Women’s T20 Challenge was at all times going to be stepping stone for the Women’s IPL: Smriti Mandhana

The upcoming version of the Women’s T20 Challenge is ready to get underway on Monday, May 23 on the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) Stadium in Pune.

Smriti Mandhana of India (left). Courtesy: Reuters

HIGHLIGHTSThe Women’s T20 Challenge will begin on May 23Harmanpreet Kaur echoed Smriti Mandhana’s phrasesEarlier, the BCCI gave a inexperienced sign for the Women’s IPL

Indian ladies’s batter Smriti Mandhana stated that the Women’s T20 Challenge is predicted to play a serious function earlier than the Women’s Indian Premier League (IPL) will get underway subsequent yr. Earlier this yr, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) gave a inexperienced sign for the graduation of the Women’s IPL, though nothing a lot in regards to the match is understood.

Mandhana, who is ready to steer the defending champions Trailblazers, stated that Women’s T20 Challenge has supplied a lot of proficient younger stars, together with swashbuckling batter Shafali Verma, who would later go on to play for India.

“The T20 Challenge was always going to be a stepping stone for the Women’s IPL. So definitely, whenever it starts, this (T20 Challenge) is a pretty important tournament in that regard. We get to see the kind of talent women’s cricket has in domestic (cricket) and to come out there on the big stage. So in that regard it’s going to be a good advertisement for the women’s IPL,” Mandhana was quoted as saying.

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Harmanpreet Kaur, who shall be captaining the Supernovas, talked in regards to the emergence of Shafali, Richa Ghosh, and Pooja Vastrakar. The veteran batter stated that the Women’s IPL will give a lot of ladies possibilities to indicate their expertise.

“If we take a look at the three years that we have performed these matches, we acquired superb gamers like Shafali, Richa [Ghosh], and even Pooja [Vastrakar] tried to show herself by means of this match. We get high quality video games and the home gamers get lots of possibilities to carry out.

“Maybe this will be the last edition (of the T20 Challenge) and next year we’re looking positively at the IPL (beginning) and that will give more opportunities for the girls to perform,” Harmanpreet stated.

The Women’s T20 Challenge is ready to get underway on Monday, May 23 on the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) Stadium in Pune. Apart from the Supernovas and Trailblazers, Velocity, led by Deepti Sharma, may also participate.