WPL DC Captain: Meg Lanning – Delhi Capitals have finally announced Meg Lanning as the leader of their team for the first-ever Women Premier League (WPL) season. Megastar as the Australia player is fondly called was the unanimous choice to lead the young and dynamic DC team. While Shafali Verma and Jemimah Rodrigues were in the captaincy race, Lanning’s humongous amount of captaincy experience, coupled with her fantastic track record as a leader pipped her ahead of the two young India players. The Australia skipper coming off a fifth T20 win, and will be looking to continue the winning momentum. Follow WPL 2023 Live Updates with InsideSport.IN.
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WPL DC Captain: ‘𝓜𝓔𝓖-𝓐-𝓢𝓣𝓐𝓡’ It’s official as Delhi Capitals announce serial trophy winner Meg Lanning as captain for inaugural WPL 2023; Fans react
WPL DC Captain: DC place the bet on Lanning, the most successful skipper in the history of white-ball cricket – By winning the T20 World Cup 2023, Lanning surpassed Ricky Ponting to become the most successful leader in the history of white-ball cricket. Lanning now has won five World Cups four T20 and one 50-Over World as captain. With DC boasting quite a few young players, Australia’s skipper’s calmness and experience will come in handy in WPL 2023 season.
WPL 2023: Capitals to begin WPL 2023 campaign by playing against Royal Challengers Bangalore
Capitals will kick off WPL 2023 campaign by playing against Royal Challengers Bangalore on March 5. While RCB boasts of power-packed players like Mandhana, Perry, Sophie Devine, Dane van Niekerk and Schutt, DC also are not short of firepower boasting the likes of Shafai Verma, Rodrigues, Kapp, and Shikha Pandey.
Squad: Jemimah Rodrigues (India), Meg Lanning (Aus), Shafali Verma (India), Radha Yadav (India), Shikha Pandey (India), Marizanne Kapp (SA), Titas Sadhu (India), Alice Capsey (Eng), Laura Harris (Aus), Jasia Akhter (India), Minnu Mani (India), Tara Norris (USA), Taniyaa Bhatia (India), Poonam Yadav (India), Jes Jonassen (Aus), Sneha Deepthi (India), Aparna Mondal (India), Arundhati Reddy (India)
WPL DC Captain: ‘𝓜𝓔𝓖-𝓐-𝓢𝓣𝓐𝓡’ It’s official as Delhi Capitals announce serial trophy winner Meg Lanning as captain for inaugural WPL 2023; Fans react