Bengaluru: Beth Mooney, the captain of Gujarat Giants, believes the Women’s Premier League (WPL) has created a platform for the young players in India to achieve their cricketing dreams.
The second edition of WPL gets underway at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Friday, with defending champions Mumbai Indians taking on last year’s runners-up Delhi Capitals. Gujarat will open their campaign on February 25 against Mumbai at the same venue.
“Yeah, I think the WPL has created a platform for young players to showcase their skills and achieve their dreams. And I think the most exciting thing about this competition is the big crowds that we get. Obviously, we’re playing at some great stadiums this year in Bangalore and Delhi and the crowd support over here in India is amazing.”
“A lot of us didn’t get the experience of that until later in our careers, so it’s really cool to see some young players get to play in front of 20 or 30,000 people. For them, it means when they do get to play international cricket it’s not as daunting to be in that situation. So yeah I’m really looking forward to it being a good tournament,” said Beth on JioCinema’s WPL captains huddle show.
Harmanpreet Kaur, the Mumbai skipper, feels WPL 2024 will be more exciting. “I think Season 2 of the WPL will be more exciting. The first one is always special. I think now we all have set some benchmarks for the second edition. Everyone knows what we can bring to the stadium. So, I think this season is more exciting and really looking forward to that.”