There is now less than two weeks left for the third season of the Women's Premier League (WPL). The tournament is scheduled to begin from 14 February but before that a franchise has suffered the biggest setback as his captain has dropped out of the entire tournament. These players are Australian legendary captain Alyssa Heli and the team that has been damaged is UP Warriors. Australian captain Heli is also the captain of UP in WPL, but this time the team will have to land on the field without its star captain.

Due to this, Alyssa Heli was out

After the women's Test match between Australia and England ended on Saturday, 1 February, Alyssa Heli gave this information. Heli told that due to long -running stress injury in the right leg, she will not be able to be a part of WPL this time. This is the same injury due to which Heli was out of several matches including the semi -finals in the T20 World Cup last year. Not only this, she could not play in the initial matches of the series ended against England.

Alyssa Heli has been the captain of UP Warriors since the first season of WPL but her team could not get success in the first 2 seasons. The team finished third in the first season of the league and was out in the qualifier match. At the same time, in the second season played last year, the team reached fourth place only. Heli's own performance has not been very effective and in 17 matches of 2 season, she has been able to score 428 runs at an average of 26.75.

Who will be the captain of UP?

There is currently a question on who will be the captain of UP Warriors in Heli's absence. The team has neither announced their exit, nor has any information about their replacement. Although the franchise has 2-3 options, but the Indian all-rounder is at the forefront of the captaincy race, who has played this role before. Apart from him, there is also an option of star English spinner Sophie Ecleston and Australian all -rounder Grace Harris.

The new season of WPL starts from 14 February and the first match will be played between defending champions Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat giants. This match will be played in the new stadium in Vadodara. At the same time, the first match of UP will be from the giants on 16 February. 22 matches will be played in the league and it will end on March 15 with a final at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai.