BCCI announces squads for Women’s T20 Challenge

By Team ISN May 16, 2022

BCCI announced Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana and Deepti Sharma as captains of Supernovas, Trailblazers and Velocity respectively. The three teams will compete in the upcoming Women’s T20 Challenge to be played from May 23 to May 28 at Pune’s MCA stadium.

The best of Indian women’s cricket will combine with some of the leading stars from South Africa, England, West Indies and Australia. A total of twelve international players will compete in this year’s Women’s T20 Challenge.

Three squads – each comprising a total of 16 members.

Three squads – each comprising a total of 16 members.#WomensT20Challenge pic.twitter.com/IVlm00TvyW

— Prajakta (@18prajakta) May 16, 2022

Supernovas

Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Taniya Bhatia (VC), *Alana King, Ayush Soni, Chandu V, *Deandra Dottin, Harleen Deol, Meghna Singh, Monica Patel, Muskan Malik, Pooja Vastrakar, Priya Punia, Rashi Kanojia, *Sophie Ecclestone, *Suné Luus, and Mansi Joshi.

Trailblazers

Smriti Mandhana (C), Poonam Yadav (VC), Arundhati Reddy, *Hayley Matthews, Jemimah Rodrigues, Priyanka Priyadarshini, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Renuka Singh, Richa Ghosh, S. Meghana, Saiqa Ishaque, *Salma Khatun, *Sharmin Akter, *Sophia Brown, Sujata Mallik, and S.B.Pokharkar.

Velocity

Deepti Sharma (C), Sneh Rana (VC), Shafali Verma, *Ayabonga Khaka, K.P.Navgire, *Kathryn Cross, Keerthi James, *Laura Wolvaardt, Maya Sonawane, *Natthakan Chantham, Radha Yadav, Aarti Kedar, Shivali Shinde, Simran Bahadur, Yastika Bhatia, and Pranavi Chandra.

The 2022 Women’s T20 Challenge will begin with the Trailblazers taking on Supernovas in the opening game.