BCCI Announces Squads for Women’s T20 Challenge

Mumbai: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announces Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana and Mithali Raj as captains of Supernovas, Trailblazers and Velocity respectively. The three teams will compete in the upcoming Women’s T20 Challenge to be played from 4th November to 9th November in the UAE.

The best of Indian women’s cricket will combine with some of the leading stars from England, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies, Bangladesh and New Zealand in a four-match tournament. Thailand’s Natthakan Chantham, who scored her country’s first Women’s T20 World Cup half-century, adds another feather to her cap as she will become the first Thai cricketer to feature in the tournament.

The All-India Women’s Selection Committee picked the three squads.

Supernovas Trailblazers Velocity
Harmanpreet Kaur  (C) Smriti Mandhana (C) Mithali Raj (C)
Jemimah Rodrigues (VC) Deepti Sharma (VC) Veda Krishnamurthy (VC)
Chamari Atapattu Punam Raut Shafali Verma
Priya Punia Richa Ghosh Sushma Verma (WK)
Anuja Patil D. Hemalatha Ekta Bisht
Radha Yadav Nuzhat Parween (WK) Mansi Joshi
Taniya Bhatia (WK) Rajeshwari Gayakwad Shikha Pandey
Shashikala Siriwardene Harleen Deol Devika Vaidya
Poonam Yadav Jhulan Goswami Sushree Dibyadarshini
Shakera Selman Simaran Dil Bahadur Manali Dakshini
Arundhati Reddy Salma Khatun Leigh Kasperek
Pooja Vastrakar Sophie Ecclestone Danielle Wyatt
Ayushi Soni Natthakan Chantham Suné Luus
Ayabonga Khaka Deandra Dottin Jahanara Alam
Muskan Malik Kashvee Gautam M. Anagha

 

The 2020 Women’s T20 Challenge will begin with last year’s finalist Supernovas taking on Velocity in the opening game. The complete schedule is as below.

Sr No. Date Time (UAE) Time (IST) Team 1 Team 2
Match 1 04/11/20 6:00 PM 7:30 PM Supernovas Velocity
Match 2 05/11/20 2:00 PM 3:30 PM Velocity Trailblazers
Match 3 07/11/20 6:00 PM 7:30 PM Trailblazers Supernovas
Match 4 09/11/20 6:00 PM 7:30 PM Final

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