The Gujarat Giants (GT) franchise’s captain for Monday’s Women’s Premier League (WPL) debut is Beth Mooney from Australia.
Australia won a record-extending sixth title at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in South Africa under Mooney’s leadership.
After leading Australia to a record-extending sixth title at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in South Africa. Star batter Beth Mooney was appointed on Monday to lead the Gujarat Giants (GT) franchise in the inaugural Women’s Premier League (WPL).
In Sunday’s final of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in Cape Town, Mooney prevailed with a score of 74.
Mooney became the first batter to score two half-centuries in the T20 World Cup finals. Will be replaced by Indian all-rounder Sneh Rana for the upcoming season of the WPL in India.
Along with former teammate Rachael Haynes, Mooney will go to the WPL 2023 GT camp. The Gujarat-based franchise previously named Haynes the women’s head coach for WPL 2023.
For the first time in her incredible T20 career, Mooney will lead a team in an international Twenty20 competition.
Mooney had advanced to the position of leading London Spirit’s run-getter in the women’s Hundred the year before. Mooney was a member of the Australian team that won the T20 World Cup in 2018, 2020, and 2023.
“To be given the opportunity to lead the Adani Gujarat Giants. The historic debut of the Women’s Premier League in 2023 is an honor.
The team wants to get the WPL off the ground as soon as possible and play an entertaining and successful style of cricket in the inaugural season.
Mithali Raj, Rachael Haynes, and Nooshin Al Khadeer serving as essential team members and Sneh serving as my deputy, according to Mooney, will be wonderful.
In the elite tournament in 2020, the Australian opener won Player of the Tournament honors. In her glittering T20 career. Mooney has also won the Women’s Big Bash League three times.
The gold medalist from the Commonwealth Games is the only Australian batter to score two centuries in the game’s shortest format.