Jasia Akhtar of Shopian has been selected for the Women’s Indian Premier League (IPL) that will start on May 6 at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur.
BCCI on Wednesday announced the schedule for this year’s IPLthat is titled Women’s T20 Challenge.
“Following the success of the Women’s exhibition match 2018played in Mumbai prior to IPL-2018 Qualifier 1, this year sees the conceptreturn on a larger scale. The Women’s T20 will be made up of three teamsplaying four matches in Jaipur during the 2019 IPL playoff week,” said astatement issued by BCCI.
There will be three teams this year’s taking part in thewomen’s T20 which include Supernovas, Trailblazers and Velocity. The teams willcomprise current and future stars of Indian cricket playing alongside aselection of the world’s best players.
Soon after the announcement top women cricketer of J&K,Jasia Akhtar got call from selectors and has been asked to report on May 2. Theteam has not been assigned to her yet but she has been asked to report directlyat the venue Jaipur on May 2.
“I got call from officials and they told me that I will bepart of this year’s T20 event that is also known as Women’s IPL. I was askeddetails for the kit and was also told to report on May 2,” Jasia said.
Jasia Akhtar whohails from Shopian district plays in domestic cricket arena for Punjab. She hastwice attended India camp while as recently was selected for India Reds. Shewas also nominated for State award by J&K Government this year.
“It is an honour to be named in the three teams that wouldbe part of the event. It is the reward for my hard work and performance that Ihave been giving consistently over the years,” she said.
She said that during the event there will be some of thebiggest women cricket stars of India as well as from around the World.
“It will be dream come to for me to play alongside some ofthe biggest cricket stars of the country and world in women cricket. I will trymy best to perform and push my case for Team India selection,” she added.