarat Giants against Royal Challengers Bengaluru at Kotambi Stadium, Vadodara and smashed her way to fifty in 23 balls. She completed with 64 out of 27 deliveries- 7 four, 4sixes, strike rate 237. Ghosh made it possible as RCB were after 202, the most successful chase in WPL history. Nicole demolished Ashleigh Gardner by 23 runs in the 16th over, and she finished the job with a six at deep midwicket. She is only 21 years old, yet one of the finest finishers in women cricketing. 8. Kiran Navgire (India) - 24 Balls Image Source : BCCI Kiran Navgire smashed a 24-ball fifty for UP Warriorz against Delhi Capitals at BCA Stadium in Vadodara on February 19, 2025. Classic Navgire—fearless, aggressive, relentless from the very first delivery. She has made two appearances in this top 10 list and this says it all about her consistency as a power hitter. She has been with UP Warriorz since their inception in their first season, and she has been their middle-order enforcer, who they go to when they need a quick run. She does not only score in full flow and when Navgire is in full flow she not only scores but turns the entire momentum of the match. Totally destroying when she goes. 9. Grace Harris (Australia) - 25 Balls Image Source : BCCI Grace Harris was a pulling away of one of the greatest rescuing acts in the history of WPL. DY Patil Stadium, March 5, 2023, 88/6, with Gujarat Giants 170 to chase. Harris entered the picture and just took over. Her 59 was beaten only 26 times and she hit 7 fours and 3 sixes with a strike rate of 226.92. The last over required 19 by U P, and Harris did it with such apparent ease that he had time to spare with the last ball of that specific over. She struck out two sixes and a four of the last three deliveries. Carried her side by side on her own. Absolutely heroic. 10. Kiran Navgire (India) - 25 Balls (Second Entry) Image Source : BCCI Kiran Navgire makes her second appearance on this list with another explosive fifty—this time against Mumbai Indians during WPL 2024 on February 28 at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. She achieved 50 off only 25 balls, which were 6 fours and 4 sixes with a strike rate of 183.87. The fact that Navgire was placed in the top 10 in both of the fastest fifty entries proves the consistency of the player as one of the most dangerous power hitters in the tournament. She has turned into a nightmare to rival bowlers- a couple of overs with her and she will turn the whole scenario round. Since the beginning, UP Warriorz established their strategy on her firepower. Also Read | The WPL Effect: How It’s Redefining Women’s Cricket Conclusion The Women premier league has disrupted the limits of the women T20 cricket. The lightning speed and fifties are the displays of brilliant talent, bravery, and abilities of the players that do not make them back up. Homegrown Indian stars such as Shafali Verma and Richa Ghosh are on this list along with international superstars such as Sophie Devine and Sophia Dunkley, which demonstrates that the WPL is raising talent on both sides of the board. With the tournament becoming larger and greater every season, you can definitely count on it smashing more records. These players have made the bar extremely high but are we aware of what we have already seen? Someone's going to go even faster. The future of women's cricket is here, and it's absolutely explosive.