India ladies’s group vice-captain Smriti Mandhana will skip the Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) for the second yr in a row as she has not put ahead her identify for the inaugural participant draft, scheduled for September 3.
Almost all the highest India gamers, together with captain Harmanpreet Kaur, younger Harleen Kaur, Jemimah Rodrigues and Deepti Sharma determine within the checklist of over 122 abroad gamers who’ve put their names ahead for the draft.
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A complete of 18 Indian gamers are on the checklist of which Harmanpreet (Melbourne Renegades) and Jemimah (Melbourne Stars) are eligible for retention.
Mandhana, who had opted out of WBBL final yr as effectively, reportedly desires to focus on the upcoming home season and in addition handle her workload with a busy worldwide yr forward.
The WBBL will start on October 19 and run till December 2.
Mandhana’s first task for the nation would be the Hangzhou Asian Games, scheduled to start on September 23.
With 35 gamers within the draft pool, England is main the checklist of abroad gamers within the draft pool, adopted by South Africa, which has 20, together with their charismatic opener Laura Wolvaardt, Lizelle Lee and Shabnim Ismail.
India gamers within the WBBL draft:
WBBL DRAFT
Yastika Bhatia, Harmanpreet Kaur (Melbourne Renegades), Harleen Deol, Hurley Gala, Richa Ghosh, Mannat Kashyap, Amanjot Kaur, Veda Krishnamurthy, Shikha Pandey, Shreyanka Patil, Sneh Rana, Jemimah Rodrigues (Melbourne Stars), Meghana Sabbineni, Deepti Sharma, Meghna Singh, Renuka Thakur, Pooja Vastrakar, Radha Yadav.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com