Will not play same set of overseas players in each game: RCB women’s head coach Ben Sawyer

The Royal Challengers Bangalore girls’s workforce may need put up an enviable roster with Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Heather Knight and Dane van Niekerk in its ranks however head coach Ben Sawyer has made it clear that the large names could be rotated in the course of the upcoming Women’s Premier League (WPL), beginning Saturday.

Along with these 4 celebrated names, RCB have additionally roped in legendary New Zealander Sophie Devine and WBBL star Erin Burns. Sawyer accepted he’s spoilt for selection.

Asked about his picks for the highest 4 abroad gamers, Sawyer, the present White Ferns (New Zealand girls’s workforce) coach, didn’t give a simple reply.

“All six will play a role. We play four games in the first six days. We will have different match-ups against the teams and I am fortunate to have them,” Sawyer mentioned throughout an interplay with media.

“Don’t expect us to operate with the same four in the whole tournament. We have got some multi-skilled players. Pretty sure you will see all six in the tournament,” mentioned Sawyer.

Sawyer has labored as a coach in The Hundred and Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL). He is assured WPL will take this to a brand new stage.

“That’s a scary thought for an international player of what they are going to come up against in the future. I’ve seen the impact that WBBL and The Hundred have had. It’s just going to take it to another level.”

As a workforce, the Indian girls are but to win a world title on the senior stage. Asked if the WPL will assist them do away with psychological block in crunch video games, Sawyer was empathetic.

“Once they win one or two games, there is going to be no stopping the Indian team.” The 45-year-old has beforehand labored in girls’s franchise leagues in England (Birmingham Phoenix – The Hundred) and Australia (Sydney Sixers – Women’s Big Bash League) as nicely.

“Maybe at the start, you are relying on the big names. But in seven-eight years’ time, every single player in the team will have an important role to play and will no longer be seen as just making up the numbers,” he mentioned, recalling his early days in WBBL and The Hundred.

“The experience some of the younger players will get at the international level would take them to another level. They will be exposed to playing international style cricket week in and week out during the competition,” he added.

The girls’s version of the world’s most profitable league IPL is about for a much-anticipated debut on March 4 with Delhi Capitals, Gujarat Giants, Mumbai Indians and UP Warriorz making up for the 5 groups alongside RCB.