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Australian player got the captaincy of Gujarat Giants in WPL 2023, Sneh Rana became the vice-captain

After the Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 is over, now the Women’s Premier League is going to start. The tournament will begin on March 4 with the first match between Mumbai and Gujarat, which will continue till March 26. Players have also reached India for this tournament. At the same time, before the start of the tournament, the teams are also busy in announcing the captains.
 
Meanwhile, Australian opener Beth Mooney was on Monday appointed as the captain of Gujarat Giants for the first season of the Women’s Premier League (WPL), starting on March 4. The wicket-keeper batsman played a match-winning inning of 74 runs in the final of the Women’s T20 World Cup against South Africa on Sunday and was adjudged the player of the match. Gujarat Giants has appointed Indian all-rounder Sneh Rana as the vice-captain along with Mooney.
 
“I am delighted to have the opportunity to lead Adani Gujarat Giants for the inaugural season of the Women’s Premier League,” Mooney said in a release here. Mooney is one of the few women’s T20 batsmen to have scored more than one century. . He has so far scored 2350 runs in 83 T20 matches. Vice-captain Rana is an off-spinner and has previously represented Velocity in the Women’s T20 Challenge. At the same time, Mooney was also Australia’s highest run-scorer during the Women’s T20 World Cup. He has scored 206 runs at an average of 51.50 and a strike rate of 117.71. His best score was 74 not out, which he made against South Africa in the final match.
 
schedule will be like this
According to the information, the BCCI has decided to organize the Women’s Premier League between March 4-26, in which there will be a total of 22 matches. Let us tell you that the auction of the players has also been done in which Smriti Mandhana got the highest bid. The team of Royal Challengers Bangalore has bought Smriti Mandhana for Rs 3.4 crore. The auction for the WPL was held on January 13 at the Jio World Convention Center in Mumbai, in which Team India’s star opener Smriti Mandhana became the highest-paid player, creating history.

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