The only
trending topic for the cricket lovers in this cricket crazy nation for the last
two months was the over-hyped but one of the most loved cricket tournaments; Indian
Premiere League. When many hearts were broken when the run machine Virat Kohli’s
RCB failed to win its first ever IPL trophy, soon, on the flip side, we had some
good news coming in for the women cricketers in India. Mr.Anurag Thakur, who
was recently promoted to become the President of the BCCI has said, “I have set
a target for the women's team that by 2020 they should be No 1 in the world”.
These words
of wisdom are cherished not only by the ardent followers of women’s cricket but
also by the women cricketers themselves. What this means is that the Indian
eves will now be permitted to play overseas T20 leagues like Women’s Big Bash
League (WBBL) in Australia, which was started just last year as well as England’s
Kia Super League, which will kick start this English summer in July. The Indian
ladies just missed the bus to play for the Kia Super League as the foreign
players to play this league have been already finalized.
With the
likes of veteran players like Mithali Raj and Jhulan Goswami still making news
in the international cricket, this reform comes as a great sigh of relief, for
them to showcase their talent in foreign leagues. Young guns like Harmanpreet
Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Veda Krishnamurthy and Anuja Patil, who had a far better
World Cup early this year than their teammates will be eyeing this opportunity
as well.
Let’s us hope
that this change indeed changes the way women’s cricket is perceived in India.
source:www.espncricinfo.com
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