Taniya bhatia: Cricket News & Match Updates

The Meg Lanning: The third edition of the Women’s Premier League (WPL), starting on February 14 will be played across four cities: Vadodara, Lucknow, Bengaluru and Mumbai. Bengaluru and Mumbai are familiar grounds for all five teams, but the addition of Vadodara and Lucknow injects a captivating and new element into the WPL.

Jonathan Batty, head coach of the Delhi Capitals (DC), believes the pitches in Vadodara and Lucknow can offer high-scoring games. “We’ve been really lucky the last two years that the wickets we’ve played on have been absolutely fantastic, and we’ve seen some really competitive high scoring games.”

“Again, we’re just taking it game by game, assessing the conditions as we go. We were really lucky with the practice facility we had in Pune - we practiced on black soil and red soil wickets. So we’re trying to cover all those bases without really knowing necessarily what we’re going to find.”   Read More...