Deepti Sharma named vice-captain of UP Warriors for inaugural version of WPL

The announcement was made on Saturday in a press release issued by the Lucknow-based franchise.

Agra-based Deepti Sharma, 25, was one of the needed Indian gamers within the public sale.

She is a crucial a part of the Indian ladies’s workforce set-up and is without doubt one of the few gamers from the nation to have featured in franchise tournaments exterior India.

Deepti, who has bagged 6 wickets in 5 matches within the 2023 Women’s T20 World Cup, brings together with her wealthy expertise and management expertise and is ready to play a key function within the management group.

A prolific spinner, a dependable batsman and a gun fielder, Deepti had her share of stints in franchise cricket exterior India with Western Storm (Super League), Sydney Thunder (WBBL), Birmingham Phoenix and London Spirit (each The Hundred).

Deepti has taken 32 wickets whereas scoring 394 runs in 30 matches performed in abroad franchise cricket. In India, she has additionally turned out for Trailblazer and Velocity through the Women’s T20 Challenge.

So far in her profession, Deepti has performed 92 matches in T20Is and is the very best wicket-taker for the Indian workforce with 102 wickets to her identify.

He made his T20I debut in 2016.

The Women’s Premier League will probably be performed in Mumbai from March 4 to 26, 2023. A complete of twenty-two matches will probably be performed on the Brabourne Stadium and DY Patil Stadium, which is able to host the mega match. UP Warriors start their marketing campaign with their second recreation of the day on March 5, once they face Gujarat Giants on the DY Patil Stadium.

UP Warriors Squad: Alyssa Healy (Captain), Sophie Ecclestone, Deepti Sharma, Tahlia McGrath, Shabnim Ismail, Anjali Sarvani, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Parshawi Chopra, Shweta Sehrawat, S Yashasri, Kiran Navgire, Grace Harris, Devika Vaidya, Lauren Bell, Laxmi Yadav, Simran Shaikh