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Time of India
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- Time of India
Assam Cricket Association announces overseas exposure tours for senior teams
Kolkata: In a historic move, Assam Cricket Association (ACA), inspired by its former secretary-cum-guiding force and current BCCI secretary, Devajit Saikia, on Sunday announced overseas exposure tours for the Assam senior men's and women's sides in June-July. Ranji Trophy captain Denish Das will lead the 15-member senior men's squad on the Namibia tour — their first match-up against a national side — from June 18 to July 1 . Former Assam cricketer Subhrajit Saikia will coach the men's side on the tour. India international Uma Chetry will captain the 14-member women's side, who will on the Assam women's first-ever overseas tour. She will have Rashmi Dey as her deputy on the international tour to Malaysia from July 5-16. The women will be coached by Rajib Rajbangshi. The men's team will play five one-day matches against Namibia senior national men's team in the capital city of Windhoek. The women's team, too, will play five one-day games against Malaysia senior national women's team. Aiming to provide crucial international exposure and experience to both the senior squads, these overseas tours will allow the players to compete in different playing conditions away from home and enhance their performance level. Present at the event to announce the tours, Saikia, who facilitated these tours, said, "This international exposure will be instrumental in shaping the careers of our talented players. Competing against strong international sides will challenge their skills and broaden their cricketing horizon. I'm confident this initiative by ACA will pave the way for future excellence." "Our players carry the aspirations of Assam on their shoulders. I urge them to give their best and return with experience that will uplift the standard of cricket in the state," ACA secretary Tridib Konwar said at the occasion. The squads: Men: Denish Das (Captain), Sumit Ghadigaonkar (vice-captain) (WK), Sibsankar Roy, Parvej Musaraf, Rishav Das, Ruhinandan Pegu (WK), Mrinmoy Dutta, Ayushman Malakar, Akash Sengupta, Rahul Singh, Avinav Choudhury, Darshan Rajbangshi, Bhargab Pratim Lahkar, Saahil Jain, Subham Mandal; Women: Uma Chetry (Captain), Rashmi Dey (vice-captain), Monikha Das, Gayatri Gurung, Priyanka Baruah, Nirupama Baro, Jintimoni Kalita, Jyoti Devi, Khushi Sarma, Mousumi Narah, Amontika Munda, Urmila Chatterjee, Rima Pegu, Priyanka Kalita Follow more information on Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad here . Get real-time live updates on rescue operations and check full list of passengers onboard AI 171 .
Reuters
13-02-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
India's best audition for World Cup slots in WPL 2025
BENGALURU, Feb 13 (Reuters) - The 2025 Women's Premier League (WPL) gets underway in Vadodara on Friday and the expanding edition of the five-team league is tipped to showcase India's formidable pool of exciting talent over the next four weeks. Defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) will clash with hosts Gujarat Giants in Vadodara on Friday in what would be a new beginning for the league, which was confined to two venues in Mumbai in its inaugural edition in 2023. The 2024 edition was split between Bengaluru and Delhi but the tournament will be held in home-and-away format from Friday. The likes of Asha Sobhana, Uma Chetry, Shreyanka Patil and Saika Ishaque have earned their India call-ups after match-winning performances in the WPL. "The improvement of domestic Indian players and national players as well has been incredible to watch," Delhi Capitals skipper Meg Lanning told a virtual press conference this week. "I've really enjoyed seeing their development and how much they've been getting better just through the opportunity that WPL provides," the former Australia captain added. With India hosting the women's ODI World Cup later this year, the WPL, despite being a different format, will serve as an audition for several Indian players. "It was a huge gap to play international cricket after coming from domestic cricket," India and Mumbai Indians skipper Harmanpreet Kaur told Cricinfo. "WPL has filled that gap ... and because of that, the hard work I, as a captain, had to put in along with the support staff to make the players ready for internationals has reduced." The newly appointed UP Warriorz captain Deepti Sharma said the WPL provided players with a priceless experience of sharing the dressing room with the best talents. "When you play with the overseas players in the same team then you get to know how they play, read the game and their patterns," Deepti told Reuters. "If you play with them (youngsters) in the same team then they get good confidence and nervousness goes down." The money offered has also been life-changing for many, including some uncapped players. In the 2025 WPL auction, Gujarat splashed 19 million Indian rupees ($218,800) on an uncapped Simran Shaikh. "I thought of getting selected in 10-12 lakhs (around one million) but had no hopes to get signed in crores (tens of millions)," the all-rounder said. RCB captain Smriti Mandhana said the financial stability that the WPL offered to domestic players "was a huge positive." "It allows them more freedom in their game, enabling them to express themselves better on the field," Mandhana said in the franchise's 'Sports Forward Nation' report. ($1 = 86.8370 Indian rupees)
