The BCCI has announced the Indian women’s cricket for the upcoming Commonwealth Games, which begin on Monday in Birmingham.
The 15-person team that will play T20 cricket for the first time in the quadrennial event will be led by Harmanpreet Kaur. Sneh Rana, Harleen Deol, and wicketkeeper Taniya Bhatiya will all be back for the team.
The all-rounder Sneh Rana stands out as the most significant player to rejoin the team after missing the Sri Lanka series due to an injury that required rehabilitation at the National Cricket Academy (NCA).
Yastika Bhatia will be the team’s top pick for a stumper.
Taniya’s selection was unexpected given that the selection committee, which was directed by Neetu David, had re-signed the keeper-batter, who had scored 166 runs in 22 innings at an average of 9.72 and a strike rate of 94.
Bengal’s Richa Ghosh was the victim. She has scored 191 runs in 14 games with a strike rate of 112 or above, but she is currently on the reserves list since she has recently lost attention.
Simran Bahadur and Poonam Yadav were both named as possible competitors for the event.
Each pool’s top two teams progress to the semifinal stage.
All matches will be played at Birmingham’s Edgbaston Cricket Ground for the first time during the CWG, which will feature women’s cricket. The men’s 50-over tournament, which South Africa won at the 1998 Kuala Lumpur Games, was the most notable previous instance of cricket being played.