BCCI announces 15-member India squad for the Women's Asia Cup 2024
The Indian team for the Women's Asia Cup T20 2024 has been announced by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The 15-member squad will be led by Harmanpreet Kaur, with the tournament scheduled to start on July 19, 2024. All the matches will take place in Dambulla, Sri Lanka.
Harmanpreet Kaur’s team is in Group A. On July 19, 2024, Team India will play their first match of the competition against Pakistan. Subsequently, Women in Blue will face the UAE in the second game on July 21 and clash with Nepal on July 23 in their final group stage match.
Here’s the 15-member squad for the Women’s Asia Cup:
Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (WK), Uma Chetry (WK), Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Renuka Singh Thakur, Dayalan Hemalatha, Asha Sobhana, Radha Yadav, Shreyanka Patil, and Sajana Sajeevan.
Meanwhile, Shweta Sehrawat, Saika Ishaque, Tanuja Kanwer, and Meghna Singh are the traveling reserves.
Before the October start of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Bangladesh, team India will have an excellent opportunity to test their players in the Women's Asia Cup.
South Africa Women defeat India women in the first game of the three-match T20I series
India Women whitewashed South Africa Women in a three-match ODI series and won the one-off test match. However, South Africa Women came back strongly to get their first win of the tour in the first T20 played at MA Chidambaram Stadium on July 5.
After being asked to bat first, Tazmin Brits (81) and Marizanne Kapp (57) led the way for South African women as they put up 189 runs on the board. For India, Radha Yadav and Pooja Vastrakar took two wickets each.
In response, Smriti Madhana scored 46 runs for India. However, the Women in Blue faced too many dot balls in the middle overs, which cost them the game. Jemimah Rodrigues fought hard; she remained unbeaten on 53 off 30 balls but couldn’t get the team over the line as India fell short by 12 runs.
India Women will face South Africa Women in the second T20I match on July 7.