The first-ever player’s draft for Women’s Cricket got underway today at Eden Gardens, Kolkata as the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) announced the inaugural edition of Bengal Women’s T20 Blast.
The draft process saw 6 participating clubs – East Bengal, MD. Sporting, Rajasthan, Town, Aryan, and Kalighat selecting a total of 90 women’s from different age groups for the tournament starting February 7, 2022.
As reported by ANI, CAB President Avishek Dalmiya shared his excitement on the return of local tournaments after the Covid-19 pandemic
“We are very happy to resume our local tournaments, which were stalled because of the recent Covid-19 surge. We have been contemplating over the last few years that club cricket in the women’s segment must begin,” he said.
Further, he shared that the pool was created on the basis of the players’ statistics so that there’s complete transparency and confirmed the unavailability of Eden Gardens for the matches as the Men in Blue takes on West Indies playing 3 matches of the shortest format at the ground February 16 onwards after concluding the ODIs scheduled from February 6 to 11 in Ahmedabad.
“The pool was created on the basis of the players’ statistics, so that there’s complete transparency. We want to create an ecosystem and want the players to be taken care of. Women’s cricket in the country is progressing.”
– CAB President Avishek Dalmiya | @CabCricket
— Female Cricket (@imfemalecricket) February 2, 2022
Commenting on the tournament, Dalmiya said,
“We want to create an ecosystem and want the players to be taken care of. Women’s cricket in the country is progressing. This tournament will prepare our girls for any national-level premier T20 tournament and give them the mindset to fight it out in the shortest format of the game. “
Tournament Details-:
Date- February 7 to 23
Venue- Bengal Cricket Academy, Kalyani
Live Stream- FanCode
Teams-:
East Bengal Club: Rumeli Dhar (Captain), Bristi Maji, Trishita Sarkar, Jhumpa Roy, Barnali Tamuli, Tithi Das, Puja Rajak, Antara Ghosh, Aparna Mondal, Ankita Chakraborty, Shrayosi Aich, Riya Goswami, Shreya Karar, Mallika Roy, Swastika Kundu
Mentor– Rituparna Roy
Coach– Gayatri Mal
MD. Sporting Club: Mita Paul (Captain), Payel Vakharia, Swati Sah, Bidisha Dey, Shrabani Paul, Anushka Paul, Sushmita Ganguly, Punam Soni, Priyanka Bala, Titas Sadhu, Tapati Paul, Namita Mondal, Ishika Barui, Mamani Roy, Janaki Sarkar
Mentor– Priyanka Roy
Coach– Neha Maji
Rajasthan Club: Dhara Gujjar (Captain), Priti Mondal, Ananya Halder, Dipa Das, Sweety Divangshi, Rupa Dutta, Sansthita Biswas, Sumana Mondal, Priyanka Sarkar, Saika Ishaque, Mouli Mondal, Sonali Mondal, Muskan Sinha, Rasmani Das, Zoya Laskar
Mentor– Arpita Ghosh
Coach– Dipali Shaw
Town Club: Sukanya Parida (Captain), Ankita Barman, Kashish Agarwal, Sagarika Sengupta, Sneha Gupta, Priyanka Kurmi, Parna Paul, Anamika Das, Srilekha Roy, Rupal Tiwari, Rukmoni Roy, Monika Mal, Salma Khatun, Ipsita Saha, Priti Choudhary
Mentor– Charanjit Singh
Coach– Ranjana Yadav
Aryan Club: Vanitha V R (Captain), Sasthi Mondal, Prativa Rana, Megha Ghosh, Jhumia Khatun, Hrishita Basu, Pragati Prasad, Koyel Sutradhar, Chandrima Ghosal, Ritika Pal, Meghna Biswas, Sanchita Adhikary, Swata Shamanta, Shahida Khatun, Komal Jaiswal
Mentor– Gargi Banerjee
Coach– Paramiota Roy
Kalighat Club: Gouher Sultana (Captain), Ankita Mahato, Mamata Kisku, Puja Adhikary, Soumoshree Bhowmick, Piyali Ghosh, Dyuti Paul, Priyosi Aich, Rajanya Maity, Pampa Sarkar, Sushmita Paul, Samayita Adhikari, Debjani Saha, Anindita Nath, Nisha Maji
Mentor– Beas Sarkar
Coach– Antara Jana
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