Women’s T20 Challenge: Harmanpreet, Smriti and Mithali to lead Supernovas,Trailblazers and Velocity

Harmanpreet Kaur , Smriti Mandhana and Mithali Raj will lead Supernovas, Trailblazers and Velocity respectively in Women’s T20 Challenge in Dubai Image Courtesy: IANS

Xtra Time Web Desk: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Sunday announced the three squads for the upcoming Women’s T20 Challenge to be played in UAE from November 04-09.  Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana and Mithali Raj were chosen as captains of Supernovas, Trailblazers and Velocity respectively.  

The best women cricketers of the country will combine with some of the leading stars from England, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies, Bangladesh and New Zealand in a four-match tournament. Thailand’s Natthakan Chantham, who scored her country’s first Women’s T20 World Cup half-century, adds another feather to her cap as she will become the first Thai cricketer to feature in the tournament. This season the Australian women cricketers will not take part since the Women’s T20 Challenge clashes with the WBBL.

The All-India Women’s Selection Committee picked the three squads.

SupernovasTrailblazersVelocity
Harmanpreet Kaur  (C)Smriti Mandhana (C)Mithali Raj (C)
Jemimah Rodrigues (VC)Deepti Sharma (VC)Veda Krishnamurthy (VC)
Chamari AtapattuPunam RautShafali Verma
Priya PuniaRicha GhoshSushma Verma (WK)
Anuja PatilD. HemalathaEkta Bisht
Radha YadavNuzhat Parween (WK)Mansi Joshi
Taniya Bhatia (WK)Rajeshwari GayakwadShikha Pandey
Shashikala SiriwardeneHarleen DeolDevika Vaidya
Poonam YadavJhulan GoswamiSushree Dibyadarshini
Shakera SelmanSimaran Dil BahadurManali Dakshini
Arundhati ReddySalma KhatunLeigh Kasperek
Pooja VastrakarSophie EcclestoneDanielle Wyatt
Ayushi SoniNatthakan ChanthamSuné Luus
Ayabonga KhakaDeandra DottinJahanara Alam
Muskan MalikKashvee GautamM. Anagha