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UPW sign Chinelle Henry as Healy’s replacement; RCB bring in Graham, Garth

UPW sign Chinelle Henry as Healy’s replacement; RCB bring in Graham, Garth

UP Warriorz (UPW) picked Chinelle Henry as a replacement for Alyssa Healy for the upcoming edition of the TATA Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2025. Healy was ruled out of the third season of the TATA WPL due to an injury. Henry, who represents West Indies, has so far played 62 T20Is and has 473 runs and 22 wickets against her name in T20Is. She joins UPW for INR 30 Lakh. Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), meanwhile, picked Heather Graham and Kim Garth as replacements for Sophie Devine and Kate Cross respectively. Devine and Cross will not feature in the TATA WPL 2025 due to personal reasons. Graham, the Australian all-rounder, has played 5 T20Is and has 8 wickets to her name from the same. Garth has represented Australia in 59 T20Is, in addition to 56 ODIs and 4 Tests. She has 764 T20I runs and 49 T20I wickets. Garth had previously played for Gujarat Giants (GG) in the WPL. Graham and Garth join RCB for INR 30 Lakh each respectively. Disclaimer: We do not own any …

Kim Garth is the toughest bowler I have faced

Mumbai Indians’ wicketkeeper-batter Yastika Bhatia on Tuesday revealed that Kim Grath of Australia is the toughest bowler she has faced in her career. Yastika is gearing up for the season-opening clash of the second edition of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) which will be played between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals on February 23. The Indian women’s team player last year had a memorable campaign with the franchise as Mumbai Indians won the inaugural edition of the WPL. As Yastika gets ready for the curtain raiser, she, in a conversation on JioCinema, said, “Kim Garth is the toughest bowler I have faced in WPL Season 1 and also in the series against Australia.” Garth, however, is not part of the WPL 2024 as no franchise showed interest in procuring her service at the WPL auction in December. In contrast, Yastika was acquired by Mumbai Indians for a whopping Rs 1.5 crore in the inaugural WPL auction. She played a pivotal role in Mumbai Indians’ title-winning performance, scoring 214 runs in ten innings, at an average …