The video of girl's amazing batting has gone viral on social media.
Many people have compared the girl in the video to India’s T20 superstar Suryakumar Yadav, due to the kind of shots she was playing. She was playing all kind of strokes which are expected from a T20 superstar batter.
The video also went viral because yesterday on February 13, the inaugural auction for the WPL 2023 happened in which all the five franchises emptied their coffers to buy the best of the best women cricketers on the planet today in their teams.
Smriti Mandhana was the costliest buy for INR 3.40 crores, bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore, while the likes of Deepti Sharma and Jemimah Rodrigues also attracted bids of over INR 2 crores each. Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur went to Mumbai Indians for INR 1.80 crores.
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Reacting to the video, Tendulkar took to Twitter to say that he really enjoyed her batting. “Kal hi toh auction hua.. aur aaj match bhi shuru? Kya baat hai. Really enjoyed your batting,” Tendulkar posted on his Twitter.
Meanwhile, Jay Shah said that he was amazed by the girl’s skills and passion for cricket. He tweeted: “Amazed by the young girl's cricket skills & passion for the game! I'm glad to see that the future of Women's Cricket is in good hands. Let us work together to empower our young athletes so that they can become future game changers! #GirlsInCricket #FutureStars @wplt20 @BCCIWomen”