Deandra Dottin after Gujarat Giants WPL comeback: Life has come full circle

Deandra Dottin wore a smile as she started speaking about the Women’s Premier League. I was supposed to be in the 2025 WPL, and I’ll be there to showcase my talent and what I do best…” The West Indies all-rounder, who came out of retirement earlier this year and went on to play for the national team in the Women’s T20 World Cup and is featuring in the ongoing tour of India, believes playing in franchise leagues help in learning a thing or two. It’s not going to be exactly the same, but it’s just taking an example of their performance and to see if you actually fit it in and see if it works for you…” A veteran of 143 women’s ODIs and 135 women’s T20Is, Dottin became the first woman to score a century in T20Is. In the past, Dottin has featured in the Women’s T20 Challenge between 2018 and 2022, and as she gears up for her maiden WPL, she just wants to hit the ground running. While she would start preparing for her maiden WPL in the coming weeks, for now, Dottin’s focus remains on the ODI series against India and she expects the team to quickly assess the conditions at the Kotambi Stadium here; shrug off the disappointments of the T20I series defeat and just put their best foot forward as a team.