25 year old debutant Ayushi Soni of Gujarat Giants created unwanted history, this happened for the first time in WPL.

By Samira Vishwas On Jan 14, 2026

In the Women’s Premier League 2026, 25-year-old debutant batsman Ayushi Soni of Gujarat Giants made a unique record in her name. Delhi resident Ayushi became the first player to be retired out in WPL history. This incident was seen on Tuesday, January 13 in the match against Mumbai Indians.

In this match, Ayushi Soni was sent to bat at number 6 on behalf of Gujarat Giants. However, she could score only 11 runs in 14 balls, after which the team management decided to retire her before the 17th over. Bharti Phulmali was brought in to bat in her place.

Fulmali took full advantage of the opportunity and played an explosive inning of 36 not out in just 15 balls. During this period, he hit 3 fours and 3 sixes and made an important partnership of 56 runs in just 24 balls with Georgia Wareham for the sixth wicket.

Talking about the match, Gujarat Giants, batting first, did not have a special start and Sophie Devine was out early (8). After this, Beth Mooney (33) and Kanika Ahuja (35) took over the innings. In the end, thanks to the important partnership of 56 runs in 24 balls for the sixth wicket of Wareham (43) and Fulmali (36), Gujarat Giants made a strong score of 192 runs in 20 overs.

Teams for this match

Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Amelia Kerr, Gunalan Kamalini (wk), Hayley Matthews, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Nicola Carey, Sajeevan Sajna, Amanjot Kaur, Poonam Khemnar, Sanskriti Gupta, Shabnim Ismail, Triveni Vashishtha.

Gujarat Giants (Playing XI): Beth Mooney (wk), Sophie Devine, Ashley Gardner, Georgia Wareham, Ayushi Soni, Bharti Fulmali, Kashvi Gautam, Kanika Ahuja, Tanuja Kanwar, Rajeshwari Gaikwad, Renuka Singh Thakur.