Five Indians cricketers - Shafali Verma, Harmanpreet Kaur, Jemimah Rodrigues, Smriti Mandhana, and Deepti Sharma - have joined The Hundred women's competition, the official website of the tournament said on Thursday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Shafali Verma has joined Birmingham Phoenix as a replacement for Sophie Devine while Harmanpreet Kaur, who will star in the opening match at the Kia Oval on July 21, has joined Manchester Originals.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Jemimah Rodrigues will feature for Northern Superchargers while Smriti Mandhana will represent Southern Brave. Deepti Sharma has joined England captain Heather Knight at London Spirit.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The tournament, to be organised by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and played in a 100-ball format, will see some of the best women cricketers from around the world compete for different franchises.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"It's very exciting that I am going to get to play in the first ever game of The Hundred,<\/strong>" Harmanpreet was quoted as saying by the tournament website.<\/p>\r\n\r\n "It will be special to make history, especially with a women's match at such a big ground. We've played in front of some large crowds in India and it's always a great experience for the players,<\/strong>" she added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n Beth Barrett-Wild, who heads The Hundred Women's Competition said, "It's so good to finally be able to confirm the involvement of some of the superstars from the India team. They are a hugely exciting group of players and they'll bring a lot to the competition.<\/strong>"<\/p>\r\n",
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