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WPL 2025: Chamari’s Bowling Abilities Gave Her An Edge Over Danni, Says Jon Lewis
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: UP Warriorz head coach Jon Lewis has said that Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu’s bowling skills gave her the edge over someone like Danni Wyatt-Hodge to be in the side’s playing eleven. Danni didn’t get a game for UP Warriorz in WPL 2024, as Chamari played ahead of her. Before the retentions day deadline on Thursday, Danni had been traded to defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), where she could be the opening partner of captain Smriti Mandhana.
“With Danni in particular, she’s obviously a really experienced and excellent cricketer. She's a brilliant cricketer. We felt we have five really top quality overseas players and we needed a little bit of flexibility in the auction to find someone who could do a slightly different role to what Danni could play.”
“Chamari's bowling probably just edges out Danni in playing eleven if she comes in. Obviously, our captain is a top-order batter, and Chamari can play at the top of the order. Grace Harris can play in that position too, while Danni is obviously an out-and-out batter. So the fact that Grace, Tahlia and Chamari are able to bowl really gives us some flexibility with them.”
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