Stars resembling Harmanpreet Kaur and Smriti Mandhana really feel the ladies’s IPL might assist newcomers in making a seamless transition from home to worldwide cricket.
The inaugural ladies’s IPL is ready to be held in March and a number of the nation’s high gamers, from nationwide workforce captain Harmanpreet to senior opener Mandhana, are trying ahead to the occasion that may even see participation from abroad stars.
Speaking on Star Sports present ‘Follow the Blues’, Harmanpreet mentioned, “The IPL might be a terrific platform for gamers which might be actually good, however for them, worldwide cricket remains to be one thing that they can not change their strategy and mind-set in a single day.
DEALING WITH PRESSURE
“But in the IPL, when they get a chance to play against overseas players, it will give them a platform, they can play well, they can understand what is international cricket.
“So, when they are playing for the Indian team, they will not face any extra pressure, because right now, the players that are selected from the domestic teams, sometimes I can see that they are blank, they are not able to understand how to change their game plan.
“To cut that gap, the tournament will play a major role. So, in the coming years, with the girls who play in the IPL, we will definitely see some major changes in their performances.”
EYEING INTERNATIONAL SUCCESS
The Women in Blue have made plenty of progress prior to now yr, however haven’t been in a position to win championships. The workforce made it to the semi-finals of the ODI World Cup, beat Sri Lanka in a T20I and ODI bilateral sequence, received a Commonwealth Games silver medal and bagged a historic 3-0 win in England.
They additionally received the Asia Cup for a document seventh time.
Talking additional in regards to the IPL, Harmanpreet mentioned, “The IPL is a huge step forward for women’s cricket, because before this, we have witnessed the Australia board, England board, they have looked after the WBBL and The Hundred.
“We have discussed that there’s a big gap between domestic and international cricket, because even if you play well in domestic cricket and then suddenly play international games, you’re not able to understand what to do and how to do it.”
Mandhana in contrast the ladies’s IPL with leagues resembling The Hundred and the WBBL and spoke about how they’ve helped their home gamers.
ON-GROUND IMPACT
“All of women’s cricket, I won’t say the Indian team or the domestic set-up. We keep talking about how it will increase the bench strength.
“But actually, the fact is that it’s going to help the domestic girls massively because that sort of experience in playing in leagues like this will get a lot of things sorted for women’s cricket,” Mandhana mentioned.
“Grassroot wise and we have seen how the Big Bash and The Hundred have helped Australia and England respectively in their domestic set-up as well as other things.
“So, I’m actually really happy, the Indian team will benefit a lot from the women’s IPL, but it’s also going to benefit a lot of domestic girls which I’m looking forward to.”
Batter Jemimah Rodrigues mentioned the ladies’s IPL would take the sport to the following degree in India.
“The women’s IPL is going to change a lot of things for women’s cricket in India. I think this is like the best platform for us now that we as an Indian team have been doing so well in all the major events like the World Cup, the Commonwealth.
“This is just the right time for it to happen and I’m sure that we are going to get so much more talent that’s going to come out from here. I am very sure that women’s cricket in India is all set to go to the next level after the women’s IPL,” Rodrigues mentioned.