'More Interested In Women’s IPL': Harmanpreet Kaur After Success Of WPL 2023

Currently, Kaur is playing for the Trent Rockets squad in the ongoing Women’s Hundred season.

Harmanpreet Kaur in action.

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The BCCI took a massive step in order to bolster India women’s cricket after they started the first season of the Women’s Premier League 2023. The league got a good response from the fans and cricketers from across the world participated in the premiere tournament of India. Indian skipper Harmanpreet Kaur feels that the tournament was a game-changer.

“WPL was a game changer for us. That tournament was so good. Everyone loved it back home. The response we got…trust me, some of the audience was more interested in women’s IPL than men’s because it was something new to watch,” Kaur spoke on Daggers & Lyds podcast.

“They really liked it. Hopefully we’ll add more teams. I don’t know when it will happen but eventually it will. We do have very good talent back home. Those girls should get this opportunity.”

Currently, Kaur is playing for the Trent Rockets squad in the ongoing Women’s Hundred season.

“When I first got to play WBBL, it was a great opportunity because before that we were all playing domestic cricket. There were no overseas players involved. Then I came for KIA league, then I got to play with English players. You need such opportunities.”

Kaur also talked about the time when she was there in England last year when the Indian team defeated the English side in the three-match ODI bilateral series.

 “It was a very emotional moment for me. Growing up for us, she was the cricketer leading the Indian women’s cricket team and when I got the opportunity to play with her, she was always very nice to me. She taught me how I can adopt to international cricket.”

“When you have a friend like that, a teammate like that, who can make you learn things quickly, you always respect her. When we got to know that it was her last series, we wanted to win it at all costs. We were really pumped up. We wanted to play our best cricket for her. And I’m really happy that we did really well, won all three games.”