India’s Jemimah Rodrigues has signed with Melbourne Stars for her second stint at the WBBL, after having played for Melbourne Renegades last year. Rodrigues, 22, will become the first Indian to represent the Stars in the eighth edition of the competition, which is set to begin on October 13.

Australia all-rounder Sophie Molineux has been ruled out of the Women's Ashes series, having sustained a stress fracture to her right foot while playing in the recently concluded Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) 2021. The multi-format Ashes will begin with the lone Test on January 27 in Canberra.

Poonam Yadav has signed for the Brisbane heat replacing Amelia Kerr and became the eighth Indian cricketer to appear in the upcoming edition of the tournament. Brisbane Heat will begin their campaign on October 17 versus Perth Scorchers and Poonam will play a crucial role with her leg-spin.

Hobart Hurricanes have signed India wicket-keeper batter Richa Ghosh for the upcoming season of Women’s Big Bash League. Ghosh becomes the seventh Indian player to join a WBBL team after Smirti Mandhana, Deepti Sharma, Shafali Verma, Radha Yadav, Jemimah Rodrigues and Harmanpreet Kaur.