Alyssa Healy Named UP Warriorz Captain For Inaugural Women's Premier League

Last Updated: March 11, 2023 | India, Delhi
Alyssa Healy Named UP Warriorz Captain For Inaugural Women's Premier League

Alyssa Healy, a prominent Australian batter and wicketkeeper, has been selected the captain of UP Warriorz for the first Women's Premier League, which will take place in Mumbai the following month. The Capri Global Holdings Private Limited-owned UP Warriorz have assembled a competitive and evenly-matched team for the franchise-based competition. Healy, one of women's cricket's most recognisable players, has played 139 T20 Internationals for Australia and has amassed close to 2,500 runs, including one century and 14 fifties. With 110 dismissals in T20Is, she is also regarded as one of the top wicketkeeper hitters in the game. Healy, one of the senior-most players on the powerful Australian team, has played a crucial role and is well-known for her reserve.finest performances for the biggest stages, like the Melbourne final of the Women's T20 World Cup in 2020. I'm thrilled about the opportunity to lead the UP Warriors in the inaugural game of the legendary WPL, which will take place in Mumbai. The UP Warriorz have a terrific roster ready to make a mark once things get underway in the WPL, which is a competition we have all been eagerly anticipating, according to Healy. We are talented and have a fantastic balance of experience and young. We are looking forward to entertaining our supporters.

"We are playing a merciless brand of cricket here to win." Anju Jain serves as the team's assistant coach, former Australian cricketer Ashley Noffke is the bowling coach, and four-time world champion Lisa Sthalekar serves as the team mentor for the UP Warriorz squad, which is led by England's Jon Lewis. From March 4 to March 26, Mumbai will host the WPL. The DY Patil Stadium and the Brabourne Stadium will host a combined 22 games. On March 5, the Gujarat Giants and the UP Warriorz will face off in the season opener at the DY Patil Stadium. Anjali Sarvani, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Parshavi Chopra, Shweta Sehrawat, S Yashasri, Kiran Navgire, Sophie Ecclestone, Deepti Sharma, Tahlia McGrath, Shabnim Ismail, and Anjali Sarvani are the members of the UP Warriorz squad.Grace Harris, Laxmi Yadav, Lauren Bell, Simran Shaikh, and Devika Vaidya.

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