Forward of the beginning of the Girls’s Premier League (WPL) 2025 season, defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru captain Smriti Mandhana stated her crew will deal with doing the fundamentals proper to retain their title. “It is not only one crew – the competitors is nice and rising. You noticed the distinction from the primary to the second season, so I can not choose one crew to focus on. All of us need to play good cricket and placed on an excellent present for ladies’s cricket. This season, we’ll deal with doing the best issues appropriately and never assume too far forward,” Smriti stated on Disney Hotstar’s Superstars: Conflict of Phrases.
Final yr’s runners-up, Delhi Capitals, are decided to go one step additional this season. Jemimah Rodrigues emphasised the significance of preparation and flexibility in T20s.
“That is T20 cricket – something can occur, and we will not take any crew frivolously. A very powerful factor is to deal with what’s in our management: put together effectively and execute effectively. Regardless of how badly I need to management the outcomes, I can not – so I am going to depart it in higher arms. However what I can guarantee you is that we’ll proceed enjoying nice cricket.”
Inaugural season champions, Mumbai Indians, shall be led by Harmanpreet Kaur, who hopes to carry the title again to a metropolis synonymous with franchise cricket success. “As cricketers, our fundamental focus is to play good cricket and assist the crew win. Rather a lot occurs off the sphere – we’re all followers of sure groups, and after they play, we really feel a sure approach. However whenever you’re within the centre, none of that issues. It is nearly serving to the crew struggle until the tip and win the trophy.”
“We do not need to do something additional or particular, however staying within the second will assist us. Within the first season, we did loads of issues proper. The second season was difficult. This time, we’ll attempt to keep in mind the moments from our championship-winning season and play the identical model of cricket,” Harmanpreet added.
UP Warriorz will look to make their first-ever ultimate look, and Deepti Sharma believes residence assist will play a vital function of their marketing campaign.
“It is a massive factor for us to have a house crowd—it’s going to give us loads of assist. We have by no means reached the Last, so we’ll attempt to cross that stage this time,” she stated.
In the meantime, Gujarat Giants shall be desperate to make an affect, with Harleen Deol enthusiastic about enjoying in acquainted situations. “It’ll be residence situations for us as effectively. Final time, we performed in Bengaluru, so this shall be nice.”
The WPL 2025 will kick-start with the conflict between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Gujarats Giants in Vadodara on February 14.
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