Young Indian sensation Jemimah Rodrigues and experienced Shikha Pandey have been signed by Trinbango Knight Riders for the upcoming edition of the Women’s Carabian premier league. The 2022 champions announced their squad for the upcoming edition of the WCPL starting from August 21.
TKR has signed four foreign players which includes Jemimah Rodrigues, Shikha Pandey followed by Australian legend Meg Lenning and Jess Jonassen. TKR has also retained their Skipper Deandra Dottin from the last season.
Jemimah Rodrigues is currently on national duty as team India is currently up against South Africa in a three match T 20 series, However TKR have added other weapons to their batting arsenal in form of Meg Lenning and Jemimah Rodrigues.
“It is with great excitement that we announce our CPL team has re-signed most local Caribbean players while recruiting four top international foreign players for this season”, TKR CEO Venky Mysore said in a statement.” “I’m so happy we’ll once more have Deandra dottin leading our squad; she’s truly been an outstanding source of inspiration to this young group ever since her debut season, guiding them through every step of the way on their road toward glory in 2022.”
“We are very grateful to the BCCI for allowing Jemimah Rodrigues and Shikha Pandey to participate in the WCPL for the first time, a move that will greatly improve the standard of our tournament. With these two major Indian players joining superstars like Meg Lanning and Jess Jonassen, I am sure cricket fans all over the world will be pleased to see them putting on TKR’s red and black colours in August.”
Trinbago Knight Riders Squad: Deandra Dottin, Meg Lanning, Jess Jonassen, Jemimah Rodrigues, Shikha Pandey, Kycia Knight, Shamila Connell, Zaida James, Samara Ramnath.
