By Prachi Jaitly

What could have been a better way to celebrate Mother’s Day than the establishment of a Cricket council dedicated to women athletes? American Premier Cricket League and APCL Cricket Academy along with IUSA Media and Rajshi Events celebrated Mother’s Day by establishing the Women Cricket council of America (WCCA), an organization fully dedicated to coaching and mentoring women cricket players.

WCCA organized its very first league along with the Mother’s Day celebration, and the inaugural league was attended by state representative Michelle Mussman, along with other distinguished community members of Chicago.

APCL founder Subbu Iyer briefed the guests about the future plans and activities of WCCA and the APCL Cricket Academy. The executive board members of WCCA Vibha, Gupta Iyer, Ajanta Talukdar and Prachi Jaitly thanked everyone for supporting the efforts of WCCA in the very first league. The entire event and the league matches were very well coordinated by Lakhinder Sharma, Prashant, Gupta, Phani Krishna, and other APCL team members. WCCA also thanked all its sponsors and supporters for the generous support to their first event.
Four teams named Naperville riders, Hoffman Hawks, Schaumburg boomers, north stars from different cities participated in the league matches. Hoffman Hawks won the series and claimed the championship trophy.

WCCA aims to promote cricket in the US mentoring female athletes and organizing county level, state level and national bel league in future.
The objectives of the very first event was to celebrate wonderful mothers, establish a women’s committee to represent the Women’s Cricket Council and promote opportunities to work with the APCL Academy, become a certified coach, and earn while playing.