Beth Mooney named captain of WPL side Gujarat Giants

Australia hitter Beth Mooney has been named commander of Gujarat Monsters for the debut Ladies' Chief Association (WPL). Mooney, who scored a game dominating 74 not out in Australia's 6th Ladies' T20 World Cup win, will rejoin with previous colleague Rachael Haynes, Goliaths' lead trainer. India allrounder Sneh Rana has been named the bad habit skipper.

"I'm more than happy to be offered the chance to lead the Adani Gujarat Goliaths in the memorable Ladies' Chief Association's debut release in 2023," Mooney said in a proclamation. "The crew is quick to get this show on the road soon and put out an engaging and viable brand of cricket in the presentation time of the WPL. Having any semblance of Sneh as my representative and Mithali Raj, Rachael Haynes and Nooshin Al Khadeer as urgent pieces of the team will be awesome."

Mooney was essential for Australia's T20 World Cup winning groups in 2018 and 2020 - she was the Player of the Competition a long time back - before likewise lifting the prize in 2023, aside from winning the ODI World Cup in 2022 and the gold decoration at the Republic Games a year ago. She has additionally won the Ladies' Enormous Slam Association threefold and is the main Australia player with two T20I hundreds.

This will be Mooney's most memorable involvement with driving a side in an abroad T20 association. In the ladies' Hundred last year, she was the most elevated run-scorer for London Soul. She has just driven in a couple of games at the Ladies' Huge Slam Association, having played for Brisbane Intensity, which has been generally driven by Kirby Short, and Perth Scorchers, captained by Sophie Devine.

In the mean time, Rana had gotten back in the saddle to the Indian side in 2021 and played the semi-last of the T20 World Cup this year, where India barely lost to Australia. She addressed Speed in the Ladies' T20 Challenge, and has played 25 T20Is, 22 ODIs and a Test for India.

Monsters had chosen Mooney for INR 2 crore (USD 244,000 approx) and Rana for INR 75 lakh (USD 91,000 approx). Monsters will the opening shot the WPL against Mumbai Indians on Saturday at the DY Patil Arena in Navi Mumbai.