Younger spin bowler Shreyanka Patil has made historical past by turning into the primary Indian cricketer to be signed for the Ladies’s Caribbean Premier League (WCPL). Apparently, Patil can be the primary Indian participant to be supplied a contract in an abroad league earlier than making her worldwide debut.
Shreyanka Patil made a reputation for herself when she was chosen for Royal Challenger’s Bangalore (RCB) within the inaugural version of the WPL. Within the 7 matches she performed for RCB, the all-rounder took 6 wickets and scored 62 runs.
Patil has been chosen for Guyana Amazon Warriors within the WCPL, which shall be held from 31 August to 10 September. BCCI has allowed Indian girls cricketers to play in overseas cricket leagues and senior gamers like Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Jemima Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma and Richa Ghosh have performed within the WBBL or The Hundred.
The 20-year-old was just lately named Participant of the Match on the Ladies’s Rising Asia Cup in Hong Kong. Whereas taking part in for India A, she took 9 wickets in her two matches.
Led by former West Indies captain Stafanie Taylor, Guyana Amazon Warriors will play their first WCPL match in opposition to Barbados Royals Ladies at their dwelling floor, Kensington Oval, on September 1. In the meantime, they’ll play their second match in opposition to reigning champions Trinbago Knight Riders on 3 September.
The 2022 WCPL was launched as a three-team match with solely 4 matches scheduled, together with the ultimate. Nonetheless, for this version of the match, the variety of league video games has been elevated to six and every staff may have the chance to play their opponents twice. The highest two groups will play the ultimate on 11 September.
(With inputs from PTI)
Up to date: 01 Jul 2023, 01:12 PM IST