One day from now and we are all set to kickstart proceedings for the historic WPL and it will be the Gujarat Giants taking on the mighty Mumbai Indians to get the ball rolling. As the Dr. DY Patil Stadium gears up for what is supposed to be a jampacked showstopper, the two teams will also be eyeing a victorious start to their campaign.
This is going to be a battle of two star-studded teams that will be featuring the ranks of a host of personal rivalries accompanied by the presence of impressive Indian names who are unheralded for the time being but all it would take them to get themselves in the groove is that one showdown.
Gujarat Giants will be banking heavily upon the likes of Sophia Dunkley, Ashleigh Gardner, Annabel Sutherland and Beth Mooney to deliver the payload with the willow in their arms while the presence of significant Indian monikers in the form of Harleen Deol, Sabbineni Meghana and Sneh Rana will be crucial for their echelons too.
Mumbai, on the contrary, guided by Jhulan Goswami, brought in a handful of starry names too to counter the balance of Gujarat that will witness Dhara Gujjar, Amanjot Kaur, Neelam Bisht, Pooja Vastrakar, Yastika Bhatia and Saika Ishaque bringing the Indian fire to the table under the reign of their captain, Harmanpreet Kaur.
When it comes to the overseas names, they have a slew of big ones taking the yard in their threads that would feature Amelia Kerr, Chloe Tryon, Heather Graham, Isabelle Wong, Hayley Matthews and Natalie Sciver Brunt. Amidst so many big names, it will be intriguing to see how it all goes for the two giants as the first chapter of history will be written tomorrow with the DY Patil Stadium playing host to an unprecedented unravelling of two stalwarts going head on against each other.
