Australian wicketkeeper batter Alyssa Healy will be the skipper of the Uttar Pradesh Warriorz in the inaugural edition of the Women’s Premier League. Capri Global Holdings Pvt. Ltd officially announced this on Wednesday.
The UPW picked Healy in 70 Lakhs in the Women’s Premier League auction on 13 February in Mumbai. She has a tremendous amount of experience in the shortest format of cricket. She has also scored a century and 14 half-centuries for Australia in 139 T20I games. She also holds the record for the highest individual score of 148 runs in just 61 balls against Sri Lanka. She has won the women’s T20 World Cup five times and twice the ODI World Cup. Till date, her career is just magical.
Capri Global Holdings Private Limited’s Managing Director, Rajesh Sharma, gave the official announcement. He said, “Alyssa is a giant of the game and has an immense amount of experience at the highest level, and also has the winning habit which we want in our team. We hope that the UP Warriorz can make significant strides in this important journey under the leadership of Alyssa Healy and go on to be a source of joy and inspiration for the women of UP. I wish the team all the best.
After the announcement, Alyssa Healy thanked UP Warriorz officials. Also, stated that it is a great chance for her to captain UPW in the inaugural edition of WPL, and she looks forward to fulfilling the responsibility given by the team and putting the great show ahead.
“I am delighted to have the chance to captain the UP Warriorz in the inaugural edition of the historic WPL that will be played in Mumbai. The WPL is a tournament we have all been keenly waiting on, and the UP Warriorz have a fantastic squad waiting to make a splash once things get going. We have a good mix of experience, youth, and ability, and we look forward to putting on a show for our fans. We are here to win and be ruthless in our brand of cricket,” said captain Alyssa Healy.
UP Warriroz has a great coaching staffs too. They have England’s Jon Lewis as a head coach and Anju Jain as the assistant coach. Former Australian cricketers Ashley Noffke is the bowling coach, and 4-time World Champion Lisa Sthalekar is the team’s mentor.
The UP Warriorz open their campaign on 5 March, with the second game of the day when they face the Gujarat Giants at the DY Patil Stadium.
