Commonwealth Games 2022: India Women's Cricket Squad Announced

Harmanpreet Kaur has been named captain and Smriti Mandhana named her deputy as the Indian women's team that is set to play at the Commonwealth Games 2022 starting on July 29 in Birmingham. Women's T20 cricket makes its CWG debut this year after a men's ODI tournament was played at the 1998 Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games.

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India is in Group A with Australia, Barbados, and Pakistan. Sri Lanka, England, New Zealand, and South Africa are placed in Group B. Their campaign starts on July 29 with a game against Australia. The top two teams from the respective pools will progress to the semi-finals.

India recently beat Sri Lanka 2-1 in a series that was played in the run-up to the tournament. "We touched upon all the bases," head coach Ramesh Powar earlier said about India's preparations for the tournament during the series.

"The wickets were slow, so we were not expecting too many high-scoring games, but the way Harmanpreet, Shafali (Verma), Jemimah (Rodrigues), and Smriti (Mandhana) batted, we are on the right track."

The Indian women's cricket team is part of a 215-member contingent. Meanwhile, the country will be sent to Birmingham for the Games. IOA acting president Anil Khanna called it a 'gender-neutral contingent' with 108 men and 107 women being part of the touring party. The overall contingent count stands at 322. However, it includes 72 team officials, 26 extra officials, and nine contingent staff, including three general managers.

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India Women's Squad for Commonwealth Games 2022

Harmanpreet Kaur (C)
Smriti Mandhana (VC)
Shafali Verma
S. Meghana
Taniyaa Sapna Bhatia (Wk)
Yastika Bhatia (Wk)
Deepti Sharma
Rajeshwari Gayakwad
Pooja Vastrakar
Meghna Singh
Renuka Thakur
Jemimah Rodrigues
Radha Yadav
Harleen Deol
Sneh Rana