Women's T20 Asia Cup 2022: BCCI announces India squad, Harmanpreet Kaur to lead

The BCCI on Wednesday announced a 15-member squad for the Women's T20 Asia Cup 2022, which takes place from October 1-15 in Bangladesh.

Arijit BaruaSeptember 21, 2022 at 08:25 AM2 min read
The BCCI on Wednesday announced a 15-member squad for the Women's T20 Asia Cup 2022, which takes place from October 1-15 in Bangladesh.

The BCCI on Wednesday announced a 15-member squad for the Women's T20 Asia Cup 2022, which takes place from October 1-15 in Bangladesh. Harmanpreet Kaur will lead the side with Smriti Mandhana being named as the deputy.

India will launch their campaign with a clash against Sri Lanka in the opening day, while they will square off against arch-rivals Pakistan on October 7.

"The All-India Women's Selection Committee has picked India's squad for the upcoming ACC Women's T20 Championship 2022 to be played at Sylhet, Bangladesh from 1st to 15th October."

BCCI secretary Jay Shah said in a release

A total of seven teams, including hosts Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia, and UAE, will compete in a round-robin format with the top four making it to the semifinal stage.

The semifinals will be played on October 13 with the summit clash scheduled on October 15.

India's Squad for the Women's T20 Asia Cup 2022:

Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain)
Smriti Mandhana (vice-captain)
Deepti Sharma
Shafali Verma
Jemimah Rodrigues
Sabbineni Meghana
Richa Ghosh (wk)
Sneh Rana
Dayalan Hemalatha
Meghna Singh
Renuka Thakur
Pooja Vastrakar
Rajeshwari Gayakwad
Radha Yadav
K.P. Navgire

Standby players: Taniyaa Bhatia and Simran Dil Bahadur.

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