India’s Vice Captain Smriti Mandhana and Jemimah Rodrigues have talked about the importance of Women’s IPL, said it will give Players opportunities and increase the bench strength.
Women’s IPL is going to help the domestic girls massively: Smriti Mandhana
“We have discussed that there’s a big gap between domestic and international cricket, because even if you play well in domestic cricket and then suddenly play international games, you’re not able to understand what to do and how to do it,” Mandhana was quoted as saying by NDTV.
“All of women’s cricket, I won’t say the Indian team or the domestic set-up. We keep talking about how it will increase the bench strength. But actually, the fact is that it’s going to help the domestic girls massively because that sort of experience in playing in leagues like this will get a lot of things sorted for women’s cricket,” she added.
“Grassroot wise and we have seen how the Big Bash and The Hundred have helped Australia and England respectively in their domestic set-up as well as other things,” said the southpaw.
Jemimah Rodrigues is confident that the Women’s IPL is all set to start in a new era in Women’s cricket.
“So, I’m actually really happy, the Indian team will benefit a lot from the women’s IPL, but it’s also going to benefit a lot of domestic girls which I’m looking forward to,” said Jemimah.
“The women’s IPL is going to change a lot of things for women’s cricket in India. I think this is like the best platform for us now that we as an Indian team have been doing so well in all the major events like the World Cup, the Commonwealth,” the promising batter added.
“This is just the right time for it to happen and I’m sure that we are going to get so much more talent that’s going to come out from here. I am very sure that women’s cricket in India is all set to go to the next level after the women’s IPL,” she further added.
