With the nation nonetheless celebrating one T20 World Cup triumph, the eye begins to show in the direction of one other in 2024. With not lengthy left for the ICC Girls’s T20 World Cup, India’s squad is beginning to take form as a largely anticipated group of 15 gamers, to be led by Harmanpreet Kaur, have been picked for the upcoming Girls’s Asia Cup in Sri Lanka. The event will likely be performed in Sri Lanka from July 19 and is the final preparatory worldwide project as issues stand earlier than the World Cup in September.
After three ODIs and a Take a look at towards South Africa, Harmanpreet’s facet are in T20I mode now, trailing 0-1 towards South Africa in Chennai. India had misplaced the primary match of the three-match collection by 12 runs, and can face the guests within the second sport on Sunday.
Opener Smriti Mandhana, who has been in sensational kind throughout all codecs throughout towards South Africa, continues because the vice-captain. The left-hander has scored three centuries in her final 5 worldwide outings and regarded in good contact within the opening T20I towards South Africa too, and would be the key to India’s hopes as they step up their World Cup preparations, in pursuit of the elusive senior ICC trophy.
A have a look at the @ImHarmanpreet-led squad for #WomensAsiaCup2024 in Sri Lanka 👌👌#TeamIndia | #ACC pic.twitter.com/g77PSc45XA
— BCCI Girls (@BCCIWomen) July 6, 2024
Out of the present 17-member squad named to face South Africa, younger pacer Shabnam Shakil and allrounder Amanjot Kaur have been omitted. Moreover the 15 gamers in the principle squad, Shweta Sehrawat, Saika Ishaque, Tanuja Kanwer and Meghna Singh have been included as travelling reserves. There is no such thing as a readability but on Yastika Bhatia and Titas Sadhu’s availability, with the 2 that includes in Bangladesh lately however not a part of the South Africa collection.
India have been clubbed in Group A of the Asia Cup together with arch-rival Pakistan (July 19), UAE (July 21) and Nepal (July 23).
All of the matches will likely be performed on the Rangiri Dambulla Worldwide Stadium. India are the defending champions, and have received the competitors a report seven occasions.
Ought to India attain the semifinal, and past, they’re more likely to run into hosts Sri Lanka in what will likely be an enormous check earlier than the World Cup. Chamari Athapaththu’s facet are in good kind, and by successful the current World Cup qualifiers they joined Australia, India, New Zealand and Pakistan in Group A of the T20 World Cup. Scotland entered Group B alongside hosts Bangladesh, England, South Africa and the West Indies as Qualifier 2.
India’s Asia Cup Squad: 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, Sajana Sajeevan
Touring reserves: Shweta Sehrawat, Saika Ishaque, Tanuja Kanwer, Meghna Singh
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