UP Warriors captain Alyssa Healy has been injured before the Women’s Premier League. Meanwhile, RCB’s Sophie Devine has withdrawn her name. Kate Cross is also not a part of this season due to back injury. The organizing committee released the names of replacements for the injured players on Monday. UP Warriors have included West Indies’ Chinelle Henry in place of Australia’s captain Alyssa Healy. At the same time, RCB has included Heather Graham and Kim Garth in its team in place of Sophie Devine and Kate Cross. Both franchises have added new players for Rs 30 lakh each. Australian captain Healy has a leg injury, while Devine and Cross have decided to withdraw from the Indian League this year due to personal reasons. Devine has taken a break from cricket. England all-rounder Cross is recovering from a back injury. Henry has experience of 62 T20 Internationals, Garth played 59 matches
Chinelle Henry, who is associated with UP, has played 62 T20 Internationals for West Indies. She has scored 473 runs and taken 22 wickets. Australian all-rounder Graham, who has joined RCB, has taken eight wickets in 5 T20 matches. Garth has also represented Australia in 56 ODIs and 4 Tests as well as 59 T20s. She has played for Gujarat Giants in this league. First match between Gujarat and Bengaluru on February 14
The first match of the third season of Women’s Premier League (WPL) will be played between Gujarat Giants and defending champions Royal Challengers Bangalore in Vadodara on February 14. BCCI had released the schedule 18 days ago on January 16. This time matches will be held at 4 venues instead of 2. Lucknow and Bengaluru are the other 2 venues. There will be only 5 teams in the tournament, all teams will play 2-2 matches against each other. In this way, one team will play 8 matches. There will be a total of 22 matches in the tournament. RCB has won the last title, defeated Delhi
Royal Challengers Bangalore will enter this season as defending champions. The team won the title last year by defeating Delhi Capitals by 8 wickets in their home ground. The first season of the league was played in 2023, then Mumbai Indians won the title by defeating Delhi Capitals in the final. ———————————— Also read this news related to WPL… The first match of WPL will be played on 14 February between Gujarat-Bengaluru The schedule of the third season of Women’s Premier League (WPL) has been released. On February 14, the opening match will be played in Vadodara between defending champions Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat Giants. The eliminator will be played in Mumbai on March 13 and the final on March 15. Read full news
