Shreyanka Patil: My purpose is to win the World Cup for India and an Olympic gold

The elusive World title and an Olympic gold medal are topmost on younger spinner Shreyanka Patil’s want record, as she is able to embark on a journey in worldwide cricket that guarantees to be an eventful one.

Patil made a reputation for herself within the inaugural version of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) for Royal Challengers Bengaluru with a batting strike fee of 150 plus (151.22) and 6 wickets along with her off-breaks.

She additionally grew to become the primary Indian participant to participate within the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) for the Guyana Amazon Warriors and picked up 9 wickets in 4 video games.

The 21-year-old was rewarded with a call-up to the senior girls’s aspect for the WT20I sequence towards England to be performed on the Wankhede Stadium on December 6, 9, and 10.

“My topmost goal is always about winning the World Cup for India — I want to be a part of the winning squad. I am working towards that and when the Olympics happens, the gold medal for sure,” Patil mentioned after the conclusion of India Women’s A sequence towards England.

Cricket was included within the Olympics programme for the Los Angeles 2028 Games after a spot of 128 years in October.

Patil had a profitable outing towards England A girls with the ball taking 5 wickets in three matches, together with a ‘Player of the Match’ award within the first T20, however she is aware of that so much needs to be performed with the bat too.

“I have been working particularly hard on my batting, maybe I have not exhibited as much as I should have in these matches, but I still trust my process and I believe that I can play the shots because I have done it previously,” Patil mentioned.

As a bowling all-rounder, she has her priorities so as however extra importantly, compartmentalising all features of the sport is what Patil desires to concentrate on.

“I know how to devote time – be it (to) bowling or batting. My first skill is obviously as a bowler, then comes the batting aspect. I really work hard but I should be 100 per cent in one skill at least so I can give 70 to 80 per cent to my batting and my fielding has to be 120 per cent,” she mentioned.

Having shared the dressing room with the legendary Ellyse Perry within the RCB camp in addition to India vice-captain Smriti Mandhana and England skipper Heather Knight in the course of the inaugural WPL, Patil phrases it extraordinarily helpful to have learnt the nuances of the sport from them.

Shreyanka Patil emerged as the very best wicket-taker in WCPL this 12 months with 9 wickets in 5 matches.
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“Before the WPL started, I was just a young girl playing for Karnataka. I was a domestic player, but once I was picked for WPL for the RCB team, I got to rub shoulders with Perry, Smritidi, Heather Knight, all of these legends,” Patil mentioned.

“I could learn so much not just off the field but also on the field,” she added.

“Playing (at) international (level), there is so much of difference, the field set, the speed of the ball maybe, which areas to pick, which bowlers to pick, just picking up the legends’ mind was a key point for me,” she mentioned.

Patil emerged as the very best wicket-taker in WCPL this 12 months with 9 wickets in 5 matches and exploited turning pitches, which the all-rounder says fits her type.

“I was the highest wicket-taker, I really enjoyed bowling in those conditions, (against) different players, playing (as) an overseas player was a challenge for me,” she mentioned.

“My coach, Arjun Dev, was like, ‘now you’re not a baby, they’re not going to treat you as a baby, you are an overseas player you are no more the youngster. You will have to go talk to people, you will have to chat, around the team and out of that’.

“That was a challenge for me because I have not done it in the past. I really enjoyed (it) because there were turning tracks and nothing can stop me when I get wickets like that.” “It is something that I will always cherish forever,” mentioned Patil, including that dismissing top-order batters is one thing that she ‘loves’.

Mannat prepared for problem

Patiala’s 19-year-old left-arm spinner Mannat Kashyap can also be a brand new face within the Indian aspect for the upcoming sequence towards England.

Kashyap, who received the inaugural ICC U-19 Women’s World Cup earlier this 12 months for India, says that she is able to step into prime flight cricket.

“It is a dream come true. I always had it in mind since my childhood that I wanted to play for India,” Kashyap mentioned.

Having been a part of World Cup profitable India U-19 girls’s staff, Mannat doesn’t really feel that the decision has come at a improper time.

“It is not early, I am ready for the challenge. If I am picked in the eleven, I have to do what is required to be done which would have been discussed,” she mentioned.

A left-arm spinner who can bowl tight line and lengths persistently, Kashyap is seeking to take her early classes with India A into the worldwide circuit.

“I try to keep it simple, I do not try anything fancy, most of the times I stick with my normal stock ball,” she mentioned.

“It (India call-up) was a surprise indeed. Playing for India”A is an efficient platform to push on to the senior staff. I’ll carry my confidence from right here into the senior staff,” Kashyap added.