Commonwealth games 2022: Harmanpreet Kaur to lead India, Sneh Rana makes comeback in India CWG Squad

Commonwealth Games 2022 – India Cricket Squad CWG 2022: Harmanpreet Kaur will the Indian side as the BCCI named a strong 15-member squad for the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Mandhana will continue as vice-captain while the selection committee has also named three stand by players for the tournament. Follow India at CWG 2022 Live updates on Insidesport.IN

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Commonwealth Games 2022: Harmanpreet Kaur to lead India in maiden CWG campaign as India announce 15-member squad for Birmingham – Check out

India Cricket Squad CWG 2022: The All Selection Committee have named a full-strength squad as India’s women’s cricket team prepares for their maiden Commonwealth Games campaign in Birmingham. The Indian team recently played in a white-ball series against Sri Lanka to prepare for the tournament, and the selection committee have retained most of the squad. Simran Dil Bahadur, Richa Ghosh, Poonam Yadav have been named as additional substitutes.

The most notable player to make a comeback to the national fold is all-rounder Sneh Rana, who didn’t play in the Sri Lanka series owing to an injury which kept her at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) for rehabilitation. Taniya’s selection was surprising as she has totalled 166 runs in 22 innings at an average of 9.72 with a strike-rate of 94.

Commonwealth Games 2022: Harmanpreet Kaur to lead India in maiden CWG campaign as India announce 15-member squad for Birmingham – Check out

Bengal’s Richa Ghosh was the unfortunate casualty. She has scored 191 runs in 14 games at a strike-rate of 112 plus but is now in the reserves list as she has fallen off the radar in recent times. Veteran leg-spinner Poonam Yadav, who is no longer a certainty in the squad, is also in the stand-by list along with seamer Simran Dil Bahadur.

India is in Group A with Australia, Barbados, and Pakistan. Sri Lanka, England, New Zealand, and South Africa are placed in Group B. The top two teams from the respective pools will progress to the semi-finals. India is scheduled to play three games in the league stage of the tournament starting 29th July 2022.

India fixtures – Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
Sr. No.	Date	Opponent	Venue
1	29th July	Australia	Edgbaston
2	31st July	Pakistan	Edgbaston
3	3rd August	Barbados	Edgbaston

Team India squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Shafali Verma, S. Meghana, Taniyaa Sapna Bhatia (Wk), Yastika Bhatia (Wk), Deepti Sharma, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Pooja Vastrakar, Meghna Singh, Renuka Thakur, Jemimah Rodrigues, Radha Yadav, Harleen Deol, Sneh Rana.

Standby: Simran Dil Bahadur, Richa Ghosh, Poonam Yadav.