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Aparna Mondal
The Delhi Capitals are an Indian women's cricket team that compete in the Women's Premier League (cricket), Women's Premier League (WPL), based in New Delhi. The team is owned by GMR Group and JSW Group, who also owns the Delhi Capitals, men's team. The team is coached by Jonathan Batty and captained by Meg Lanning. The side reached the final of the 2023 Women's Premier League (cricket), inaugural edition of the WPL after finishing top of the group, but lost in the final to Mumbai Indians (WPL), Mumbai Indians. History In October 2022, the Board of Control for Cricket in India, BCCI announced its intentions to hold a five-team women's franchise cricket tournament in March 2023. The tournament was named the Women's Premier League (cricket), Women's Premier League in January 2023, with investors buying the rights to franchises through a closed bidding process during the same month. GMR Group and JSW Group, the owners of Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League, bought the rights ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's Premier League (cricket)
The Women's Premier League (WPL) also known as TATA WPL due to sponsorship reasons, is an upcoming women's Twenty20 cricket franchise league in India. It is owned and operated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The first season will be played in March 2023 in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai with five franchises taking part. History The first major women's Twenty20 competition in India was the Women's T20 Challenge. This started as a single-match tournament in 2018, and was expanded to a three-team, three-match competition held in 2019, 2020 and 2022. In February 2022, BCCI President Sourav Ganguly announced plans to start a women's version of the Indian Premier League, the major men's Twenty20 competition in India, replacing the Women's T20 challenge. By August plans were more advanced and in October the BCCI announced that they were considering a five-team tournament which would take place in March 2023. This league was informally known as the Women's Indi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Left-arm Orthodox Spin
Left-arm orthodox spin, Left-arm off spin also known as slow left-arm orthodox spin bowling, is a type of left-arm finger spin bowling in the sport of cricket. Left-arm orthodox spin is bowled by a left-arm bowler using the fingers to spin the ball from right to left of the cricket pitch (from the bowler's perspective). Left-arm orthodox spin bowlers generally attempt to drift the ball in the air into a right-handed batsman, and then turn it away from the batsman (towards off-stump) upon landing on the pitch. The drift and turn in the air are attacking techniques. The stock delivery of a left-arm orthodox spin bowler is the left-arm orthodox spinner. The major variations of a left-arm orthodox spin bowler are the topspinner (which turns less and bounces higher in the cricket pitch), the arm ball (which does not turn at all, drifts into a right-handed batsman in the direction of the bowler's arm movement; also called a 'floater') and the left-arm spinner's version of a d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Titas Sadhu
Titas Ranadeep Sadhu (born 29 September 2004) is an Indian cricketer who plays for the Indian women’s national cricket team and Bengal in domestic cricket. She was a part of the 2023 U19 Women’s T20 World Cup winning Indian team and was named Player of the Match in the final. Sadhu made her WT20I debut on 24 September 2023 against Bangladesh at the 2022 Asian Games. In the same tournament, she played a key role as a bowler in the gold medal match against Sri Lanka which was won by India. Early life Sadhu was born on 29 September 2004 in Chinsura, West Bengal. At the age of 16, Sadhu was selected to play for the senior Bengal team. She used to study at Techno India Group Public School Techno India Group Public School is a chain of well-developed schools in West Bengal and beyond. Its headquarters is in Salt Lake, Kolkata. It has over 18 branches all over West Bengal. It has over 2000 students in each school. The schools are af ..., Hooghly. Career Sadhu was awarded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arundhati Reddy
Arundhati Reddy (born 4 October 1997) is an Indian cricketer. In August 2018, she was named in the India Women's squad for their series against the Sri Lanka Women. She made her Women's Twenty20 International cricket (WT20I) debut for India against Sri Lanka Women on 19 September 2018. In October 2018, she was named in India's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies. In January 2020, she was named in India's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia. In May 2021, she was named in India's Test squad for their one-off match against the England women's cricket team The England women's cricket team represents England and Wales in international women's cricket. Since 1998, they have been governed by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), having been previously governed by the Women's Cricket Association .... References External links * 1997 births Living people Cricketers from Hyderabad, India Indian women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shikha Pandey
Squadron Leader (retired) Shikha Subas Pandey (born 12 May 1989) is an Indian cricketer and former officer in the Indian Air Force (IAF). She plays for the national cricket team as a right-arm medium pacer and middle-order batter, and was an IAF air traffic control officer. Pandey made her international Twenty20 (T20) debut on 9 March 2014 against Bangladesh at Cox's Bazar cricket stadium in Bangladesh. In August of the same year, she made her One Day International cricket (ODI) and Test cricket debuts against England at Wormsley and Scarborough, respectively. Early life Pandey did her schooling under the Central Board of Secondary Education, India. At the age of 15, she became the first player affiliated with state board to represent India. Within months of this affiliation and getting introduced into the formal set-up, Surekha Bhandare, former Mumbai player and selector, saw her playing and believed that Pandey had all the markings of a future India player. ''"The raw talen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tara Norris Tara Gabriella Norris (born 4 June 1998) is an American cricketer who currently plays for Sussex, North West Thunder, London Spirit and Delhi Capitals. She plays as a left-arm medium bowler. She has previously played for Loughborough Lightning, Southern Vipers and Southern Brave. Norris was born in the United States and played for the United States women's national cricket team at the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier. Early life Norris was born on 4 June 1998 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, and is half-Italian. She spent her early years in Spain, before moving to England at the age of eight. She attended Portslade Aldridge Community Academy and began playing for Horsham Cricket Club at a young age. Domestic career Norris made her county debut in 2014, for Sussex against Warwickshire. She did not bat or bowl. A year later, she was part of the Sussex squad that won the 2015 Women's Twenty20 Cup. In the 2018 Women's County Championship, Norris had a stron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] |
