Xtra Time Web Desk: Harmanpreet Kaur will the Indian side as the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Monday named a strong 15-member squad for the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Mandhana will continue as vice-captain while the selection committee has also named three stand by players for the tournament. Surprising omission has been Bengal wicketkeeper batter Richa Ghosh, who has been kept in stand-by along with Poonam Yadav and Simran Dil Bahadur. Fast bowler Shikha Pandey has not found a place too in the 15-member squad.
Team India squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Shafali Verma, S. Meghana, Taniya Sapna Bhatia (Wk), Yastika Bhatia (Wk), Deepti Sharma, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Pooja Vastrakar, Meghna Singh, Renuka Thakur, Jemimah Rodrigues, Radha Yadav, Harleen Deol, Sneh Rana.