Shafali Verma, Radha Yadav be a part of Sydney Sixers for upcoming WBBL season

Indian teen batting sensation Shafali Verma and left-arm spinner Radha Yadav will make their Women’s Big Bash League debut with two-time champions Sydney Sixers, it was formally confirmed on Monday.
The signing of the duo by the Sixers was reported by PTI on May 13 and has been confirmed by the organisers forward of the seventh version of the league, which begins subsequent month.
“So the Sydney derby should be fun this year!. The @SixersBBL have signed Indian talents Shafali Verma and Radha Yadav,” a message posted from the official Twitter deal with of the league learn.

So the Sydney derby must be enjoyable this 12 months! 😅
The @SixersBBL have signed Indian abilities Shafali Verma and Radha Yadav. Full story: https://t.co/Kg0jiRgag1 #WBBL07 pic.twitter.com/ERmGfyLl4t
— Weber Women’s Big Bash League (@WBBL) September 26, 2021
The Sixers start their WBBL marketing campaign in opposition to the Melbourne Stars on October 14 at Blundstone Arena in Hobart.
The 17-year-old Shafali, who in 2019 turned India’s youngest ever lady participant to make her worldwide debut, is broadly thought-about the perfect batting expertise on the planet and presently sits atop the ICC girls’s T20I participant rankings.
On Sunday, she scored her maiden ODI half-century with a mature knock of 56 as India upset the may Australian group, snapping the hosts’ 26-game profitable streak.
“This is a very good opportunity for me and my goal is to just enjoy myself, to make some new friends and have fun,” Shafali was quoted as saying by cricket.com.au.
“I want to play WBBL and back myself and just believe in myself.”
Shafali is predicted to type a deadly mixture with Alyssa Healy, Ellyse Perry and Ash Gardner on the prime of the order for the Sixers, giving the group probably the most thrilling prime 4 in WBBL historical past.
In June, the right-hander turned the youngest participant, male or feminine, to characterize India in all three codecs of worldwide cricket earlier than she debuted for the Birmingham Phoenix in ‘The Hundred’ underneath Sixers’ head coach Ben Sawyer.
“Shafali is very impressive. She’s such a talent and she’s fearless. She hits to different areas of the field and plays shots that are different to the other three girls in that top four,” Sawyer mentioned.
“The experience I had with her in Birmingham was that she wants to learn, she wants to get better and she wants to grow as a player and a person,” he added.
Not to be overshadowed by her teenage teammate, left-arm orthodox spinner Radha arrives on the Sixers with a burgeoning resume of her personal and sits eleventh within the T20I participant rankings.
The 21-year-old was one of many discoveries of the 2018 ICC Women’s World Twenty20, ending because the joint-leading wicket-taker for India within the event, with eight dismissals in 5 matches.
Radha mentioned she was trying ahead to creating her WBBL debut alongside Shafali, noting the event had been very aspirational as she rose by means of the ranks in India.
“Lots of young Indian girls want to play in the WBBL. It is a very good standard and I am so happy to be able to play for the Sixers this year,” Radha mentioned.
Sawyer was equally exuberant about welcoming Radha to the Sixers.
“Radha brings a skillset that now we have by no means had on the Sixers and that’s very thrilling. A left-arm ortho bowler is so vital within the WBBL and having one who’s world class is such a terrific alternative for this group.
“She has also batted in the middle of the order for India so she is handy with the bat too,” he added.