“This tournament will help many women to take up the sport as a profession”: Sneh Rana

The much awaited inaugural edition of the Women’s IPL will kickstart on March 4 at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. There is much anticipation around the tournament and is a termed as game changer in the history of Women’s cricket.

The tournament will help women’s cricket take massive strides in cricket and will empower the sport. Indian offspining all rounder Sneh Rana is extremely excited for the Women’s IPL to begin. She believes that the tournament will help young girls to pursue sport as a profession.

“We are obviously very excited. We all have been waiting for the WPL for a long time and finally, it’s going to happen. This tournament will help many women to take up the sport as a profession,” Rana told Sportstar.

Rana feels that the tournament will help in changing the mindset and perception of parents for allowing their children to play cricket.
“In many parts of the country, parents are still apprehensive about allowing girls to play cricket as they think that ‘cricket khel ke kya hoga?’ (What will happen by playing cricket?). But I think the WPL will help in changing that perception and their mindset. That will be good for the sport.”

Sneh Rana feels that playing at restricted venues will help the teams to get accustomed to condtions and climate quickly. She said that this will be beneficial for each team as they will not feel tired in a long tournament.

“Travelling takes a toll because with back-to-back travel, you often feel tired and in a long tournament, it is always a challenge to play on newer wickets every day and adjust to those conditions. So, with that, there is a possibility of losing the momentum,” Rana added.

“But when you play in just one or two venues, it actually helps you in having a better idea of the surface and you can plan accordingly,” she concluded.

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