Veteran player Sophie Devine will resign from the captaincy of New Zealand’s T20 team after the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024. Let us tell you, this tournament will be played in the month of October. However, the best thing for the New Zealand team is that Sophie Devine will be seen captaining the ODI team.

Sophie Devine has captained the New Zealand team in 56 T20 matches. The team has won 25 of these while they have lost 28. One match ended in a tie. After Amy Satterthwaite stepped down from the captaincy in 2020, Sophie Devine has played this role quite well.

Let us tell you, Sophie Devine is New Zealand’s second-highest run-scorer in T20 format. She made her debut in 2006 and has scored 3268 runs in 135 matches so far. According to Devine, she wants to keep her workload balanced and that is why she has taken this decision.

Sophie Devine said, ‘I feel very honored that I was given the captaincy of the New Zealand team in both formats. I have enjoyed another workload a lot but sometimes it is quite challenging. After leaving the T20 post, my focus and strength will increase and at the same time I will be able to understand many things to the players who will captain the team in the future.’

I am not ready to step down from ODI captaincy yet: Sophie Devine

The brilliant player further said, ‘I am not yet fully ready to step down from the captaincy of the ODI team. But I will not be with my team all the time and that is why I think that leaving the captaincy of one format will also give time to other captains.’

New Zealand women’s team head coach Ben Sawyer said, ‘Sophie is one of the aggressive captains and we feel very happy that her captaincy gives a lot of strength to the team inside and outside the field. She is one of the experienced players of New Zealand. She has a lot of knowledge of the game and the young players have also learned a lot from her. I can understand that it will not be so easy for Sophie Devine to take this decision but I fully support her.’