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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announces 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.
The All-India Women’s Selection Committee picked the three squads – each comprising a total of 16 members.
| Supernovas | Trailblazers | Velocity |
| Harmanpreet Kaur (C) | Smriti Mandhana (C) | Deepti Sharma (C) |
| Taniya Bhatia (VC) | Poonam Yadav (VC) | Sneh Rana (VC) |
| *Alana King | Arundhati Reddy | Shafali Verma |
| Ayushi Soni | *Hayley Matthews | *Ayabonga Khaka |
| Chandu V | Jemimah Rodrigues | K.P.Navgire |
| *Deandra Dottin | Priyanka Priyadarshini | *Kathryn Cross |
| Harleen Deol | Rajeshwari Gayakwad | Keerthi James |
| Meghna Singh | Renuka Singh | *Laura Wolvaardt |
| Monica Patel | Richa Ghosh | Maya Sonawane |
| Muskan Malik | S. Meghana | *Natthakan Chantham |
| Pooja Vastrakar | Saiqa Ishaque | Radha Yadav |
| Priya Punia | *Salma Khatun | Aarti Kedar |
| Rashi Kanojia | *Sharmin Akter | Shivali Shinde |
| *Sophie Ecclestone | *Sophia Brown | Simran Bahadur |
| *Suné Luus | Sujata Mallik | Yastika Bhatia |
| Mansi Joshi | S.B.Pokharkar | Pranavi Chandra |
*: Overseas player
The 2022 Women’s T20 Challenge will begin with the Trailblazers taking on Supernovas in the opening game. The complete schedule is as below: –
| Date | Time (IST) | Team A | Team B |
| 23-May-22 | 7:30 PM | Trailblazers | Supernovas |
| 24-May-22 | 3:30 PM | Supernovas | Velocity |
| 26-May-22 | 7:30 PM | Velocity | Trailblazers |
| 28-May-22 | 7:30 PM | Final |
JAY SHAH
Honorary Secretary
BCCI
