Indian-Origin Hasrat Gill Joins Melbourne Stars For WBBL 2024

Hasrat Gill to join Deepti Sharma in WBBL 2024 (Melbourne Stars)Hasrat Gill to join Deepti Sharma in WBBL 2024 (Melbourne Stars)

Melbourne Stars have signed in Hasrat Gill and Liv Henry for the upcoming Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) 2024 league. The franchise made the announcement on September 24, i.e., roughly a month prior to the launch of the competition.

Hasrat Gill is an Indian-born cricketer, who toured Sri Lanka earlier this year as part of Australia’s Under-19 group.

Hasrat Gill to play alongside Deepti Sharma in WBBL

India-born Australian cricketer Hasrat Gill is set to represent the Melbourne Stars franchise in the upcoming WBBL 2024 season. She will be joining the likes of Indian players Deepti Sharma and Yastika Bhatia in the Stars line-up.

The 18-year-old cricketer also recently received her maiden contract with Victoria for the WNCL 2024-25 season. Earlier this year, she toured Sri Lanka as part of the Australian Under-19 women’s team for a T20 and 50-overs tri-series involving hosts as well as age-old rivals England.

Hasrat Gill picked up six wickets in the three T20 matches, and scored a swift 40* in one of the games against England. The youngster also claimed three wickets in the two 50-overs matches and made 52 runs with the bat.

Apart from Hasrat Gill, the Melbourne Stars also signed up Liv Henry for the WBBL 2024 season. Senior players like Marizanne Kapp, Annabel Sutherland and legendary Australian captain Meg Lanning are some of the star attractions set to feature in the Melbourne Stars group.

Here is a look at the entire squad of Melbourne Stars for WBBL 2024:

Yastika Bhatia, Sophie Day, Kim Garth, Maisy Gibson, Marizanne Kapp, Meg Lanning, Rhys McKenna, Sasha Moloney, Sophie Reid, Deepti Sharma, Annabel Sutherland, Liv Henry and Hasrat Gill.

While WBBL 2024 is scheduled to launch on October 27 at the Adelaide Oval in Adelaide, the Melbourne Stars will play their first match of the season later on the same day by going up against Perth Scorchers in Perth.