Mumbai Indians on Monday confirmed that India girls’s staff captain Harmanpreet Kaur will lead them within the inaugural Women’s Premier League (WPL), beginning March 4.
Kaur, who just lately led India to the semi-finals of the Women’s T20 World Cup earlier than dropping to Australia, is the primary cricketer to play 150 T20Is. He was purchased by the Mumbai Indians franchise within the WPL public sale final month for Rs 1.80 crore.
The Mumbai-based outfit will play their first match towards Gujarat Giants on March 4 within the inaugural version of the WPL.
“We are thrilled to have Harmanpreet because the captain of the primary girls’s cricket staff, Mumbai Indians. She will encourage our staff to play their greatest cricket. – Mrs. Nita M. Ambani
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MI Owner Nita Ambani stated, “We are thrilled to have Harmanpreet on board because the captain of the primary girls’s cricket staff, Mumbai Indians. As nationwide captain, she has led the Indian girls’s staff to a few of their most thrilling victories. And I’m certain with the assist of Charlotte and Jhulan, she’s going to encourage our MI Women’s staff to play their greatest cricket, instill a way of satisfaction and produce extra glory to girls in sports activities. We look ahead to the beginning of this new chapter for MI! I can not wait to see our women embody the fearless and entertaining MI model of cricket that our followers love. More energy to Harmanpreet and your entire MI staff on this thrilling journey!
After being purchased by MI on February 13, Kaur had stated, “It feels great, I’ve always seen Mumbai Indians do really well in the IPL and I also have the opportunity to be a part of the MI team and I love it.” Hopefully we’ll make a great staff and we’ll do what we’ve to do.”
“I feel it is a gamechanger for all of us. I’m very excited to expertise this strain for the primary time and on the identical time it would fully change girls’s cricket, not solely in India but in addition in world cricket. There is initiative and we’re all trying ahead to it. We want to contribute in the identical approach as the lads’s staff did for Mumbai Indians.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
