From Smriti Mandhana to Abtaha Maqsood, Al Jazeera chooses the 10 gamers who might illuminate the competition in the UAE.
A few of cricket’s finest skill will be on screen at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024, which gets under method with a match in between Bangladesh and Scotland in Sharjah, the United Arab Emirates, on Thursday.
All 10 groups will count on the experience of their prominent gamers to lead them all the method to magnificence in the October 20 last in Dubai.
Al Jazeera selects the 10 gamers to look out for at the ninth edition of the competition.
Chamari Athapathuthu: Sri Lanka
Athapathuthu, with her excellent overall abilities, will be at the leading edge of Sri Lanka’s project in the competition. The Sri Lankan captain is ranked 5th in the ICC’s Women’s T20 all-rounder standings and just recently led her nation to their first-ever Asia Cup title. The 34-year-old bowls precise off-spin and can be an explosive batter in the fastest format of the video game. Athapaththu has actually made 246 worldwide looks considering that her launching– at the age of 19– in the T20 World Cup in 2006 and boasts a wealth of experience in franchise T20 cricket.
Deepti Sharma: India
Sharma will be essential to India’s possibilities as her country’s highest-ranked bowler (2nd) and all-rounder (3rd) in the T20 format. The 27-year-old off-break bowler and left-handed batter has actually appeared 211 times for her nation. The cool-headed Indian star was among the leading entertainers at the Women’s Hundred competition in England, where her monstrous six-off sealed the title for London Spirit.
Fatima Sana: Pakistan
Sana, who made her launching in 2019 at the age of 18, is the increasing star of Pakistan cricket and its excellent hope following its challenging current run. Yet to score a fifty for her nation, the fast-bowling all-rounder has actually scored a minimum of 20 runs in her last 6 global innings. The young captain will seek to include more wickets to her 31 in terminations in T20s if Pakistan are to make a mark on competition.
Smriti Mandhana: India
Mandhana has actually been an essential of India’s batting given that making her launching in 2014. The Indian vice-captain is the 2nd greatest run-getter in T20 internationals with 56 half-centuries to her name. The 28-year-old from Mumbai led her Bengaluru franchise to their first Women’s Premier League title previously this year and will seek to assist India do the very same in T20 World Cup.
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Beth Mooney: Australia
Opening batter Mooney presently tops the ICC’s T20 batter rankings and is among the lots of prominent gamers in a skilled Australian team. The 30-year-old, who made her launching for Queensland aged 16, has actually signed up 2 centuries and 23 fifties in 95 innings for the ruling champs.
Nahida Akter: Bangladesh
Akter is one wicket shy of 100 in T20 internationals with approximately just 16. The left-arm finger spinner has finest bowling figures of 5-8 in 87 T20 internationals at just 24 years of age. Akter declared 2-17 on launching 9 years earlier as a 15-year-old versus Pakistan in Karachi.
Abtaha Maqsood: Scotland
A leg-spinner of terrific guarantee, the 25-year-old has actually currently declared 54 T20 wickets at approximately 15 in 53 matches for Scotland. Maqsood’s contributions might raise the Scottish group to the next level, particularly provided the spinner-friendly conditions in the UAE. The reputable spinner might turn this World Cup into a development global competition for herself and her nation, who are making their T20 World Cup launching.
Laura Wolvaardt: South Africa
Wolvaardt will look for to captain her side to the last action having actually been runners-up at the last edition. The 25-year-old has a wealth of experience having actually made her launching as a 16-year-old in an ODI versus England in 2016. The right-handed opening batter is 5th in the T20 rankings, her nation’s greatest in any discipline, and has one century and 11 fifties in 66 T20 innings for her nation.
Sophie Ecclestone: England
Ecclestone is the highest-ranked bowler in both the ICC T20 and ODI rankings. The left-arm finger spinner has actually made 159 looks in all formats for England at just 25 years of age and has 126 wickets in 85 T20 internationals at approximately just 14. Having actually made her launching for her nation at 17, Ecclestone had actually declared the top ranking in T20s by the age of 20.
Hayley Matthews: West Indies
The West Indies captain presently takes pleasure in the position of the world’s leading all-rounder and is 3rd in the batting rankings. Matthews’ credibility long preceded her worldwide launching at the age of just 16, and at 25 she has actually currently accumulated 180 looks for West Indies and has 2 centuries and 13 fifties in 96 T20 internationals.