Indian women’s cricket team captain Harmanpreet Kaur will return for the second season of the Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) with the Melbourne Renegades later this year.
One of the most skilled batsmen in the world, the 33-year-old has represented India On about 250 occasions in all three formats of the game.
Harmanpreet was the Renegades’ leading run-scorer and wicket-taker in WBBL-07 as they returned to final action. The right-handed batsman scored 406 runs at an average of 58 – including 18 sixes, the most in the competition – and claimed 15 wickets with his off-spin.
“I am excited to be back at Renegades,” melbournerenegades.com.au quoted Harmanpreet as saying. “I really enjoyed being a part of the team environment last season and I feel like it helped me produce some of the best cricket I could have.
“Personally, I just wanted to play my part for the team and it was enjoyable to be able to do that. We supported each other as a team last year and managed to get some good results, but we still have a lot of room to improve. Hopefully, we can do that, make it to the finals again and put ourselves in a position to compete for the title. ,
Harmanpreet got 31 votes to win the WBBL-07 ‘Player of the Tournament’ award and was also named in the ‘Team of the tournament’.
Batting primarily at No. 4, the right-handed batsman was a match-winner for the Renegades on several occasions in the previous season, including an unbeaten knock of 73 off just 46 balls to score 161 against the Adelaide Strikers in Perth. was involved.
“We couldn’t be more excited for Harmanpreet to return to our club this summer,” said Melbourne Renegades GM James Rosengarten.
“Harmanpreet is one of the best players in the world, her record speaks for itself. She was outstanding for us last season and was a match winner on several occasions, making a great impact with both bat and ball throughout the tournament. As an experienced player, Harmanpreet’s leadership and calm attitude under pressure was a huge asset to our team. She was fit both on and off the field and really bought into our team environment,” he said.
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