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UP Warriorz: The 2025 season of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) has turned out to be a forgettable one for UP Warriorz (UPW), who finished at the bottom of the points table with just six points. Amidst the negatives, a positive which would have pleased the side is the emergence of young pace-bowling all-rounder Kranti Goud.

Hailing from Ghaura, a village in the Chhatarpur district of Madhya Pradesh, Kranti picked six wickets in eight games to be a great find for Deepti Sharma-led UPW. The most impactful performance of Kranti came when she picked 4-25 and helped UPW get their win of the season over the Delhi Capitals in Bengaluru.

Kranti’s first scalp in WPL will always hold a special place in her heart – of castling Meg Lanning, the legendary batter, a seven-time World Cup winner and Commonwealth Games gold medal clincher for Australia. She would go on to dismiss Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, and Jess Jonassen to clinch figures of 4-25.