MUMBAI: The South African trio of Shabnim Ismail, Chloe Tryon and Nadine de Klerk have joined their first practice session with Mumbai Indians ahead of the WPL 2025.
Nadine was picked at the WPL auction last year as the team’s new overseas player, while Shabnim and Chloe were retained. Last season, Shabnim Ismail bowled the fastest delivery ever recorded in women’s cricket, clocking 132.1km/h and also notched up the most number of dot balls (97) last season in the WPL, a media release said.
Having entered the week of the WPL, Mumbai Indians Head Coach, Charlotte Edwards, shed light on how the squad is preparing for the tournament this season:
“It’s been a brilliant few days. Initially having a lot of the Indian domestic players, we as a coaching team have been able to dedicate a lot of time to them. A lot of our focus in training has also been around match scenarios, so we have put them in a number of scenarios that we feel they will be put in during the WPL. Hopefully, that has given them a real insight to where they are at the moment. We have tried to change the arch, give them highest scores, lowest scores – it’s been really good and I have been so impressed with where the group are at. If you think back to two years ago, and now where they are in terms of their match awareness and tactical awareness, it’s on a different level.”
(Photograph credits: Mumbai Indians)