Sunil Gavaskar Urges Sourav Ganguly And BCCI To Uplift Women's Cricket

Former Indian batting legend, Sunil Gavaskar has made an interesting appeal to BCCI and Sourav Ganguly for further growth of women’s cricket in the country. Gavaskar has also praised the board for achieving great results in women’s cricket so far.

Gavaskar has requested the BCCI and Ganguly —to conduct Women’s IPL in a bid to boost it. The Indian Premier League (IPL) has produced some fantastic players in men’s cricket not only in India but in other countries as well.

The 13th season of the IPL will begin from 29th March this year with last year finalists, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Mumbai Indians (MI) taking on each other in the opening game at Wankhede.

Sunil Gavaskar Makes An Interesting Appeal To BCCI

“As far as the BCCI is concerned, they are already doing a lot and which is the reason why this Indian women’s team has progressed so much. They went to Australia almost a month before the tournament started, and played a 3-match T20I series (tri-series) against the Australians,” Gavaskar told India Today.

“They did well over there. They were very well acclimated to the conditions and the pitches in Australia. So you have got to give credit to the BCCI for having done that,” he further added.

“To Sourav Ganguly and the BCCI, I would like to say, maybe next year, look at having a women’s IPL because that will unearth a lot more talent. There is already a lot of talent which we see and that will come to the fore with this performance of this Indian team throughout this tournament.”

Gavaskar also reflected on how The Women’s Big Bash League in Australia has helped its female cricketers to grow manifold in the country.

“The Australian cricket board has backed Australian women’s team for a long, long time. The Women’s Big Bash League has given plenty of opportunities to players, even our players. The likes of Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet they have played in the WBBL. That is the tournament where you get to play against the best players and learn from that,” the former India captain added.

“It (IPL) has gone deep into the interiors of India. We have got youngsters coming up from the interiors of India and showing their skills. Therefore, that much wider talent pool is available for selection. That’s exactly what happened with the Australian WBBL.”

Team India Finish Second In The T20 World Cup

Team India finished as runners-up in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 in Australia. Having had an unbeaten run until the final, the Women in Blue collapsed drastically in the final.

Their bowling was under fire from the very first delivery and that continued until the end as Australia put up a mammoth total of 184 runs for the loss of four wickets in their 20 overs.

The chase always seemed an uphill climb and the Indian batswomen crumbled under immense pressure. The entire team was bundled up for 99 runs and Australia won the game by 85 runs. This is Australia’s 5th T20 World Cup title.

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