Indian Premier League (IPL) is one of the most entertaining as well as a cash-rich league across the globe where the players got a massive platform to exhibit their skill and talent to the world as well. Over the years, the T20 league not only earned plenty of fans but also produced several match-winning players for India and other countries in the form of Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya or Yuzvendra Chahal as well.
However, keeping the recent success in the mind of Indian women’s cricket, many asked to begin an IPL like a tournament for women’s as well. Other countries like Australia and England already run women T20 leagues, alongside men’s. However, India’s star leg-spinner – Poonam Yadav, who had a successful season in the T20 World Cup, took to Twitter on Sunday and shared that she would like to play for the Chennai Super Kings if given a chance.
“Given a chance, would love to roll my arm over for @ChennaiIPL,” Poonam Yadav said in a tweet replying to a question where she was asked which team she would want to turn up for in the IPL.
“Lionesses are the real hunters! Vaa vaa Manjal malarey!” Chennai Super Kings replied to Poonam from their official Twitter handle.
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India lost to Australia in the final of the T20 World Cup but Poonam Yadav was a revelation in the tournament. Starting her campaign with a four-wicket haul against Australia, she scalped 10 wickets in the competition, finishing as the second-highest wicket-taker after Australia’s Megan Schutt.
Jaipur was supposed to host the upcoming 2020 edition of the Women’s T20 League where a total of seven matches about to take place during the Indian Premier League (IPL) Playoff week at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium including four teams. Last year, it was played among three teams but this year one new team will be added. However, it was introduced in 2018 with a one-off match which was played in Mumbai.
In the inaugural edition, Supernovas won the match by three wickets in a last-over thriller against the Trailblazers at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. In 2019, three teams took part, featuring a new team called IPL Velocity along with IPL Trailblazers and IPL Supernovas. The IPL Supernovas defeated IPL Velocity by 4 wickets in the second edition and retained the title as well.
