Virat Kohli Fan Laura Wolvaardt Guides SA To Final Of Women's T20 World Cup 2023: Know All About Gorgeous Batter - In Pics

When Laura plays cover drives, it is one of the most beautiful things to watch on the cricket field. In 2021, Laura was also named in the ICC Women's T20I team of the year thanks to an outstanding run. (Image source: Instagram)

Laura Wolvaardt was just 17 years old when she notched up her maiden ODI hundred, becoming the third youngest to get to the milestone in women's ODIs. In 2017, she was awarded the Women’s Newcomer of the Year at Cricket South Africa's annual awards. (Image source: Instagram)

Laura made her international debut in an ODI vs England women in February of 2016. The same year she also made her T20I debut in a game vs Ireland. Laura has also played one Test vs England in June of 2022. In 80 ODIs, she has scored 3193 runs at an average of 45.61 while in 52 T20Is so far, Laura has accumulated 1018 runs at an average of 29.94 and strike rate of 108.18 respectively. (Image source: Instagram)

With 324 runs at an average of over 60, Wolvaardt finished as South Africa's highest run-scorer in 2017. But five years later, in 2022 Women's ODI World Cups, she topped it by making 433 runs with five scores of over fifty, the most by anyone in the tournament. (Image source: Instagram)

Laura finished 2022 as the leading run-scorer in women's ODIs, making 728 runs. Her 149 is also the 2nd highest score in women's ODIs by a South African. (Image source: Instagram)

Laura Wolvaardt has already revealed to the world that she is big fan of star Indian cricketer Virat Kohli and her favourite IPL team is also RCB. Quite surprisingly, she was ignored at the recently-held WPL 2023 auctions as she found no takers. (Image source: Instagram)