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WBBL 2021: Harmanpreet Kaur, Deepti Sharma star in Melbourne Renegades and Sydney Thunders' wins

India T20 skipper Harmanpreet and all-rounder Deepti produced all-round match-winning performances for Melbourne Renegades and Sydney Thunder respectively.

Smriti Mandhana says Women's Big Bash League experience will help India players do well at international level

Besides Mandhana, the WBBL also features Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Poonam Yadav, Radha Yadav, Richa Ghosh, Harmanpreet Kaur, and Deepti Sharma.

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

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.

Smriti Mandhana, Deepti Sharma sign with Sydney Thunder to play in WBBL

Mandhana has previous experience of playing in WBBL but Deepti will be making her debut in the upcoming season.

Former England coach Trevor Bayliss takes charge of Sydney Thunder for next three seasons

Bayliss will replace Shane Bond, who stepped down from the role for family reasons in April.

WBBL 2020: Sydney Thunder beat Melbourne Stars by seven wickets to clinch title

Rachael Haynes' team restricted the Stars to just 86 for nine off their 20 overs after losing the bat flip at North Sydney Oval and chased down the total easily with more than six overs to spare.

BBL 2020: Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi and Dawid Malan sign up for Australian T20 tournament

Rashid Khan, the world's No 1 T20 bowler, will be back for the Adelaide Strikers. His return follows the signings of England batsman Dawid Malan by the Hobart Hurricanes and Afghan allrounder Mohammad Nabi by the Melbourne Renegades.

India's Smriti Mandhana signed by Brisbane Heat for Women's Big Bash League

Smriti Mandhana, whose signing was confirmed following a no-objection certificate from BCCI, will join Deandra Dottin, the West Indies vice-captain, as Heat's second international recruit for the season.

ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2020: 'We can put pressure on any team', says India captain Harmanpreet Kaur

Insisting that positivity is the biggest strength of this Indian team, Harmanpreet said they are eagerly waiting to face four-time champions and title holders Australia in the tournament opener here on Friday.

ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2020: Harmanpreet Kaur says team shaping up well despite absence of experienced Jhulan Goswami and Mithali Raj

Mithali retired from T20 cricket last year while Goswami previously played in the format before the 2018 edition. The average age of India's squad in Australia is 22.8 with Harmanpreet being among the seasoned ones.