: From Shafali Verma’s debut to Smriti Mandhana’s return: Here are Indians in Women’s Big Bash League #IndiaNEWS The seventh edition of the Women’s Big Bash League, kickstarting on Thursday,

From Shafali Verma’s debut to Smriti Mandhana’s return: Here are Indians in Women’s Big Bash League #IndiaNEWS
The seventh edition of the Women’s Big Bash League, kickstarting on Thursday, will feature as many as eight Indian players – the highest number so far in the history of the Australian tournament. It is fitting testament to the development of the young talent in the last T20 World Cup’s runners-up. Opener Smriti Mandhana, off-spinning all-rounder Deepti Sharma (Sydney Thunder), opener Shafali Verma, left-arm spinner Radha Yadav (Sydney Sixers), batters Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (Melbourne Renegades) keeper-bat Richa Ghosh (Hobart Hurricanes) and leg-spinner Poonam Yadav (Brisbane Heat) are the eight Indians set to feature in WBBL 2021. It be a debut season for all Indians bar Harmanpreet and Mandhana, as other Indian assignments have clashed with WBBL in the last two years. However, several of them have played in The Hundred recently, which is England cricket’s new short-format league, and the KIA Super League which preceded it. The Australian T20 tournament is the premier league for women’s cricket with a host of top international stars across eight teams, which share the same franchise as the men’s edition. It will be valuable match practice for the Indians and many top players have hailed the impact of the tournament on international women’s cricket. Each club can have a total of...Read more

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