Pune
Shubhangi Kulkarni will drive at the MCA Stadium on the outskirts of the city on Monday evening. Since the BCCI announced that her hometown will host the Women’s T20 Challenge, the former India captain is looking forward to the tournament.
Like her, almost everyone involved in the women’s sport will be watching the six-day tournament closely, which is considered a trial for the women’s IPL. With news surfacing that the BCCI is more keen than ever about starting a women’s IPL, and some IPL franchises showing interest in teaming up, you find a lot of excitement about the T20 Challenge, especially the uncapped domestic players. from.
Some of them are here. Batsmen like Kiran Navgire and bowlers like Maya Sonawane and Arti Kedar could be in focus. Kiran made headlines last month by scoring an unbeaten 162 in just 76 balls for Nagaland against Arunachal Pradesh in the Senior Women’s T20 tournament.
She will definitely be facing a better bowling attack here, and it will be interesting to find out if it will be a breakout tournament for her like the 2019 edition was for Shafali Verma.
Now one of the most explosive batsmen in the women’s game, Shafali is one of the biggest attractions of the tournament. Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur are also expected to delight fans with their strokeplay.
As before, the event will also feature some of women’s cricket’s biggest stars from overseas, such as Deandra Dottin, Sophie Ecclestone, Laura Wolvaardt, Sune Luce and Sofia Dunkley.
The teams – Supernova, Trailblazers and Velocity – will play each other once and the top two will face off in the final on May 28.
Trailblazers captain Smriti said: “The T20 Challenge was always a step forward for the women’s IPL. So in that sense it is a very important tournament. I think it will be a good advertisement for women’s IPL.
Supernovas captain Harmanpreet Kaur said: “If we look at the last three editions of this tournament, we can see that we have got some really good players like Shafali Verma, Richa Ghosh and Pooja Vastrakar. We get good games and domestic players get chances.
faction:
Supernova: Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain), Tania Bhatia, Priya Punia, Harleen Deol, Meghna Singh, Monica Patel, Muskan Malik, Pooja Vastrakar, Ayushi Soni, Rashi Kanojia, V. Chandu, Mansi Joshi, Sophie Ecclestone (England), Sune Luce (England) ) SA), Deandra Dottin (West Indies) and Alana King (Australia).
trail Blazers: Smriti Mandhana (Captain), Poonam Yadav, Arundhati Reddy, Jemima Rodrigues, Priyanka Priyadarshini, Rajeshwari Gaikwad, Renuka Singh, Richa Ghosh, S Meghna, Saika Ishaq, Sharmin Akhtar, Sujata Malik, Shraddha Pokharkar, Hayley Mathews (West Indies), Sofia Dunkley (England), Salma Khatoon (San) and Sharmin Akhtar (San).
Velocity: Deepti Sharma (Captain), Sneh Rana, Shafali Verma, Kiran Navgire, Radha Yadav, Aarti Kedar, Shivli Shinde, Simran Bahadur, Yastika Bhatia, Kirti James, Maya Sonawane, Pranavi Chandra, Laura Wolvaardt (SA), Kate Cross (England) ), Ayabonga Khaka (South Africa) and Natthakan Chantham (Was).
Monday’s match: Trailblazer vs Supernova, 7.30 PM