Salma, Jahanara likely to be part of Women's T20 Challenge
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|| CF Correspondent ||
Bangladesh’s Salma Khatun and Jahanara Alam are likely to take in the third edition of the Women's T20 Challenge, said BCB officials on Thursday.
According to BCB women’s wing chairman Nadel Chowdhury the duo is in talks with for the competition that is set to take place between November 4 and 9 in the UAE.
‘’Yes they are in talks with different teams after being approached by them. Nothing is finalized yet but if there is a possibility they will sure take part in the competition,’’ BCB women’s wing chairman Nadel Chowdhury told daily sun on Thursday.
The tournament, which the BCCI had said in August would be played during the IPL playoffs' week, will feature a total of four matches played between three teams.
All the three squads would be put up at one hotel, which will be part of a bio-secure bubble, while both the Indian and overseas players will arrive in the UAE by the third week of October.
Just like the eight IPL franchises, the women's contingent, too, will undergo a mandatory six-day quarantine at the team hotel during which tests would be carried out on days one, three and five. Once they clear all three tests, they would be allowed to start training.
In September, the BCCI announced the IPL schedule, but only for the league phase, though the IPL final is slated to be held on November 10.
Currently, the Indian board is understood to be finalising the overseas players, and with a new selection panel for the women's national team now in place, the pool of Indian participants is also close to being confirmed.
The T20 Challenge's clash in scheduling with the WBBL, which begins on October 25, has rendered participation of most top-flight Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa players close to impossible.
At least two England stars - Natalie Sciver and Katherine Brunt - would also be missing out on the Indian competition (they weren't part of the previous two editions either) as they have been roped in by the Meg Lanning-led Melbourne Stars for the sixth edition of the Australian domestic T20 tournament.
However, representation from England, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka is expected in the T20 Challenge, with several first-time participants likely to feature.
Last year, Harmanpreet Kaur's side Supernovas had defeated the Mithali Raj-led Velocity in Jaipur to win their second straight title, with Smriti Mandhana's Trailblazers eliminated in the league stage.
