WPL: Entertainers UP Warriorz aim to go all the way this time around

The Alyssa Healy-led UP Warriorz were undoubtedly the team that raised the entertainment quotient of the Women’s Premier League last year. It was the tension that captain Healy created following her comments on Harmanpreet Kaur’s run-out in the Women’s T20 World Cup final, Grace Harris’s heroics and Sophie Ecclestone’s class.

With some of the edge of the seat thrillers, doing a double on the down-and-out Gujarat Giants and upsetting the unbeaten Mumbai Indians, they made it to as far as the eliminator. While their overseas players – Healy, Harris, Tahlia McGrath and Ecclestone – proved to be worth banking upon, it was the Indian talent that let them down.

There was plenty expected from U-19 pair of Shweta Sehrawat and Parshavi Chopra, and Kiran Navgire, who was a standout player during the Women’s T20 Challenge. However, they did not have impressive returns to show. The upcoming season will be another chance to turn it around.

Having made it to the eliminator, they will be hoping to course-correct and go all the way this time around.

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