Who is Shobhana Asha? Created History By Taking 5 Wickets
WPL 2024: Who is Shobhana Asha? Created history by taking 5 wickets. The fans are crazy about cricket. Under the Women’s Premier League, the excitement was at its peak in the match played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and UP Warriors on Saturday at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
Here a bowler stole the show with his brilliant performance. We are talking about RCB bowler Shobhana Asha. Shobhana Asha took 5 wickets with her brilliant bowling. With this, she created history in the Women’s Premier League. Shobhana Asha became the first Indian woman bowler to take 5 wickets in WPL.
Who is Shobhana Asha?
32 year old Asha Shobhana Joe, born on 01 January 1991, is a bowling all-rounder. Shobhana Asha was born in Trivandrum, Kerala. Her father was an auto driver, but he did not let financial constraints come in the way of his daughter becoming a cricketer.
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Shobhana moved ahead and today she has created history. Shobhana bats right-handed and bowls leg-break googly. Shane Warne was his favorite bowler. Shobhana has played for India A Woman, Indian Board President’s Woman XI, Kerala, and Puducherry as well as Railways.
RCB Picked Her For Rs 10 Lakh
Shobhana Asha was picked by Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) for Rs 10 lakh in the inaugural edition of the WPL. It would not be wrong to say that RCB has got a great bowling all-rounder in the form of Shobhana.
Last year, while playing for RCB, he took 5 wickets in 5 matches. She did not get a chance to bat in most of the matches, but now Shobhana has proved her talent by taking 5 wickets in the very first match.
Took 3 Wickets in One Over:-
Shobhana turned the losing game around by taking 3 wickets in one over. She changed the course of the match by dismissing Shweta Sherawat on the first ball of the 17th over, Grace Harris on the fourth, and Kiran Navgire on the sixth.
UP Warriors were in a strong position before the 17th over. By the 16th over, he had scored 126 runs after losing 3 wickets. In such a situation, it needed 32 runs to win in 4 overs.
It seemed that UP Warriors would easily win the match, but in front of Shobhana’s deadly bowling, the UP Warriors team started falling apart. RCB won this match by 2 runs with the thrill of the last over.
Only The Fourth Bowler To Take 5 Wickets in WPL:-
With these 5 wickets, Shobhana Asha has become the fourth bowler in the world to take 5 wickets in WPL. Let us tell you that first of all Tara Norris of the USA created history by taking 5 wickets last year. She became the first bowler to take 5 wickets in WPL.
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Along with this, last year Gujarat’s Marizanne Cap took 5 wickets for 15 runs. Whereas Kim Garth has achieved the feat of taking 5 wickets for 36 runs. Now Shobhana Asha’s name has been added to this list.
