Pondicherry Premier League 2024 is currently underway in the southern part of India. Like Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, Pondicherry has its own T20 league now, where the players compete against each other in a franchise-based competition.
Six teams namely, Mahe Megalo Strikers, White Town Giants, Villianur Mohit Kings, Ossudu Accord Warriors, Yanam Royals and Karaikal Knights, are a part of the competition in Pondicherry. Most of the players are upcoming talents and veterans of Pondicherry cricket, but there are also a couple of former IPL players who are in this tournament. Here’s a list of the two players.
1. Ankit Sharma is playing for Karaikal Knights in Pondicherry Premier League 2024
Left-arm spin bowling all-rounder Ankit Sharma has been a part of Rajasthan Royals and Rising Pune Supergiant in the IPL. He has shared the dressing room with big names of world cricket like Shane Watson, MS Dhoni, Ajinkya Rahane, Steve Smith, Thisara Perera and many others.
Sharma is currently playing for the Karaikal Knights, where he has bowled at a brilliant economy rate of 5.25 in the tournament. In two innings, he has had a bowling average of 42, but his team Karaikal is in the last position in the standings with zero wins from four matches.
2. Aman Khan
27-year-old Aman Khan is an all-rounder who played for Mumbai in domestic cricket and then earned IPL contracts from Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders. Khan is a member of the Villianur Mohit Kings squad in the Pondicherry Premier League 2024.
Shedding some light on Aman’s numbers in the tournament, the all-rounder stands third on the list of batters with the highest strike rate in the tournament. He has maintained a strike rate of 173.01 and an average of more than 25 in four innings. With the ball, he has maintained an economy rate of 6.17 in five innings, where he has bowled right-arm medium pace.
