Twitter convo between Shubman Gill and Danielle Wyatt ahead of Women's T20 challenge is pure gold

Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur have been named the captains of the two teams for the game.

Published - 16 May 2018, 11:44 IST | Updated - 16 May 2018, 11:44 IST

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Some of the superstars in Women’s cricket are set to take part in the T20 Challenge ahead of the first qualifier of the IPL at the Wankhede Stadium. The historic game will be played on May 22 as the BCCI is making an attempt to promote the game. While Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur have been named the captains of the teams and the fans are excited about the clash. However, Danielle Wyatt also expressed her excitement of travelling to India for the same as the U19 star Shubman Gill replied her to begin an interesting conversation.

BCCI announced the name of the captains on Tuesday and also the overseas stars who will take part in the one-off game to set to the ball rolling for the first of its kind game in the history of Women’s cricket. There have been demands for staging the IPL for Women’s as well ever since Indian Girls have made the country proud with their exceptional performance in the World Cup last year. Suzie Bates, Sophie Devine, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Beth Mooney, Alyssa Healy, Danielle Hazell and Danielle Wyatt are the overseas cricketers who will take part in the game.

Interesting convo

Danielle Wyatt is a popular figure in India courtesy of her marriage proposal tweet for the Indian captain Virat Kohli in 2014. After the names of the players for the Women’s T20 challenge were confirmed, she took to Twitter to express her excitement and was thrilled to come back to India and especially Mumbai. She was in the country earlier this year for a series against the home side and did extremely well in both ODIs and T20Is. She retweeted the post of ICC and wrote, “Can’t wait for this! Back to Mumbai.”

However, Shubman Gill interestingly responded to her tweet and welcomed her to India assuring her that the wait will be worth. “The wait will be worth it. Hahah. Welcome to India,” he replied. Wyatt was quick enough to thank him and the conversation between the two summed up. The excitement for the game which will be played between BCCI XI and IPL XI is at its peak and the teams will be confirmed soon.