Women’s Premier League | Yashasri’s amazing journey from swimming & basketball to cricket
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S. Yashshri
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As a schoolgirl, S. Yashasri had been into many sports initially. Cricket wasn’t one of them. Swimming and basketball were.During an inter-school game, when she watched her teammate Pooja Vanka hitting the ball really hard, she felt she too wanted to bat like that. Since she was tall, she was asked to bowl pace by her coach. Yashasri’s progress was rapid and she made it to the India Under-19 squad. She was bought by UP Warriorz at the auction for the inaugural Women’s Premier League in Mumbai a few days ago. #WPLAuction ✅Here are the squads of all the 5️⃣ franchises 🔽How excited are you to see them take the field 💪 🤔 pic.twitter.com/tNrKnG4Adi— Women's Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) February 13, 2023“My mother broke the news to me,”...