Harmanpreet Kaur To Lead Indian Squad For ICC Women’s T20 World Cup (image-twitter/JayShah)
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced its Indian squad for the Women’s T20 World Cup on Tuesday. The big-hitting Harmanpreet Kaur will lead a 15-member Indian squad in the tournament which will be held from October 3 onwards.
The event which was earlier scheduled to be held in Bangladesh was later shifted to UAE due to the unrest in the country. Harmanpreet Kaur brings her extensive experience to the team, setting high hopes for their performance. Smriti Mandhana will be her deputy.
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From the 15-member squad list announced last month, India had only made one change, wicketkeeper Yastika Bhatia was replaced by Uma Chetry.
Mandhana is expected to open alongside Shafali Verma. Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, and Richa Gosh will boost a formidable batting line-up.
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Presenting #TeamIndia‘s squad for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 🙌 #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/KetQXVsVLX
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Richa will be India’s primary wicketkeeping option with Yastika being the back-up.
Meanwhile, the bowling department comprises of Renuka Singh, Pooja Vastrakar, Deepti Sharma, Radha Yadav, Asha Sobhana, Sajeena Sajeevan, and Shreyanka Patil.
The Women’s T20 World Cup will begin on October 3 in the UAE. Dubai and Sharjah will be the only two venues for the 23-match tournament, which will feature 10 teams, divided into two groups.
India has been clubbed with Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand, and Sri Lanka in Group A, while Group B comprises Bangladesh, England, South Africa, West Indies and Scotland.
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India will begin their campaign against New Zealand on October 4th in Dubai. Later on October 6th, India will take on arch-rivals Pakistan. Ahead of the start of the tournament, India will play two warm-up matches, against West Indies on September 29 and South Africa on October 1.
India’s squad for Women’s T20 World Cup:
Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wk), Yastika Bhatia (wk)*, Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Renuka Singh Thakur, Dayalan Hemalatha, Asha Sobhana, Radha Yadav, Shreyanka Patil*, Sajana Sajeevan.
