From Grace Harrisâ insatiable love for burgers to Sophie Ecclestoneâs stylish braids, UP Warriorz, maybe, had essentially the most enjoyable within the first season of the Womenâs Premier League (WPL).
Led by the imperious and straight-talking keeper-batter Alyssa Healy, the outfit was sluggish to search out its rhythm however discovered its energy in explosive middle-order batting and superior spin bowling, ending third in its first rodeo.
Forward of the 2024 chapter, a lot stays the identical for the Warriorz. It has abroad choices aplenty however solely 4 slots obtainable, leaving the administration in an unenviable place but once more.
Whereas season oneâs conundrum was within the bowling division, it’s the top-order which is able to go away the think-tank scratching its head this time. In Healy, Danni Wyatt and Chamari Athapaththu, the Warriorz have three completed openers.
STAR ATTRACTION – Tahlia McGrath
The Australian vice captain was Warriorzâs greatest batter final yr with 302 runs at a 50.33 common and a strike price of 158.11. She’s going to eye the century she missed final time round, particularly in a battersâ paradise like Bengaluru.Â
The management group might want to take powerful calls to accommodate Tahlia McGrath, their solely abroad pace-bowling possibility, Harris, a big-hitting finisher and Ecclestone, the joint-highest wicket-taker final season (16). Harris would possibly show to be the floater but once more, relying on the opponent and wicket.
With Englandâs Lauren Bell sitting out the season to give attention to Englandâs tour of New Zealand, the sideâs pace-battery appears a little bit depleted, with obligations mounting for Anjali Sarvani.
Saima Thakor and Poonam Khemnar will even have to step as much as give the Warriorz artillery some choices all through the season. Spin twins Deepti Sharma and Ecclestone can be key to wicket-taking methods for the facet.
UP WARRIORZ SQUAD
Danni Wyatt, Kiran Navgire, Shweta Sehrawat, Vrinda Dinesh, Chamari Athapaththu, Deepti Sharma, Grace Harris, Parshavi Chopra, Poonam Khemnar, S Yashasri, Sophie Ecclestone, Tahlia McGrath, Alyssa Healy, Laxmi Yadav, Anjali Sarvani, Saima Thakor, Rajeshwari Gayakward, Gouher Sultana
Uncapped batter Vrinda Dinesh â who earned a whopping INR 1.3 crore within the public sale â is a big-hitting possibility the Warriorz batting line-up will welcome with open arms.
Vrinda boasts of strike charges upwards of 134 in each the Senior Womenâs T20 Trophy and the U-23 T20 Trophy within the Indian home circuit.
Shweta Sehrawat, the 2023 U-19 World Cup winner, with 34 runs in seven video games in season one, will even wish to put final seasonâs jitters behind her, hoping for a profitable marketing campaign this time round.
SCHEDULE
February 24: vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (Bengaluru)
February 26: vs Delhi Capitals (Bengaluru)
February 28: vs Mumbai Indians (Bengaluru)
March 1: vs Gujarat Giants (Bengaluru)
March 4: vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (Bengaluru)
March 7: vs Mumbai Indians (Delh)
March 8: vs Delhi Capitals (Delhi)
March 11: vs Gujarat Giants (Delhi)