Deepti Sharma, Suzie Bates among wildcard picks for The Hundred 2022

The second season of The Hundred is set to get underway on August 3 with a men’s match between Southern Brave and Welsh Fire. However, the women’s edition will commence from August 11 onwards at The Oval in London. The opening fixture will see defending champions Oval Invincibles taking on the Northern Superchargers.

India’s drawcard Deepti Sharma is now a wildcard for Birmingham Phoenix

On Thursday, June 9, all eight teams of the women’s competition revealed their overseas wildcards for the upcoming season. India’s Deepti Sharma was among the chosen few, alongside the likes of New Zealand’s Suzie Bates and Australia’s Elyse Villani.

As many as four Australians and three New Zealanders were selected from the eight picks, with all-rounder Sharma serving as the only Indian in the entire list.

Here is a list of all overseas wildcards chosen by each team

Deepti Sharma recently represented Velocity in the Women’s T20 Challenge, where they finished runners-up to Supernovas in the final. The 24-year-old has played 74 Women’s ODIs and 58 Women’s T20Is for the country, apart from playing 2 Test matches. Across her international appearances, she has picked 146 wickets and scored over 2,000 runs.