Women’s Premier League
Today (4th March) is a big day for Indian cricket. Today the Women’s Premier League begins. The first match will be played between Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Giants at DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. Harmanpreet Kaur will lead Mumbai Indians. At the same time, Gujarat’s captain is Beth Mooney, but now just a few hours before the match, a big change has happened.
Big change in timing
The first match between Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Giants in Women’s Premier League was to be played at 7.30 PM (IST). At the same time, the toss was to be held at 7 pm (IST), but now a big change has been made in the timing of this match. According to the new timing, the toss will now take place at 7.30 am (IST). At the same time, the match will be played from 8 o’clock (IST). The opening ceremony will start at 6.25. It is believed that due to the opening ceremony, a major change has been made in the timing.
Harmanpreet Kaur is in excellent form
Mumbai Indians captain Harmanpreet Kaur is in excellent form. She played an excellent inning against Australia in the semi-finals of T20 World Cup 2023, but she could not win Team India. She is the only player to play 150 T20 matches for India. Mumbai has players like Yastika Bhatia, Pooja Vastrakar and Natalie Sciver.
5 teams are taking part
There are 5 teams participating in the Women’s Premier League. This league is being organized for the first time in India. All the teams will play two league matches with each team. The entire season will be played at the Brabourne Stadium and DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai. The final match of the tournament will be held on March 26 at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai.
Squads of both teams for WPL 2023
Mumbai Indians: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Natalie Sciver, Amelia Kerr, Pooja Vastrakar, Yastika Bhatia, Heather Graham, Isabel Wong, Amanjot Kaur, Dhara Gujar, Sayka Ishaq, Hayley Mathews, Chloe Tryon, Humaira Khaji, Priyanka Bala, Sonam Yadav, Jintamani Kalita Neelam Bisht.
Gujarat Giants: Beth Mooney (c), Sneh Rana, Ashleigh Gardner, Sophia Dunkley, Annabel Sutherland, Harleen Deol, Diandra Dottin, Sabineni Meghna, Georgia Wareham, Manasi Joshi, Dayalan Hemlata, Monika Patel, Tanuja Kanwar, Sushma Verma, Hurley Gala, Ashwini Kumari , Parunika Sisodia, Shabman Shakeel.