T20 World Cup winning player was dropped in one stroke, this team took a big decision
Lea Tahuhu
WPL 2025 retention has been completed and all the teams have released the list of players retained and released by them. Gujarat Giants team has released 7 players. After this, Gujarat is left with the biggest purse of Rs 4.40 crore. This also includes Lee Tahuhu, who won the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 title for New Zealand. Whereas he had immense experience, which could have been useful to the team. This 34 year old player is known for her excellent bowling.
Lee Tahuhu won many matches for New Zealand
Apart from Lee Tahuhu, Gujarat Giants team has also released players like Sneh Rana and Veda Krishnamurthy. Lee Tahuhu played only two matches for Gujarat, in which she could take only one wicket. But Tahuhu played a lot of international cricket for New Zealand. For the Kiwi team, he took 93 wickets in 96 T20 International matches. Apart from this, 115 wickets have been recorded in 97 ODI matches. Considering his experience and ability, he may fetch a lot of money in the auction.
Sneh Rana is going through a bad phase.
On the other hand, Sneh Rana could not do well in the Women’s Premier League. So far, she has scored 47 runs in 12 WPL matches and could take only 6 wickets. He also played his last T20 International match for India in the year 2023. Since then she has been out of the team. Seeing his poor form, Gujarat Giants team has shown him the way out.
The Gujarat Giants team has participated in the Women’s Premier League twice and has not been able to win the title even once. Both times the team has been at fifth position in the points table.
Players retained and released by Gujarat Giants:
Retained: Harleen Deol, Dayalan Hemlata, Tanuja Kanwar, Shabnam Shakeel, Mannat Kashyap, Sayali Sathgare, Meghna Singh, Priya Mishra, Beth Mooney, Ashley Gardner, Laura Wolvaardt, Phoebe Litchfield, Kashvi Gautam, Bharti Fulmali.
release: Sneh Rana, Katherine Bryce, Lee Tahuhu, Lauren Cheatle, Trisha Poojitha, Tarannum Pathan, Veda Krishnamurthy
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