Former Pakistan captain Urooj Mumtaz, bemoaned the “unfortunate” omission of Pakistani gamers from the inaugural Women’s Premier League season (WPL). The public sale for the first-ever Women’s Premier League (WPL), a landmark second within the historical past of ladies’s cricket, concluded on Monday. The affair was filled with surprises, healthful moments, unpredictability and thrill that may change the game and hundreds of lives related to it for the higher.

The public sale began off with a bang, with Indian star opener Smriti Mandhana changing into the first-ever participant to be picked. Royal Challengers Bangalore splurged a large sum of Rs 3.4 crore, making her the most costly participant in WPL. Just moments later, her skipper and batting star Harmanpreet Kaur was picked up by Mumbai Indians for INR 1.8 crore. International expertise from different international locations bought a whole lot of consideration within the public sale.

But one nation will miss out on this chance: Pakistan’s cricketers had been by no means within the race to hitch the league as a result of they had been fully absent from the public sale checklist.

“It is extremely unfortunate to see Pakistan players missing out,” Urooj Mumtaz told ESPNcricinfo.

“Every opportunity must be fair and inclusive, and all opportunities are steps towards collectively raising the standard of the women’s game and globally growing the sport. Most importantly, they bridge the gap in quality between cricketing nations,” she added.

The males’s Pakistan Super League (PSL), which began on Monday, by which Pakistan’s gamers had been scheduled to compete. The inaugural girls’s T20 league was initially slated to debut throughout this season, however that concept was scrapped after the board’s management, Ramiz Raja, was changed by Najam Sethi in December. That league has now been postponed to September on the earliest.

After a conflict towards India within the Women’s T20 World Cup match, Pakistan captain Bismah Maroof was additionally requested concerning the WPL public sale, and he or she mentioned gamers from Pakistan would “love to play” in any league.

“We as Pakistan you know we don’t get many opportunities to play in the leagues and that’s very unfortunate. Definitely, we will love to play and we would want every opportunity we can get in the leagues. But yeah, that’s what it is and we can’t control that,” mentioned Maroof throughout an ICC press convention.

The inaugural version of WPL might be performed in Mumbai from March 4 to 26 throughout two Mumbai venues.

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