Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 6 (ANI): Mumbai Indians captain Harmanpreet Kaur is hopeful about lifting the Girls’s Premier League title for the second time within the upcoming season.
The third version of the ladies’s T20 event might be held in 4 cities – Baroda, Bengaluru, Lucknow, and Mumbai. The event will kick off on February 14 on the newly constructed BCA Stadium in Baroda.
In a high-octane season opener, Gujarat Giants (GG) will sq. off towards defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB).
Within the earlier season, the champions of the inaugural season completed second within the standings and stood in a cushty spot to defend their title. Nevertheless, back-to-back defeats within the playoffs derailed their journey to the ultimate.
Harmanpreet expressed hope of reclaiming the title within the upcoming season and instructed ANI, “The event is essential for us. Everyone seems to be practising properly. The camp goes properly, and we’re very excited for this season. Hopefully, we’ll win the trophy once more.”With hopes of including one other trophy to their cupboard, Harmanpreet is conscious the journey will not be straightforward, contemplating the stability that the remainder of the groups have discovered.
“All groups seem like balanced. I believe this season we’ll see thrilling video games, and there will not be any straightforward video games for us,” she added.
Whereas voicing her opinion concerning the affect of WPL, Harmanpreet believes the competitors has served as a platform for girls cricketers to enhance.
“For the reason that arrival of WPL, ladies’s cricket has been enhancing as a result of earlier than, hardly 15 to twenty ladies cricketers obtained the possibility to play top-level cricket. However now there are a variety of younger gamers who get to play with and towards worldwide cricketers. I believe the WPL platform helps a variety of gamers, particularly the younger cricketers,” she stated.
Within the upcoming season, Baroda will host a complete of six matches earlier than the motion shifts to Bengaluru, the place RCB will play their first house recreation towards the formidable Mumbai Indians on the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on February 21.
The ultimate leg of the event will unfold in Mumbai, with the enduring Cricket Membership of India (CCI) internet hosting the final two league matches and the 2 high-stakes Playoff video games. Mumbai Indians will conclude the league stage with back-to-back house video games towards Gujarat Giants and Royal Challengers Bengaluru on March 10 and 11, respectively.
On their quest for glory, Mumbai Indians retained a robust core, together with skipper Harmanpreet Kaur, West Indies star Hayley Matthews, England’s Nat Sciver-Brunt, and New Zealand’s Amelia Kerr.
The retained gamers additionally included Amandeep Kaur, Amanjot Kaur, South Africa’s Chloe Tryon, Jintimani Kalita, Keerthana B, Pooja Vastrakar, Saika Ishaque, Sajana Sajeevan, South African tempo veteran Shabnim Ismail, and Indian wicketkeeper-batter Yastika Bhatia.
Throughout the mini-auction, Mumbai Indians added 4 gamers to finish the 18-member squad by getting South African all-rounder Nadine de Klerk and Madhya Pradesh all-rounder Sanskriti Gupta and Rajasthan pacer Akshita Maheshwari along with Kamalini.
MI WPl 2025 squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Amandeep Kaur, Amanjot Kaur, Amelia Kerr, Chloe Tryon, Hayley Matthews, Jintimani Kalita, Keerthana Balakrishnan, Natalie Sciver-Brunt, Pooja Vastrakar, Saika Ishaque, Sajana S, Shabnim Ismail, Yastika Bhatia, Nadine de Klerk, G Kamalini, Sanskriti Gupta, Akshita Maheshwari. (ANI)
