NEW DELHI: Indian batting sensation
Shafali Verma
is set to make her Women's Big Bash League debut with two-time champions
Sydney Sixers
later this year.
The 17-year-old is expected to be joined by left-arm spinner
Radha Yadav, who is currently in talks with the Sydney Sixers franchise.
"Shafali's deal is done, it will be announced when the Women's Big Bash schedule is released," a BCCI source told PTI.
"Radha is also in talks with the Sydney Sixers," the source added.
The teenager's father was also required to sign a consent form as Shafali is still a minor.
Shefali joins the trio of
T20
skipper
Harmanpreet Kaur (Sydney Thunder), opener
Smriti Mandhana (Brisbane Heat) and all-rounder
Veda Krishnamurthy (
Hobart Hurricanes
), which has featured in the
WBBL
.
The world number one batter in ICC women's T20I rankings will also be turning up for Birmingham Phoenix in the inaugural edition of The Hundred -- the 100-ball domestic competition of the England and Wales Cricket Board (
ECB
) later this year.
While The Hundred, which was postponed last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, is scheduled to start on July 21, the WBBL is slated later in the year.
The Hundred will be the first overseas T20 competition for Shafali, who has emerged as a powerful striker in world cricket with 617 runs at a strike rate of 148.31 in 22 international matches.
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