In the meantime, Melbourne Stars all-arounder Deepti Sharma will be participating in the forthcoming campaign. She was the seventh-leading run scorer of the tournament after an incredible performance for the London Spirit in the Women’s Hundred, when she amassed 212 runs at a strike rate of 132.50 in eight matches. At an economy rate of 6.85, she also took eight wickets. She is a key member of the Indian national squad right now, and before the WBBL season begins in October, she will have a great burden of doing well in the T20 World Cup.
For the 2019 Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL), Brisbane Heat signed prominent Indian cricketer Jemimah Rodrigues. She featured in 20 league games, scoring 377 runs at a strike rate of 111.53 while playing for the Melbourne Stars and Melbourne Renegades in the past. She did not participate in the competition’s most recent iteration, although she will return in 2024.
In the Sydney Thunders’ 2021–22 campaign, Deepti Sharma participated in 13 games and amassed 211 runs while taking 13 wickets.
She recently competed for Trinbago Knight Riders in the Women’s Caribbean Premier League (WCPL), appearing in five games and amassing 105 runs, including a vital fifty-nine against Barbados Royals that enabled Trinbago to advance to the championship game.
The cricketer from Agra is now playing in fantastic form and will be crucial for India in the T20 World Cup. Following that, on October 27, she will depart for Australia for the World Bank Base Ball League. On the same day, the Stars will take on the Perth Scorchers in their inaugural match.
Joining Brisbane Heat is Shikha Pandey.
In the meantime, Jemimah Rodrigues and India’s Shikha Pandey have joined Heat. They teamed up for Trinbago in the WCPL and will do so once more in the WBBL. With just four wickets taken in the WCPL, the 35-year-old was not particularly productive with the ball. But she scored 90 runs at bat, proving her worth.
Yastika Bhatia was draughted by the Melbourne Stars. Despite having a fantastic season in the Women’s Premier League earlier in the year, the 23-year-old was unable to draw teams for the Women’s Hundred or WCPL. In the third round of the draft, the Stars signed her based on her talent and form.
Perth Scorchers, on the other side, brought in Dayalan Hemalatha. In 23 Twenty20 Internationals for India, she has amassed 276 runs and taken nine wickets. She has scored 266 runs in 16 games while playing for the Gujarat Giants in the WPL. In addition, the 29-year-old is part of India’s team for the forthcoming T20 World Cup.
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The Sixers recruited Sophie Ecclestone, the Stars draughted Marizanne Kapp, the Melbourne Renegades signed Shabnim Ismail, and the Adelaide Strikers kept Laura Wolvaardt, among other elite cricketers. Sydney Thunder also retained Heather Knight.
First-round picks in the WBBL draft: Deepti Sharma – Melbourne Stars, Jemimah Rodrigues – Brisbane Heat, Danielle Wyatt – Hobart Hurricanes, Sophie Ecclestone – Sydney Sixers (Retention), Heather Knight – Sydney Thunder (Retention), Laura Wolvaardt – Adelaide Strikers (Retention), Deandra Dottin – Melbourne Renegades, Sophie Devine – Perth Scorchers (pre-signed player)
Second-round picks: Chloe Tryon – Hobart Hurricanes, Amelia Kerr – Sydney Sixers, Hayley Matthews – Melbourne Renegades, Marizanne Kapp – Melbourne Stars, Shabnim Ismail – Sydney Thunder, Passed – Adelaide Strikers, Shikha Pandey – Brisbane Heat, Amy Jones – Perth Scorchers (Retention)
Third-round picks: Hemalatha Dayalan – Perth Scorchers, Passed – Brisbane Heat, Alice Capsey – Melbourne Renegades, Chamari Athapaththu – Sydney Thunder (pre-signed player), Yastika Bhatia – Melbourne Stars, Smriti Mandhana – Adelaide Strikers (pre-signed player), Passed – Sydney Sixers, Lizelle Lee – Hobart Hurricanes (pre-signed player)
Fourth-round picks: Passed – Hobart Hurricanes, Hollie Armitage – Sydney Sixers, Orla Prendergast – Adelaide Strikers, Passed – Melbourne Stars, Georgia Adams – Sydney Thunder, Passed – Melbourne Renegades, Nadine de Klerk – Brisbane Heat, Passed – Perth Scorchers
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