Women’s IPL started on Saturday. Gujarat Giants faced Mumbai Indians in the opening match of this T20 franchise tournament. Delhi won by 143 runs by 207 runs in the first match of the season. Royal Challengers Bangalore will face Delhi Capitals in the second match on Sunday. A video was posted on Bengaluru’s official Twitter account on Saturday, the day before their first match. Bangalore mentor Sania Mirza spoke about the team there.

She said, “I don’t know anything about cricket. When I was made a mentor in women’s IPL, I was thinking, what should I do? What to talk about with the girls?â€?Sania, who retired last month after playing tennis for two decades, also said, “I retired a few days ago. Wondering what is the next step in my life. No decision then, to help women athletes in India and outside India, the mental aspect is very important in any sport which I have dealt with for 20 years.â€?/p>

This tennis star also said that she was in individual sports. Because of that, the photo shoots, the media attention – everything had to be handled by herself. From there she thought that she could help girls in this matter. ‘Feeling stressed is normal, but you need to know how to deal with it. Learn to stay away from the noise around you. India’s media is difficult to manage.â€?she said.

Franchise cricket tournament WPL (Women’s Premier League) is sitting in India with women cricketers. This is the first time in the T20 tournament that players are bought and sold in an auction. A total of five teams are participating in the maiden edition of the Women’s IPL.

The opening ceremony of the Women’s IPL was also held in a grand manner at the DY Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday night. Cricket and entertainment lovers unite to the dance beats of Bollywood actresses Kiara Advani and Kriti Sanon on stage. Punjabi pop star AP Dhillon was impressed with the theme song of the event.

After the colorful performance, the officials of the Indian Cricket Board took the stage. After that, the captains of the five teams were called.

Delhi Capitals’ Meg Lanning, Gujarat Titans’ Beth Mooney, Mumbai Indians’ Harmanpreet Kaur, Royal Challengers Bangalore’s Smriti Mandhana, and UP Warriors’ captain Alyssa Healy. Later they unveiled the Women’s Premier League trophy together.
Apart from the opening venue, all the matches of the tournament will be played at another venue. A total of 20 matches will be held with the participation of 87 domestic and foreign cricketers. The competition will last for 23 days.

Velocity decided to field before winning the toss in the match held in Pune. Supernovas got off to a great start by batting. Priya Punia and Diandra Dotin put on a 73-run partnership. The pair was broken when Punia returned after scoring 28 off 29 balls.

After that, captain Harmanpreet Kaur became Dotin’s partner. Harmonpreet made 43 runs from 29 balls. Dotin returned to the dressing room after scoring 62 off 44 balls with 4 fours and 1 six. After their departure, the supernova batting broke down.

They lost seven wickets till the end and their innings stopped at 165 runs. Kate Cross took 2 wickets for 29 runs in 4 overs and Deepti Sharma also took 2 wickets for 20 runs in the same number of overs. Simran Bahadur also got two wickets.

Velocity was in danger from the beginning. They lost 4 wickets for 38 runs. Laura Wolvaardt fought alone for the team. He remained unbeaten on 65 off 40 balls with 5 fours and 3 sixes. Towards the end, Simran Bahadur also scored 20 runs off 10 balls.

But losing 8 wickets in the allotted 20 overs, Velocity could not make more than 161 runs. Alana King took 3 wickets for 30 runs in 4 overs for Supernova.