Smriti Mandhana, who obtained the best bid of the inaugural WPL public sale and was picked up by Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 3.4 crore, shared her ideas about being part of the franchise
“I think it’s been over the last ten years that we’ve been seeing auctions for men and it was just amazing because I’ve always stuck to men’s auctions whenever they happen. Having the auction is such a big movement for women’s cricket as well. I think this is history, first the WPL announcement and then this auction. I think the whole thing is exciting and all I can say is it’s exciting times ahead ”
“I believe the legacy of RCB is immense as this franchise has been current for the final 10 years for the lads’s IPL and so they have created an enormous fan base. So yeah, actually excited to be part of such an enormous franchise and I hope we are able to make an incredible group collectively.”
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The southpaw, who’s at the moment a part of the Indian squad for the Women’s T20 World Cup in South Africa, sparked a bidding struggle between the Mumbai Indians and the Bangalore franchise at first of the public sale.
“Hello Bengaluru”, I believe that is what they are saying and so they’re enthusiastic about sporting the pink and going on the market and making an attempt to get the cup. All the followers preserve supporting us and we’ll try to set up an incredible event.
Mandhana, who was named the vice-captain of the Indian group throughout all codecs final yr after Mithali Raj introduced her retirement, is prone to captain the Bangalore WPL group, in line with Mike Hesson.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
