On August 27, India named a 15-member squad for the 2024 Women’s T20 World Cup, to be played in the UAE in October.
India have named their squad for the 2024 Women’s T20 World Cup, to be played between October 3 and 20 this year. Originally scheduled to be played in Bangladesh, the World Cup had to be shifted to the UAE due to political unrest in the country. All matches will be played in the Dubai International Cricket Stadium and the Sharjah Cricket Stadium.
India will be led by Harmanpreet Kaur, while Smriti Mandhana has been named her deputy. The squad includes Yastika Bhatia and Shreyanka Patil, whose availabilities are subject to fitness. Along with the 15 members, there are five reserves, three of whom will travel to the UAE and two will not.
India are in Group A, along with six-time champions Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Two teams will proceed to the semi-finals.
Across eight editions of the Women’s T20 World Cup, India have qualified for the semi-finals five times, in 2009, 2010, 2018, 2020, and 2023. Their best performance, a runners-up finish, came in 2020.
India squad for the Women's T20 World Cup 2024:
Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana (vc), Richa Ghosh (wk), Yastika Bhatia (wk)*, Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Renuka Singh Thakur, Dayalan Hemalatha, Asha Sobhana, Radha Yadav, Shreyanka Patil*, Sajana S.
Travelling reserves: Uma Chetry (wk), Tanuja Kanwar, Saima Thakor.
Non-travelling reserves: Raghvi Bist, Priya Mishra
*Subject to fitness clearance
India schedule for the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024:
October 4, Dubai: India v New Zealand
October 6, Dubai: India v Pakistan
October 9, Dubai: India v Sri Lanka
October 13, Sharjah: India v Australia
Read: Complete schedule for the 2024 Women’s T20 World Cup
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