T20 challengers: Cricket News & Match Updates

Against South Delhi Superstarz:  Samaira Raghav was not supposed to be watching the Women’s Premier League (WPL) auction. Her parents had asked her to stay away from seeing live feed of the auction proceedings happening in Kochi last week. They feared the weight of hope would be too much for a 16-year-old to carry, in case she doesn't find any takers.

A day before the auction, Samaira was one of four late entries that took the WPL 2027 auction pool from 146 to 150 players. She learnt about it from an Instagram story, and then from her mother. “My mom quickly messaged me that, ‘I think you are in the auction list now,’” Samaira recalled in an exclusive conversation with IANS on Monday.   Read More...