England’s cricket captain, Heather Knight, has opted out of the upcoming Ladies’s Premier League 2024, dealing a blow to the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) workforce. Knight, recognized for her impactful performances, scored 135 runs at a strike fee of 140.62 and took 4 wickets within the earlier season.
The explanations for Knight’s withdrawal haven’t been disclosed by the franchise. Nonetheless, RCB has introduced that South Africa’s Nadine de Klerk will exchange her. De Klerk is a flexible all-rounder with 30 ODIs and 46 T20Is underneath her belt, showcasing her expertise on the worldwide stage.
The choice has put England cricketers collaborating in the WPL in a dilemma, as staying for the league’s enterprise finish would possibly result in them lacking England’s five-match T20I sequence in New Zealand. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has knowledgeable gamers concerned within the WPL that they won’t be thought of for the primary three T20Is in New Zealand in the event that they keep in India for everything of the league.
The ECB is anticipated to announce the England squad for the upcoming sequence subsequent week.
RCB had a difficult begin in the WPL, shedding their preliminary 5 matches. Whereas they made a short comeback with consecutive wins, they completed the season with one other defeat. Regardless of successful two matches, RCB ended fourth on the factors desk, lacking out on the knockout stage.
The workforce made important investments within the public sale held final December, buying seven gamers for a complete of Rs 2.1 crore.
RCB Full Squad: Asha Shobana, Disha Kasat, Ellyse Perry, Nadine de Klerk, Indrani Roy, Kanika Ahuja, Renuka Singh, Richa Ghosh, Shreyanka Patil, Smriti Mandhana (C), Sophie Devine, Georgia Wareham, Kate Cross, Ekta Bisht, Shubha Satheesh, S Meghana, Simran Bahadur, Sophie Molineux
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