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Mandhana, Jemimah, Harmanpreet and Deepti to be part of The Hundred, get BCCI NOC

Four Indian women’s team players who represented various teams in the now-defunct Kia super League, the domestic T20 tournament for Women in England, would now be part of The Hundred. The up and coming tournament is a first of its kind and would be played between eight franchise teams in England and Wales. 

These four players are likely to fill up the spaces in Southern Brave, London Spirit, Manchester Originals and Northern Superchargers, each of whom have a slot for the foreign player left. Each side is eligible to sign three foreigners and three England centrally contracted player in tier roaster. 

The Indian women would be in England in June where they would be involved in three series f three formats, which include a one-off Test at Bristol on June 16. The tour concludes with the third and last T20I on July 15. 

The Hundred kicks off July 21 with the women teams of Oval Invincibles and Manchester Originals meeting at the Oval in London before their male teams meet the next day at the same venue. 

India Women getting permission to play in foreign leagues is a welcome event as they were not allowed to take part in the last year's Women's BBL.

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