Australia's World Cup-winning players have surprisingly been snubbed by Indian Premier League officials for inclusion in a women's Twenty20 tournament in May this year.
Australia's women's cricket team is operating in a new era of professionalism and it showed as they lapped the competition at the World T20, writes Richard Hinds.
Of the 39 players named in the three IPL Women's Challenge teams, 12 are foreign players, with each team having four foreign players. Of the foreign players, four are from New Zealand, three each from the West Indies and England, and one each from Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. South Africa and Pakistan are playing a series that clashes with the triangular tournament, meaning no players from those sides are available.However, Cricket Australia's female high performance manager Shawn Flegler indicated last month he expects the governing body will be supportive of Australians taking part in IPL exhibition matches.
Last year's game was hailed as a success by all involved, with players and officials around the world hoping the BCCI will soon launch a standalone women's tournament.
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