Devine enjoys reprieve from cricket, set to miss WPL 2025 for RCB

New Zealand Captain and allrounder Sophie Devine is set to miss the WPL 2025, where she is important for Illustrious Challengers Bengaluru, to "focus on her prosperity" in the wake of getting proficient guidance. She will likewise miss the rest of the continuous homegrown season and get back. A NZC discharge likewise said the choice on Devine's playing future "will be reported at the appointed time", adding that the NZC, Cricket Wellington, and RCB upheld her choice to have some time off. The RCB are yet to name a substitution. Devine has been playing the continuous Crush for Wellington, where she has scored 38 runs and taken eight wickets in five games. She keep going played on Friday against Canterbury in Christchurch, getting a game dominating 5 for 13. "Player prosperity is vital to us - it overshadows all the other things," Liz Green, NZC's top of ladies' superior presentation advancement, said. "Sophie's had amazing help from the New Zealand Cricket Players Affiliation and from our own elite presentation unit staff, and everybody concurs this is the most ideal choice that anyone could hope to find. "The main thing for NZC is that Sophie has a fair break, gets great help and care, and is fit and a long time prior to getting back to proficient cricket". Since winning the T20 World Cup with New Zealand in October 2024, Devine has been essential for the ODIs against India, played in the WBBL for Perth Scorchers, and furthermore played the ODI series against Australia in late December. Devine, some portion of RCB's title-winning effort in 2024, was held in front of the 2025 closeout. In the 2024 season, she scored 136 runs and took six wickets in ten matches. RCB are set to start off the 2025 season on February 15 against Gujarat Goliaths at the recently assembled BCA arena in Vadodara.