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Tara Norris joins Mumbai Indians for the 2027 WPL season
United States fast bowler Tara Norris will play for Mumbai Indians in the 2027 Women’s Premier League.
Mumbai acquired her from UP Warriorz in a trade, and she will stay on her existing fee of Rs 10 lakh.
Norris previously played for Delhi Capitals in the league’s first season in 2023.
That season, she became the first bowler in WPL history to take five wickets in a match.
She joined UP Warriorz at the 2026 auction but missed that season while playing in the USA’s Women’s T20 World Cup qualifying campaign.
Mumbai have won the WPL five times, and the move gives Norris another chance to play in the tournament.
She has taken 21 wickets in 17 Women’s T20 Internationals for the USA.
Tara Norris has joined Mumbai Indians for the 2027 Women’s Premier League season after being traded from UP Warriorz.
She will join the five-time champions at her existing fee of Rs 10 lakh.
The United States left-arm fast bowler previously played for Delhi Capitals in the WPL’s inaugural 2023 season.
She made WPL history in 2023 by taking the tournament’s first five-wicket haul.
- Who
- Tara Norris, a United States left-arm fast bowler, has joined Mumbai Indians.
- What
- She was traded from UP Warriorz to Mumbai Indians for the 2027 WPL season at her existing fee of Rs 10 lakh.
- When
- The move was announced on October 12, 2026, ahead of the 2027 season.
- Where
- Mumbai Indians in the Women’s Premier League.
- Why
- Not stated
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Norris represented Delhi Capitals in the inaugural WPL season and took seven wickets in five matches.
She took the first five-wicket haul in WPL history against Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
UP Warriorz selected Norris for her base price of Rs 10 lakh, but she missed the season while playing in the USA’s Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier campaign.
Mumbai Indians confirmed Norris had joined the team for the 2027 WPL season.
- Transfer
- UP Warriorz to Mumbai Indians
- WPL season
- 2027
- Fee
- Rs 10 lakh
- WPL debut season
- 2023, with Delhi Capitals
- WPL milestone
- First bowler to take a five-wicket haul in the tournament’s history
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