India Squad Women T20 WC: Harmanpreet Kaur to lead, Shikha Pandey, Vastrakar return as India name full strength squad, Sneh Rana dropped to reserves

India Squad Women T20 WC: Harmanpreet Kaur to lead, Shikha Pandey, Vastrakar return as India name full strength squad, Sneh Rana dropped to reserves – Check full squad

Sreehari Menon

Thursday, Dec 29, 2022 6:23 pm

India Squad Women T20 WC: The All-India Women’s Selection Committee has picked India’s squad for the upcoming ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023. The committee also named the team for tri-series in South Africa starting in January. Harmanpreet Kaur will lead the team with Smriti Mandhana being her deputy. Follow Women’s t20 World Cup live […]

India Squad Women T20 WC: The All-India Women’s Selection Committee has picked India’s squad for the upcoming ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023. The committee also named the team for tri-series in South Africa starting in January. Harmanpreet Kaur will lead the team with Smriti Mandhana being her deputy. Follow Women’s t20 World Cup live updates on Insidesport.IN

India’s squad for ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023: Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain), Smriti Mandhana (Vice-Captain), Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia (wk), Richa Ghosh (wk) Jemimah Rodrigues, Harleen Deol, Deepti Sharma, Devika Vaidya, Radha Yadav, Renuka Thakur, Anjali Sarvani, Pooja Vastrakar, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Shikha Pandey

Reserves: Sabbhineni Meghana, Sneh Rana, Meghna Singh

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India Squad Women T20 WC: Harmanpreet Kaur to lead, Shikha Pandey, Vastrakar return as India name full strength squad, Sneh Rana dropped to reserves – Check full squad

NEWS 🚨 – India squad for ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 & tri-series in South Africa announced.

More details here – https://t.co/3JVkfaDFPN #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/FJex4VhAG6

— BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) December 28, 2022

Harmanpreet Kaur will lead a full-strength squad as India begins their t20 World Cup in February. Mandhana continues as Kaur’s deputy in the 15-man squad. Sabbhineni Meghana, Sneh Rana and Meghna Singh have been named as reserves. Sneh Rana is the big omission with the selectors going with Radha Yadav and Deepti Sharma. Harleen Deol and Jemimah Rodrigues eke out Meghana.

Anjali Sarvani starred in her debut series thus pushing Meghna Singh out of the 15-man squad. The entire squad, including the reserves, will feature in the tri-series in South Africa in January.

Shushma Verma (wk) and Amanjot Kaur are also part of the tri-series, serving as backups. India will miss Shafali Verma and Richa Ghosh who have already joined the U19 World Cup squad. Pooja Vastrakar’s inclusion in both squads is subject to fitness.

India Squad Women T20 WC: Harmanpreet Kaur to lead, Shikha Pandey, Vastrakar return as India name full strength squad, Sneh Rana dropped to reserves – Check full squad

Team India is set to begin their campaign on 12^th February against Pakistan in Cape Town. Harmanpreet Kaur’s side is in Group 2 with England, West Indies, Pakistan, and Ireland. The top two teams in each group at the end of the group stage will play in the semi-finals. The final will be held on 26^th February 2023 in Cape Town.

ICC T20 World Cup 2023 – India’s League stage fixtures
Sr. No.	Date	Opponent	Venue
1	12^th February	Pakistan	Cape Town
2	15^th February	West Indies	Cape Town
3	18^th February	England	Port Elizabeth
4	20^th February	Ireland	Port Elizabeth

India’s squad for Tri-series: Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain), Smriti Mandhana (Vice Captain), Yastika Bhatia (wk), Jemimah Rodrigues, Harleen Deol, Deepti Sharma, Devika Vaidya, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Radha Yadav, Renuka Thakur, Meghna Singh, Anjali Sarvani, Shushma Verma (wk), Amanjot Kaur, Pooja Vastrakar, Sabbhineni Meghana, Sneh Rana, Shikha Pandey

T20I Tri Series – Ind W vs SA W vs WI W in South Africa, 2023
S. No.	Date	Match no.	Match	Venue
1	19^th January	1	South Africa W vs India W	Buffalo Park, East London
2	21^st January	2	South Africa W vs West Indies W	Buffalo Park, East London
3	23^rd January	3	India W vs West Indies W	Buffalo Park, East London
4	25^th January	4	South Africa W vs West Indies W	Buffalo Park, East London
5	28^th January	5	South Africa W vs India W	Buffalo Park, East London
6	30^th January	6	West Indies W vs India W	Buffalo Park, East London
7	2^nd February	Final	Tri-Series Final	Buffalo Park, East London