The BCCI announced the 15-member Indian squad for the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024, scheduled to be held from Oct 3 in the UAE, after it was moved out of Bangladesh recently due to a violent student protest and change of regime there.
As expected, the experienced and big-hitting Harmanpreet Kaur will lead the familiar-looking side, with star batter Smriti Mandhana named as her deputy. Besides the duo, explosive opener Shafali Verma, middle-order batter Jemimah Rodrigues and allrounder Deepti Sharma will lead India’s batting charge, while seamer Renuka Singh, who could be a handful under lights in the UAE, and Pooja Vastrakar will be the pace spearheads. Wicketkeeper-batter Yastika Bhatia and Shreyanka have been included in the squad subject to fitness. Yastika scored 204 runs in eight [email protected] for the Mumbai Indians and Shreyanka took 13 wickets in eight [email protected] at an economy rate of 7.30 to play a key part in RCB’s title triumph in WPL 2024, and will be critical to India’s chances.
The 23-match event will feature the top 10 teams in the world divided into two groups of five each. Group A includes defending champions Australia, India, Pakistan, New Zealand, and Sri Lanka, while Group B comprises Bangladesh, England, South Africa, West Indies, and Scotland.
SQUAD: 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.
