The third season of the Woman's Premier League (WPL) is starting today. The first match will be played between defending champions Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat Giants. Defending champion RCB captain Smriti Mandhana will lose team star all -rounder Sophie Divine.
“Divine is one of the best all -rounders in the world and has played an important role for us,” said Smriti.
Before the third season began, New Zealand's Divi moved from the league. He mentioned personal reasons. Divine has taken a break from cricket.
I'm very excited – Harmanpreet The captain of the five team was present in the Star Sports Press Room on Thursday before the third season began. Mumbai Indians captain Harmanpreet Kaur said, “I am very excited because all the teams have chosen very good players this season. Last season, we saw players who performed well and made their place in the national team. '
22 matches will be played This season, 22 matches will be played between 5 teams in this 29 -day tournament. The Eliminator will be played in Mumbai on March 13 and the final on March 15. This time the matches will be held in 4 places instead of 2. The WPL match is to be held for the first time in Lucknow and Vadodara. Mumbai and Bengaluru will once again organize the tournament.
Bengaluru won the second season Bengaluru won the WPL Season 2 title under the captaincy of Smriti Mandhana. The team won by 8 wickets against Delhi Capitals in the final. All -rounder Alice Perry was the top scorer of the tournament. He scored 347 runs in 9 matches. Spinner Shreyanka Patil was the highest wicket -taker with 13 wickets. The team won 4 out of 8 matches and faced 4 defeats.
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The third season of WPL will start today: Gujarat-Bengaluru will clash in the opening match, 22 matches will be played between 5 teams; Learn everything about the tournament
The third season of the Woman's Premier League (WPL) is starting today. The first match will be played between defending champions Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat Giants. The match will be played at Kotambi International Stadium at 7:30 pm. Read the whole news …
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