Women's Big Bash League: India's Shafali Verma and Radha Yadav to play for Sydney Sixers

India players Shafali Verma and Radha Yadav will play for Sydney Sixers in the upcoming season of Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL), the team confirmed. Verma, a fearless batter at the top, is World No 1 T20 batter and wants to seize the opportunity of playing in the Big Bash League. “This is a very good opportunity for me and my goal is to just enjoy myself, to make some new friends and have fun,” she was quoted as saying on cricket.com.au.

So the Sydney derby should be fun this year! 😅

The @SixersBBL have signed Indian talents Shafali Verma and Radha Yadav. Full story: https://t.co/Kg0jiRgag1 #WBBL07 pic.twitter.com/ERmGfyLl4t

— Weber Women's Big Bash League (@WBBL) September 26, 2021

The 17-year-old is a rare talent who represents India across formats. She is expected to feature in India XI for their first day-night Test against Australia in Queensland. Radha adds more bite in the spin bowling department of the Sixers with Ash Gardner and Jade Allen already there. [caption id=“attachment_10001941” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] File image of Radha Yadav. Image courtesy: Radha Yadav’s Facebook profile
[/caption] Verma and Yadav’s announcement comes a day after opening batter Smriti Mandhana and all-rounder Deepti Sharma were signed by Sydney Thunder. Squad: Ellyse Perry (c), Jade Allen, Nicole Bolton, Maitlan Brown, Erin Burns, Stella Campbell, Lauren Cheatle, Ashleigh Gardner, Alyssa Healy, Emma Hughes, Matilda Lugg, Angela Reakes, Hayley Silver-Holmes, Shafali Verma (Ind), Radha Yadav (Ind)