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Harmanpreet Kaur Claims Women’s IPL To Do THIS For Indian Cricket

India’s women’s cricket team captain Harmanpreet Kaur shared her thoughts on the idea of a Women’s Indian Premier League (IPL). She talked about it after the Women in Blue won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. India featured in the final against Australia at Edgbaston with Harmanpreet Kaur and co suffering from a narrow nine run defeat on Sunday.

The 33-year-old went on to claim how a women’s’ IPL will prove to be very helpful for young local cricketers in the country. She adds how an opportunity for those players to demonstrate their talent will also strengthen the senior national team.

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Speaking with India Today, Harmanpreet Kaur said, “I think women’s IPL can be a big turning point for us. Our players do get opportunities to play overseas leagues. I feel, domestic players will get a great platform in women’s IPL. We have talented women’s cricketers in the country but many of them don’t have the experience of the big stages. Women’s IPL will be a great platform for them.”

Currently, the members of the Indian women’s team are seen taking part in various T20 leagues across the globe.  India only has the women’s T20 Challenge, which remains to be a three-team competition that runs alongside the Men’s’ IPL.  

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Citing the issue, The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided to have an official women’s IPL. Jay Shah, the secretary of India’s apex cricketing board, had earlier started the governing body’s decision to introduce the tournament by 2023.

She later went on to speak about the Indian teams’ performance at the Commonwealth Games while adding how losing quick wickets resulted in the defeat to Australia in the final. Kaur said, “The Silver medal is a big achievement. This is the first time we participated in the Commonwealth Games and it’s a big achievement.”

She added, “We created a situation from where we could have won the match but the last 4-5overs didn’t go the way we expected it to. But that’s the beauty of cricket – even if you think you’re in a good position, the game slips away from you. Today, it happened to us.”

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