Women T20 Challenge is a great initiative by BCCI for the promotion of Women Cricket in India. This tournament has produced several quality women cricketers for Indian team. Shafali Verma is such example of it. Recently Maharashtra leg-spinner Maya Sonawane has created a lot of buzz on social media.
Sonawane has caught the attention of cricket fans with her unique bowling action. Sonawane is representing Velocity team in the Women T20 Challenge 2022. This action requires her to bend neck, arm and back everything to deliver the ball. This action is famously known as ‘Frog in the blender ‘ action.
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Earlier in IPL, Shivil Kaushik too was seen with similar bowling action. The video of bowling action of Maya Sonawane has gone viral on social media. Fans were surprised with this complicated bowling action. They couldn’t believe how it’s possible to deliver ball with that action and follow through.
Sonawane couldn’t get a wicket in the 2 overs she bowled in this match. She made headlines for the first time during the Senior Women Trophy 2021. Sonawane is going to be an exciting player in the future in women cricket. It’s not easy to read the ball from her hand. Here is how fans reacted to this bowling action:
The unique bowling action of 23 year old Indian cricketer Maya Sonawane has been revealed for a global audience of cricket. Maya Sonawane is playing in a women’s cricket tournament in India. She is yet to play for India pic.twitter.com/cz55fmbTYt
— cheryl roberts (@cherylroberts00) May 24, 2022
Maya Sonawane is an Indian version of Paul Adams #FrogInaBlender #WomensT20Challenge
— Thilak Ramamurthy (@Thilak_Rama) May 24, 2022
Don’t know about Maya Sonawane
But I'm going to get injured watching her bowl. pic.twitter.com/fQT6Nzt2re— mon (@4sacinom) May 25, 2022
My neck is hurting by just looking at Maya Sonawane bowl 😯#WT20Challenge
— Omega Typhoon (@Omegamegh20) May 24, 2022
Finally seeing Maya Sonawane live. Heard good things about her.. Had a good Senio Women's T20 League too, taking six wickets in 11 overs.
Proper frog in a blender stuff…#WomensT20Challenge #My11CircleWT20C pic.twitter.com/F132CVucuM
— Rohit Sankar (@imRohit_SN) May 24, 2022
My back hurts looking at Maya Sonawane bowl.
— Gurkirat Singh Gill (@gurkiratsgill) May 24, 2022
We were waiting for the loose balls- Shafali Verma on her approach during run chase
Velocity defeated Supernovas by 7 wickets in their encounter in the ongoing season of Women’s T20 Challenge 2022. Velocity successfully chased down the target of 151 runs with the help of brilliant innings of 51 runs in 33 balls from Shafali Verma. She gave a great start to Velocity in the Powerplay.
Shafali Verma in post match presentation said: “We were waiting for the loose balls and tried to make the most out of it, we wanted to take the game deep. I have worked on my batting, I have a few more shots, but I will try to execute them in the next match. I tried to keep it simple, was playing according to the merit of the ball.”
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