Delhi Capitals (DC) have signed Japan’s pace bowler Ahilya Chandel as a net bowler for the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2025. She is the first Japanese to join a team in the WPL history.
The 22-year-old Japan is leading wicket-taker in Women’s T20Is, with 30 wickets in 32 matches at an economy rate of 4.58. She made her debut in October 2022 against Hong Kong in the Women’s East Asia Cup.
Who is Ahilya Chandel?
Ahilya Chandel, whose father is of Indian origin, made her debut for Japan in 2022 against Hong Kong. She began playing cricket at the age of eight, encouraged by her father, and also competes in Australia. Since her debut, she has claimed 30 wickets in 32 T20Is, maintaining an economy rate of 4.58.
Ahilya won Player of the Match and helped Japan defeat China by four wickets with statistics of 2.5-0-8-4 in in the Asian Cricket Council Women’s Premier Cup match at the Royal Selangor Club in Kuala Lumpur.
Ahilya Chandel joined DC
Ahilya said that her father as an Indian loved cricket and therfore it passed on to me.
“In my cricketing journey so far, I’ve played for Japan, and I also play my cricket way back in Sydney, Australia. I’ve been playing since I was eight years old. I got into cricket because of my dad. My dad’s an Indian, and so he passed that on to me. When he found that Japan had a cricket team, he said why not give it a go? And yeah, since 2022, I’ve made my debut, represented Japan, and now I’m here,” Chandel said after joining the team.
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