Gujarat Giants named the star New Zealand bowler Lea Tahuhu as a alternative for Lauren Cheatle for the WPL 2024 on Saturday. Cheatle will miss the second version of the Women’s Premier League beginning on February 23, because of a medical remedy for her neck.
Tahuhu, the 33-year-old right-arm pacer, went unsold within the WPL 2024 participant public sale on December 9 final yr. The Kiwi bowler boasts expertise of 80 T20I matches and just lately took ten wickets within the Women’s Super Smash event.
Ahmedabad-based franchise completed the primary version of the event on the backside of the factors desk with simply two wins in eight matches. They retained solely eight gamers ahead of the participant public sale and bolstered ten new signings for 2024, together with Cheatle for INR 30 lakh within the accelerated spherical.
“Gujarat Giants (GG) named Lea Tahuhu as a replacement for Lauren Cheatle for the upcoming edition of the TATA Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2024, starting February 23, 2024,” WPL media advisory stated. “Tahuhu, who has represented New Zealand in 80 T20Is and 93 ODIs and has 78 and 109 wickets to her name in T20Is and ODIs respectively, will join GG for INR 30 Lakh. Cheatle, a left-arm pacer from Australia, recently underwent a medical procedure on her neck and will be unavailable for the upcoming TATA WPL season. WPL would like to wish Cheatle a speedy recovery.”
Tahuhu was half of the Supernovas staff that completed runner-up within the Women’s T20 Challenge 2020. The Kiwi star additionally performs for Sydney Thunder within the Women’s Big Bash League and represents Manchester Originals within the Women’s Hundred.
Gujarat Giants just lately unveiled Michael Klinger as their new head coach for the WPL 2024 season who labored with Tahuhu on the Sydney Thunder as an assistant coach.
Gujarat Giants’ up to date squad for WPL 2024
Beth Mooney (c), Ashleigh Gardner, Dayalan Hemalatha, Harleen Deol, Laura Wolvaardt, Shabnam Shakil, Sneh Rana, Tanuja Kanwer, Phoebe Litchfield, Meghna Singh, Trisha Poojitha, Kashvee Gautam, Priya Mishra, Kathryn Bryce, Mannat Kashyap, Veda Krishnamurthy, Tarannum Pathan, Lea Tahuhu
