Smriti Mandhana Is Likely To Miss Women's Big Bash League 2023 To Focus On India Domestic Season - Reports

Star India batter, Smriti Mandhana is not likely to take part in the 2023 season of the Women’s Big Bash League and won’t be a part of the upcoming draft as the player decided to focus on the Indian domestic season which will clash with the WBBL 2023 season.

According to a report by ESPNcricinfo, a total of 122 players have been named in the overseas draft for the upcoming WBBL 2023 season. The tournament will start on October 19th and the first match will be played between Sydney Sixers Women and Melbourne Stars at North Sydney Oval in Sydney.

Women’s Big Bash League’s final match will take place on December 2nd and will be played at Sydney Cricket Ground.

With the Senior Women’s T20 Trophy, the Indian domestic season will start from October 19th. The Senior Women’s Inter-Zonal Trophy is scheduled to be the next tournament of the domestic season. The season will end with the Senior Women’s One-Day Trophy which will take place from January 4th, 2024 till January 26th, 2024.

Even last year, the 27-year-old decided to not take part in the WBBL 2022 to take some rest and get ready for the international matches for the Indian cricket team.

However, Smriti Mandhana decided to take part in The Hundred Women 2023 for the Southern Brave Women and won the tournament after beating Northern Superchargers Women by 34 runs.

Mandhana took part in the WBBL only for three seasons with Brisbane Heat, Hobart Hurricanes, and Sydney Thunder. The 27-year-old is mostly known for being the skipper of the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the inaugural season of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2023.

Indian players apart from Smriti Mandhana who have been named in the WBBL draft

Many star Indian players will be taking part in the upcoming tournament, and their names have been already put up on the draft. India women’s team skipper, Harmanpreet Kaur, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harleen Deol, Sneh Rana, Pooja Vastrakar, and Richa Ghosh have all been listed in the draft.

Smriti Mandhana last played for India in the last match of the three-game series against Bangladesh where she scored 59 runs from 85 balls. However, the match and series both were tied.