Mithali keeps options open for women's IPL: Player or mentor or even owning team
Updated On: 09 November, 2022 12:10 PM IST | Bengaluru | PTI
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Former India captain Mithali Raj is keeping her options open for the women`s IPL tournament slated next year -- player or mentor or even owning a team. The BCCI recently announced that the inaugural women`s IPL will take place in March next year before the men`s tournament. "I am keeping that role open, whether as a player or in a franchise in some way as a mentor," she told PTI in an interview on Tuesday.
"But right now, nothing is clear, there are five teams...how they are going to do, whether it`s a bidding or auction, so until there is some concrete information, I am keeping pretty much all things open," said Mithali, who retired from international cricket earlier this year. Asked if owning a team is an option, she said, "Maybe, yes". Mithali recently made her debut as a commentator and termed it an "interesting phase". "I am watching cricket from a very different optics. I still do feel the nerves if it`s a tight game. I still have to cross that barrier of not feeling those emotions of a player," the former India skipper, who was here for an event, said. "I am just testing the waters if I am apt for commentary. Maybe after a few months, I will see if I still have keenness to pursue it."
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