Long-serving skipper Mithali Raj and record-breaking speedy bowler Jhulan Goswami, trailblazers for ladies’s cricket in India, each retired closing yr.
new captain Harmanpreet Kaur mentioned each the avid gamers are nonetheless readily available to provide recommendation, however it’s time to glance forward.
“Whenever we need they are always available to us, that’s what you expect from senior players,” the 33-year-old informed a up to date press convention.
“Nobody can fill their places, but the young girls who are getting the chances are doing well.”
One of the avid gamers who has grabbed her probability is Verma, an attacking opening batsman who led India to victory within the inaugural U19 T20 World Cup in South Africa closing month.
The 19-year-old will probably be again on acquainted floor for the T20 World Cup, which is once more in South Africa.
It begins on February 10 and India are chasing a step forward first identify, having been runners-up at the back of hosts Australia within the closing version, in 2020.
Their first fit is towards arch-rivals Pakistan on February 12 in Cape Town.
Verma made her world debut on the age of simply 15 and was once within the crew that reached the T20 World Cup ultimate in 2020.
She additionally performed within the one-day World Cup and was once a member of the Indian facet which took silver finally yr’s Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
The teen appears to be like as much as big-hitting England batsman Liam Livingstone for inspiration and considers Indian nice Sachin Tendulkar a job type.
After captaining India to victory within the U19 World Cup, Verma mentioned: “This is just the beginning.”
“When I entered the Under-19s, I only focused on winning the Under-19 Cup and we have won that today,” ESPNCricinfo quoted her as pronouncing.
“I will look to take this winning confidence with me and win the senior World Cup.”
Super excited to witness this marketing campaign as soon as once more as a pacesetter ready to be welcomed with a trophy again house 🙏🏼 🇮🇳.… https://t.co/b5jM5hyp1h
— Harmanpreet Kaur (@ImHarmanpreet) 1675525856000
Besides Verma, the India crew additionally contains Smriti Mandhana, Richa Ghosh, Deepti Sharma and Renuka Singh,
The girls’s sport is making inroads within the cricket-mad nation, with the inaugural Women’s Premier League set for March, forward of the lads’s IPL.
Last month, India’s cricket board auctioned off 5 girls’s IPL groups for $572.5 million.
The new era “are ready to be the representatives of the modern generation of women’s cricketers”, cricket journalist Sharda Ugra informed AFP.
📸 #T20WorldCup in a position 👌🏻Let’s do that #StaffIndia 💪🏻 https://t.co/JGaDeQyHFA
— BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) 1675590636000
“The women’s IPL is going to start and they are the perfect representation of the kind of Indian women cricketers that belong to the T20 generation.
“They have the best mindset and they’re very, very gifted.”