Australian leg spinner Alana King's excitement about returning to India for a white-ball tour is about a lot more than cricket, writes Brittany Carter.
abc.net.au/news/alana-king-returns-to-india-for-t20-international-series/101751234The Australian women's cricket team are all set to play India in a five-match T20I bi-lateral series in Mumbai, with the first match scheduled for Saturday.
The 26-year-old leg spinner has visited her extended family in India several times and has already plied her trade on their spin-friendly pitches once in 2022. For King, the news that a WIPL finally looks like its on the horizon is incredibly exciting – especially hearing that the Chennai Super Kings are interested in being involved."I love India, I've been a few times with my family, so the opportunity to go back for their T20 Challenge this year meant more to me than just a chance to play cricket," King said.
King is used to entertaining crowds in various T20 leagues around the world. Here, she celebrates a hat-trick for the Trent Rockets in The Hundred. Earlier in the tournament, India also had the Aussies on the back foot in the group stages, when they'd forced a top-order collapse to leave the team reeling at 5/49 chasing 155.A sixth-wicket partnership between hard-hitters Ash Gardner and Grace Harris kept the Australians in with a fighting chance, and in the end, it was a boundary from King that completed their epic comeback with an over to spare.
"When they can get a women's IPL going, they'll be exposed to a lot more players at a competitive level and that will make a huge difference because they'll be facing internationals and the best domestic players India has to offer on a regular basis."
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