The Indian women’s team will play against Pakistan in the T20 World Cup on 12 February. And the next day there is an auction of the Women’s Premier League in Mumbai.
Image credit source: getty images
Indian women’s team starting February 10 Women’s T20 World Cup All set for. She had reached South Africa only last month to play the tri-series against the West Indies and the hosts before the World Cup. While the team is busy preparing for the World Cup, preparations for the first season of the Women’s Premier League are going on in India. At present, the match against Pakistan is important for the players of the team, not the auction.
The auction for the Women’s IPL is in Mumbai on February 13 while the T20 World Cup match between India and Pakistan will be held on February 12. Harmanpreet said in the press conference of T20 World Cup captains, we have to play very important matches before the auction and our focus is on that. New Zealand captain Sophie Devine and Australia captain Mag Lanning believe that it is strange to have an auction during the T20 World Cup. Devine said that it would be difficult to divert the attention of the players from this.
Indian players are not focused on auction
Harmanpreet Kaur said, this World Cup is most important. Our focus is on the ICC Trophy. All these things go on and a player knows what is important to him and how to maintain focus. He said, we are so mature that we know what is important for us.
Under the captaincy of Shefali Verma, the Indian team won the first Under-19 World Cup last month. The senior team also wants to repeat this success. Harmanpreet said, we have got inspiration after watching the Under 19 World Cup. He has inspired us to perform well. It was a special moment for all of us and her success will inspire many more girls to take up cricket which was always our goal.
Women’s cricket will benefit from WPL
The Indian skipper hoped that the Women’s IPL would contribute to the development of women’s cricket in India in the same way that the Women’s Big Bash or The Hundred have done in Australia and England. He said, this is a big day for us as we were waiting for this for years. The next two to three months are very important. We have seen how the Women’s Big Bash League and The Hundred have helped the development of women’s cricket in those countries. Hope this happens in our country too.
