The Challenge Within

Updated On: 23 May, 2022 08:07 AM IST | Mumbai | Subodh Mayure

Women’s T20 Challenge beginning in Pune today has only four games on offer, throwing up a quandary for team captains—field the best line-ups or allow new faces to display their talent

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Velocity skipper Deepti Sharma (left), Trailblazers captain Smriti Mandhana and Supernovas’ Harmanpreet Kaur (right) pose with the Women’s T20 Challenge trophy at Pune yesterday. Pic/BCCI

A few years ago, attacking opener Shafali Verma, 18, wicketkeeper Richa Ghosh, 18, and medium pacer Pooja Vastrakar, 22, were unknown domestic players. But thanks to the Women’s T20 Challenge, they are now playing at the highest level. And India’s T20 skipper Harmanpreet Kaur, who is leading Supernovas and defending champions Trailblazers captain, Smriti Mandhana, are expecting some new faces to emerge in the fourth edition of the tournament starting in Pune today.

‘An important tournament’

“It’s a very important tournament for me. When we played it the last time, we got Richa, who played really good cricket. Whoever gets an opportunity can perform and we are very keen to give chances to those new faces. We are also looking for some new performances and I hope whoever [young talent] gets the opportunity, performs,” Harmanpreet told mid-day during a virtual press conference from Pune on
Sunday.

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