Last Updated: August 29, 2023, 08:47 IST
Smriti Mandhana has played in three seasons of WBBL in the past. (AFP Photo)
Smriti Mandhana represents Maharashtra in the Indian domestic circuit and will be missing the WBBL for the second season in a row.
India vice-captain Smriti Mandhana will not be part of the inaugural Women’s Big Bash League overseas draft after deciding to skip the T20 league for the second year in a row. Mandhana reportedly wants to be available for the India domestic season that will coincide with the WBBL 2023.
A total of 122 players have put their names in the overseas draft for the WBBL slated to get underway from October 19 with the final scheduled for December 2.
Incidentally, the Indian domestic season also starts from October 19 with the Senior Women’s T20 Trophy. The Senior Women’s Inter-Zonal Trophy will be the next tournament of the season and it will conclude with the Senior Women’s One-Day Trophy scheduled to be held from January 4 to January 26 next year.
Mandhana had last year opted out of WBBL to manage her workload and recently played in the Women’s Hundred competition in England where she won the title with Southern Brave.
The star India batter has played for Brisbane Heat, Hobart Hurricanes and Sydney Thunder in her three WBBL seasons so far.
