WPL has been biggest revelation for women’s cricket that has happened: RCB mentor Sania Mirza

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Women's Premier League (WPL) has been the biggest stage for female cricketers to showcase their talents and get recognition like their male counterparts, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) mentor Sania Mirza has reckoned.

Talking about the need to empower women by helping them chase their dreams, Sania Mirza talked about the WPL which has given women's cricketers across the world a platform to launch themselves.

On women empowerment in India and opportunities for females in sports the six-time Grand Slam champion told ANI,” We as a, as a nation, as a society, we have to encourage more and more girls to follow their dreams. We have to encourage more and more girls to do what they love, no matter how out of the box it is. And I think that slowly that is happening, but there is always room for improvement.

“WPL has been the biggest revelation for women's cricket that has happened. Because women’s cricket has always been played. It’s not like they haven’t played. They just haven’t gotten the recognition that the male cricketers used to get. And now with this platform, with the WPL, I think it’s become really, really cool for them to be able to showcase their talent and also show how good they really are at what they do. The more eyeballs, the more TV, the bigger the sport gets,” Sania said.

WPL has already unearthed some sensational talents in India. The second edition of WPL witnessed a massive spike in viewership and fan following. The stadiums were also full to see the best women's cricketers in the world go against each other.

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) lifted their maiden Women’s Premier League crown after Smriti Mandhana-led side outplayed Delhi Capitals (DC) in the WPL 2024 final by 8 wickets at Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi on On March 17.

Sania Mirza also talked about a balance between motherhood and managing her work as a sports personality. She said being a mother was the greatest honour of his life, adding that the family support becomes important to manage her work life.

“It’s not easy, it’s challenging, I think being a mother has been one of the greatest honours and pleasures of my life. So for me, my work and everything, I just was trying to find that balance and it is challenging at times. And that’s where your family comes into play, your support system comes into play, who help you,” Sania said.

Sania Mirza, who recently got divorced to Pakistan all-rounder Shoaib Malik, bid an emotional adieu to her playing career in her hometown of Hyderabad last year at the venue where it all started for her as a 16-year-old. Sania played her two exhibition tennis matches at the Bahadur Stadium, where she made her WTA event debut back in 2003. She retired from professional tennis after the Dubai Tennis Championships 2023