The Women’s Premier League has got off to a great start. The Mumbai and Delhi teams have made a great start. At the same time, Bangalore’s performance has been the worst so far. The team captained by Smriti Mandhana has lost three matches in a row. There are a total of five teams in this league and three of these teams are captained by foreign players. Many veterans objected to this. Anjum Chopra was also one of them.
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Anjum had said that Indian players should have got more captaincy opportunities in this league. This would have helped in finding a future captain for the Indian women’s team. India is getting new captains through IPL. Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya are one of them. However, former Indian cricketer Parthiv Patel believes that having a foreign captain in the league will give a lot to the young Indian players to learn.
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Parthiv Patel is associated with Sports 18 and Jio Cinema, the official broadcasters of the Women’s Premier League, as the league’s expert. He talked to journalists about this league and discussed many topics. He told that there are only five teams in this league, so the importance of net run rate is going to be very high. Along with this, he hoped that in the coming time this league will reach other cities besides Mumbai. Then the number of teams in it will also be more.
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At the same time, when Parthiv was asked whether the captaincy of three out of five teams will affect the popularity of the league, he said that it will not affect the popularity, but it is beneficial for the Indian players. Young players will get to learn a lot from this. She will be able to use this experience in international cricket and do well for the country.