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Royal Challengers Bengaluru skipper Smriti Mandhana stated on Monday that the Ladies’s Premier League has modified the “conversations” surrounding girls cricket and he or she hoped to see comparable success tales in different disciplines. Mandhana had led the RCB to the WPL triumph final 12 months, the workforce’s first title in franchise cricket. “We used to play in the Big Bash League etc even before the WPL, and everyone used to ask us when we would have our own league, and the WPL came and changed the conversations around women’s cricket,” Mandhana stated throughout unveiling the report — Sports activities-Ahead Nation.
The Mandhana-led RCB will eye title defence through the third season of the WPL, starting from February 14.
“The IPL has done a lot for men’s cricket, and it’s like wow, the WPL can do something similarly to women’s cricket. Similarly, it will be inspiring to witness stories like these (WPL) coming from across other disciplines as well,” she added.
Rajesh Menon, the Chief Working Officer of the RCB, stated participation at grassroots degree wanted to be improved for the nation to develop as a real blue sporing energy.
“We need more involvement and investment at the grassroots level. But to be a champion nation in sport, we need to provide our athletes with the right environment for development. It requires right decisions by the stakeholders at the right time,” stated Menon.
Mandhana was delighted to see the progress girls’s sport has made within the nation in the previous couple of years, however she wished extra penetration at grass roots degree.
“My ultimate dream is to see two women’s teams playing some gully sport and fully enjoying it. If that happens then we can say we have inspired girls to take up a sport and that will be a win for us in our life as sportspersons,” she famous.
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