Western Storm sign Smriti Mandhana for Super League 2018
Thursday - June 14, 2018 8:16 pm ,
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Western Storm sign Smriti Mandhana for Super League 2018
London June 14 (IANS) Smriti Mandhana will become the first Indian to feature in the Women s Cricket Super League in England after signing up with defending champions Western Storm for the 2018 season.
Storm announced the Indian vice-captain as their second overseas recruit for the third edition of the domestic T20 competition alongside New Zealand wicketkeeper-bat Rachel Priest who is returning for her third stint with the club.
Mandhana has been India s most consistent performer with the bat post World Cup 2017 aggregating 402 runs in 12 T20I innings that included four half-centuries and a career-best 40-ball 76 against England.
The 21-year-old also notched up 531 runs at an average over 66 including five fifties and a career-best 135 against South Africa in nine ODI innings since the start of 2018.
This is not Mandhana s first taste of franchise cricket though having previously played for Brisbane Heat in the Big Bash League in 2016-17. Most recently she captained IPL Trailblazers in an one-off T20 exhibition match ahead of IPL 2018 Qualifier 1 in Mumbai.
"I am very excited to be playing for the Kia Super League champions. To be the first Indian player to appear in the tournament is a real honour and I hope that I can help Western Storm to more success " the 21-year-old was quoted as saying by the franchise.
After securing her signing head coach of the Western Storm Trevor Griffin said: "We are really excited that Smriti will be joining us. She is one of the brightest young talents in the game at the moment."
"Although she is still young she has a great deal of experience of the game at the highest level and we believe that she will prove to be an excellent signing " Griffin added.
--IANS tri/bg
Storm announced the Indian vice-captain as their second overseas recruit for the third edition of the domestic T20 competition alongside New Zealand wicketkeeper-bat Rachel Priest who is returning for her third stint with the club.
Mandhana has been India s most consistent performer with the bat post World Cup 2017 aggregating 402 runs in 12 T20I innings that included four half-centuries and a career-best 40-ball 76 against England.
The 21-year-old also notched up 531 runs at an average over 66 including five fifties and a career-best 135 against South Africa in nine ODI innings since the start of 2018.
This is not Mandhana s first taste of franchise cricket though having previously played for Brisbane Heat in the Big Bash League in 2016-17. Most recently she captained IPL Trailblazers in an one-off T20 exhibition match ahead of IPL 2018 Qualifier 1 in Mumbai.
"I am very excited to be playing for the Kia Super League champions. To be the first Indian player to appear in the tournament is a real honour and I hope that I can help Western Storm to more success " the 21-year-old was quoted as saying by the franchise.
After securing her signing head coach of the Western Storm Trevor Griffin said: "We are really excited that Smriti will be joining us. She is one of the brightest young talents in the game at the moment."
"Although she is still young she has a great deal of experience of the game at the highest level and we believe that she will prove to be an excellent signing " Griffin added.
--IANS tri/bg
