Kolkata, Apr 29 (UNI) A total of 128 women players were drafted from a pool of 188 cricketers in the second edition of the Bengal Pro T20 League.
The players were picked by the eight franchisees namely Sobisco Smashers Malda, Adamas Howrah Warriors, ServoTech Siliguri Strikers, Harbour Diamonds, Rarh Tigers Burdwan| Birbhum, Lux-Shyam Kolkata Tigers, Murshidabad Kueens and Reshmi Medinipur Wizards at a glitzy ceremony here on Monday.
CAB Office bearers led by President Snehasish Ganguly, CAB Joint Secretary Debabrata Das, women’s cricket icon Jhulan Goswami, CAB Tour, Fixture and Technical Committee Chairman Sanjay Das were present along with Chairpersons of various CAB committees, former international players and former office bearers.
Also present were Bengal Pro T20 League committee members - Deep Chatterjee, Subhradeep Ganguly, Lopamudra Banerjee, Keya Ray, Surajit Lahiri, Ambarish Mitra, Soumendu Chatterjee, Joydeep Mukherjee, along with other CAB members.
Speaking about the draft, CAB President Ganguly said: “A warm welcome to all former office bearers, international players, CAB members, all franchises for the women’s draft. The League has surely helped to uplift the standard of the game specially in the limited overs, the results in the last BCCI domestic season shows."
“I hope we will have an even more successful Bengal Pro T20 League season this time. Thank you everyone for your unconditional support and also for being present here for this draft,” Ganguly added.
India legend Goswami said, “I thank CAB for supporting women’s cricket and taking it forward. After the grand success of inaugural season, I hope this year too it will be bigger and better. I wish all the teams the very best.”
Women Teams:
1. Rarh Tigers: Piyali Ghosh (marquee player), Sansthitha Biswas, Bristi Maji, Priti Mondal, Ekta
Roy Chowdhury, Payal Vakharia, Shreya Roy, Parama Mondal, Pampa Sarkar, Shreya Karar, Disha Gupta, Bidisha Dey, Adrija Sarkar, Sandipta Patra, Arpita Bhowmik, Sushmita Mondal.
2. ServoTech Siliguri Strikers: Priyanka Bala (marquee player), Sneha Gupta, Tithi Das, Jhumpa
Roy, Ratna Burman, Ananya Halder, Mouli Mondal, Anindita Nath, Swastika Kundu, Puja Adhikari, Sumana Mondal, Supritha Sarkar, Snigdha Bag, Nafisa Yasmin, Ritu Gayen, Soumi Roy.
3. Rashmi Medinipur Wizards: Richa Ghosh (marquee player), Sasti Mondal, Chandrima Biswas, Mamoni Roy, Ipsita Mondal, Arpita Yadav, Shivanshi Tiwari, Preyoshi Pandey, Srilekha Roy, Anwesha Saha, Bishakha Das, Nilanjana Barik, Roshni Khatoon, Toria Singha Roy, Pratyusha Dey, Titli Mondal.
4. Adamas Howrah Warriors: Dhara Gujjar (marquee player), Dyuti Paul, Ankita Chakraborty, Sreyoshi Aich, Aradhya K Tiwary, Sanjana Kumari Das, Tapati Paul, Priyanka Prasad, Riya Goswami, Adrita Das, Sonali Das, Madhurima Prasad, Remondina Khatun, Ashmita Das, Debosmita Khalsa, Papriya Das.
5. Lux-Shyam Kolkata Tigers: Mita Paul (marquee player), Sujata Dey, Parna Paul, Monika Mal, Puja Rajak, Rittika Pal, Priti Mahata, Tanuja Sarkar, Prativa Mandi, Ankita Mahata, Debolina Samanta, Sangita Dutta, Koyel Sarkar, Sreetama Mali, Salma Khatoon, Jhilik Das.
6. Harbour Diamonds: Saika Ishaque (marquee player), Ankita Burman, Kashish Agarwal, Priyanka Sarkar, Dipa Das, Yogita Rawat, Bipasha Ghosh, Rupal Tiwari, Soumoshree Bhowmick, Rasmoni Das, Ambika Guha, Sanjukta Sarkar, Tanushree Adhikari, Smriti Bar, Ariktha Manna, Shaila Senapati.
7. Murshidabad Kueens: Tanushree Sarkar (marquee player), Prativa Rana, Samayita Adhikari, Sushmita Ganguly, Diya Nandi, Snigdha Paul, Sweta Samanta, Mehek Hussain, Marjina Khatoon, Liza Roy, Rupal Patra, Dipita Ghosh, Jahanbi Raj Paswan, Trishita Sarkar, Ananya Bose, Pratistha Dutta.
8. Sobisco Smashers Malda: Hrishita Basu (marquee player), Jhumia Khatun, Mamta Kisku, Shrabani Pal, Sushmita Paul, Rupa Dutta, Aruna Barman, Neha Shaw, Sukanya Parida, Jeni Parwin, Sanchita Adhikary, Roshni Tiwari, Riya K Mahato, Nandini Biswas, Radhika Kumari, Sneha Mahata.
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