3 min learnUp to date: Could 2, 2026 06:19 PM IST
India T20 World Cup squad introduced: Nandni Sharma has been named within the Indian girls’s squad for the Ladies’s T20 World Cup later this yr whereas Anushka Sharma, Uma Chetry and Kashvee Gautam have been omitted. Additionally lacking from the India squad are Harleen Deol and Amanjot Kaur.
Nandni was the breakthrough star from final season’s Ladies’s Premier League, the place enjoying for Delhi Capitals in her maiden season within the league, she ended up as the highest wicket-taker with 17 wickets, identical because the Purple Cap winner Sophie Devine. Nandni was named because the Rising Participant of the Season in WPL 2026.
Speaking about Amanjot Kaur lacking out, Harmanpreet Kaur stated on the press convention: “She is a key participant. She’s not obtainable. She’s away from cricket for the following four-five months. It was very laborious to discover a substitute for her. Rather than her, we’re making an attempt Bharti (Fulmali).”
In the meantime, wicketkeeper-batter Yastika Bhatia and all-rounder Radha Yadav are again within the facet for the T20 World Cup.
Harmanpreet Kaur shall be main India for the fifth time on the event, whereas Smriti Mandhana is her deputy.
Right here’s the 15-member squad for the T20 World Cup: Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Bharti Fulmali, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wk), Shree Charani, Yastika Bhatia, Nandni Sharma, Renuka Singh Thakur, Arundahti Reddy, Kranti Gaud, Shreyanka Patil, Radha Yadav
“I’ll undoubtedly charge this group (because the favorites). I imagine we are able to go forward and do that. We now have no stress, or further burden on ourselves,” stated Harmanpreet Kaur on the press convention.
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The Ladies’s T20 World Cup, to be held in England and Wales from June 12 to July 5 later this yr, is an expanded event that can characteristic 12 groups, which makes it the most important subject ever in a Ladies’s T20 World Cup. There shall be 33 matches performed over 24 days.
The wait is over! ⌛
🚨 Presenting #TeamIndia’s squad for the ICC Ladies’s T20 World Cup 2026 🇮🇳
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India will kick off their marketing campaign on 14 June towards Pakistan. India are slotted in Group A, together with Australia, Netherlands, Bangladesh, Pakistan and South Africa. India are but to win the Ladies’s T20 World Cup, with their greatest end coming as a runner-up spot in 2020.
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