The first season of the Women’s Premier League will start from 4th March onwards. Cricket fans are very excited about the first-ever WPL Tournament.
UP Warriorz
One of the non-IPL teams to have bought a women’s Premier League team was UP Warriorz. They will be coming into WPL 2023 with a pretty and strong team. They are hoping to bring some exciting wins to their knees in the upcoming competition.
UP Warriorz will begin their Campaigns on 5th March 2023 against Gujarat Giants. A win would give them a perfect start to their WPL 2023 season.
The team had made two amazing additions to their WPL 2023 squad with the inclusion of Sophie Ecclestone and Deepti Sharma. White Ecclestone was bought for ₹1.8 crores, Sharma was bagged by the franchise for ₹ 2.6 crore
Jon Lewis will be the head coach of the team and Anju will be their Bowling Coach. Lisa Sthalekar will be the mentor of UP warriorz in the IPL 2023.
Squad of UP Warriorz
Shweta Sehrawat, Kiran Navgire, Simran Shaikh, Sophie Ecclestone, Deepti Sharma, Tahlia McGrath, Alyssa Healy, Laxmi Yadav, Shabnim Ismail, Anjali Sarvani, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Lauren Bell, Parshavi Chopra, S Yashasri, Grace Harris, Devika Vaidya
Predicted Playing XI
Alyssa Healy, Shweta Sehrawat, Deepti Sharma, Sophie Ecclestone, Anjali Sarvani, Rajeshwari Gaikwad, Kiran Navgire, Tahlia McGrath, Devika Vaidya, Simran Shaikh, Shabnim Ismail
Gujarat Giants
Unlike most teams in the inaugural WPL, Gujarat Giants is the brand new Franchise, not connected to an existing men’s Indian Premier League. Although unlikely to affect them on the field, it will be interesting to see what effect that does.
There is a distinctly Australian flavour in the inaugural Giants Squad, but when you realise who the inaugural coach is it is less of a surprise.
The inaugural Gujarat Giants Coach is none other than former Australian vice Captain and opening batsman Rachael Haynes. Haynes also has Indian Royalty in her corner with former Indian Captain and batsman Mithali Raj mentoring the side this season.
Haynes will look to four of her teammates, in particular, to help guide the Giants through their inaugural season.
Fresh off her player of the Match performance in the T20 World Cup Final, Beth Mooney will be the inaugural captain of Gujarat Giants and look to continue her excellent form into the WPL.
Annabel Sutherland is a rising force in the Australian team and can be dangerous with both bat and ball in hand, while Georgia Wareharm has had a dramatic return to play following recovering from an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury she is suffering from.
However, the four Aussies are not the only international faces on the inaugural Giants’ side.
Gujarat Giants 2023 Squad
Ashleigh Gardner, Beth Mooney, Georgia Wareham, Annabel Sutherland, Sophia Dunkle, Sushma Verma, Tanuja Kanwer, DayalaHemalatha, Monica Patel, Sabbineni Meghana, Shabnam Shakil,Harleen Deol,Ashwani Kumari, Sneh Rana, Hurley Gala, Mansi Joshi, Deandra Dottin, Parunika Sisodia
Where to watch the Match between UP Warriorz Vs Gujarat Giants?
The UP Warriorz matches in Women’s Premier League 2023 will be telecasted live on the Sports 18 channel in India.
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