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Delhi Capitals (WPL)
The Delhi Capitals are an Indian women's cricket team that compete in the Women's Premier League (WPL), based in New Delhi. The team is owned by GMR Group and JSW Group, who also owns the men's team. The team is coached by Jonathan Batty and captained by Meg Lanning. The side reached the final of the inaugural edition of the WPL after finishing top of the group, but lost in the final to Mumbai Indians. History In October 2022, the 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 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 to one of the franchises. In February 2023, Jonathan Batty was announced as head coach of the side. The inaugural player auction for the WPL was held on 13 February 2023, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taniya Bhatia
Taniya Bhatia (born 28 November 1997) is an Indian cricketer. She is primarily a wicket-keeper. She plays for Punjab and India. She is currently trained under coach RP Singh. The International Cricket Council (ICC) named Bhatia as one of the five breakout stars in women's cricket in 2018. Early life She was born to Sapna and Sanjay Bhatia in Chandigarh. Her father works in Central Bank of India and had played cricket at the all India university level. She has an elder sister Sanjana and younger brother Sehaj. Earlier, Bhatia trained under former Indian cricketer and Yuvraj Singh's father Yograj Singh while she was studying at DAV Senior Secondary School. She is currently studying BA-II at MCM DAV College for Women. Bhatia's father was himself a cricket player and so was her uncle. Her brother too has joined the U-19 cricket team. Early career After her DAV academy days, she became the youngest girl to represent Punjab in U19 at the young age of 11. She soon joined the senior s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minnu Mani
Minnu Mani (born 24 March 1999) is an Indian international cricketer who represents the Indian women's national team. She plays for Delhi Capitals in Women's Premier League. In domestic cricket, she represents Kerala cricket team. She became the first Kerala woman cricketer to play for India. Early life Minnu hails from Choyimoola in Wayanad district of Kerala. Her father, Mani CK, is a daily wage labourer and her mother, Vasantha, is a homemaker. She has a younger sister, Mimitha. She studied at Mananthavady Government Vocational Higher Secondary School, Edappady till Grade 8 and St. Sebastian High School, Thodupuzha till Grade 10. She completed her higher secondary education at Sarvajana Higher Secondary School, Sulthan Bathery and graduated from Government College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram. As of 2023, she is pursuing her BA in Sociology through distance learning. She started playing cricket at 10 with boys at paddy fields. Initially, her family didn't support ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marizanne Kapp
Marizanne Kapp ( , ; born 4 January 1990) is a South African international cricketer who plays for South Africa national women's cricket team. She was the first cricketer for South Africa to take a hat-trick in a Women's Twenty20 International match. Career In December 2017, she was named as one of the players in the ICC Women's ODI Team of the Year. In March 2018, she was one of fourteen players to be awarded a national contract by Cricket South Africa ahead of the 2018–19 season. In September 2018, she took her 100th wicket in WODIs, during the series against the West Indies. In October 2018, she was named in South Africa's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies. She was the leading run-scorer for South Africa in the tournament, with 98 runs in four matches. In November 2018, she was named in the Sydney Sixers' squad for the 2018–19 Women's Big Bash League season. In May 2019, in the first WODI against Pakistan, Kapp became the th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jess Jonassen
Jessica Louise Jonassen (born 5 November 1992) is an Australian cricketer from Rockhampton, Queensland. A left-arm orthodox bowling all-rounder, Jonassen has been a member of the national women's team since 2012, going on to win four ICC T20 World Cups while becoming the fourth woman to have taken 100 One Day International wickets for Australia. Domestically, she is the current captain of both the Queensland Fire in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) and the Brisbane Heat in the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL). Early life and education Jonassen was born in Emerald, a rural town in the Central Highlands Region of Queensland, but grew up approximately away in the coastal city of Rockhampton. She attended high school at Emmaus College, Rockhampton, graduating in 2009. When Jonassen was 10 or 11, she started playing cricket, initially at school and later for Rockhampton Brothers. She played in boys' teams; at that time, there were no girls only cricket programs in rur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Capsey
Alice Rose Capsey (born 11 August 2004) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Surrey, South East Stars, Oval Invincibles, Delhi Capitals and Melbourne Stars. An all-rounder, she is a right-handed batter and right-arm off break bowler. In 2021, Capsey was voted the inaugural PCA Women's Young Player of the Year. Capsey made her international debut for the England women's cricket team in July 2022. Early life Capsey was born on 11 August 2004 in Redhill, Surrey. She began playing cricket aged six, at Capel Cricket Club in Dorking. She is currently studying for her A-Levels. Domestic career Capsey made her county debut in 2019, in a County Championship match for Surrey against Hampshire, and took 3/65 with the ball. She played also five Twenty20 Cup matches in 2019, and took 7 wickets at an average of 13.14. Capsey was part of the Surrey side that won their first London Cup in 2020, scoring 17 runs opening the batting. She was Surrey's leading run-scorer and leadi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
