Womens Premier League 2025: The third session of the Women’s Premier League will begin with the match of the defending champions Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat Titans from Friday (14 February 2025), in which the eyes will be on India’s rising cricketers. The real success of the league with international stars also depends on the performance of domestic players. In the first two seasons, players like Shreyana Patil and Sika Ishaq performed brilliantly under pressure and also made it to the Indian team. The list of rising Indian players is increasing in every session of WPL. Alyssa Heli, Sophie Molinu and Kate Cross will not play in this session due to injury.
Harmanpreet Kaur said in the Star Sports Press Room, “As an Indian captain, I am very excited about this session because many domestic cricketers have prepared themselves for this tournament.” He said, ‘Before the auction, we had talked that many domestic cricketers have done well and there were some names in everyone’s mind. We hope that they play well and the Indian team became strong.
Shefali Verma, who is struggling with poor form, would like to return to the national team by performing well for Delhi Capitals. The Indian team will visit England in July and the ODI World Cup is also to be held in India. Fast bowler all -round Keshavi Gautam will also have a chance to prove himself.
Two new places in the tournament have been added to Vadodara and Lucknow and it will be played in the format of its and opposing grounds. It will not be easy for the defending champion RCB to retain the title as players like Sophie Dewine, Molinu and Kate Cross are not playing this time.
Star all -rounder Alice Parry, Shreyanka Patil and Asha Shobhana are recovering from injuries. Their ability to overcome these tremors will prove whether they will win the title or not. RCB captain Smriti Mandhana said, ‘Many players, who have been part of the XI last time, are out due to injury this time. Sophie Dewine is one of the best all -rounder in the world, so it will miss it.
The two -time runner -up Delhi Capitals has been a continuous performing team in the tournament and will land with the intention of removing the grief of losing the final. She has players like Shefali Verma, Meg Lanning, Jemima Rowrigs, Anabel Sadherland and Mariana Cap, while bowling are veterans like Shikha Pandey, Arundhati Reddy, Titas Sadhu and Jess Jonasen in bowling.
The winners of the first session, Mumbai Indians failed last year due to high dependence on Heli Mathews, Yastika Bhatia, Harmanpreet Kaur, Net Skiver Brant and Emelia Kerr. Gujarat Ties have new captains as Ashley Gardner and UP Warriors as Deepti Sharma.
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