BCCI announces India women’s squad for Asia Cup 2024, Smriti Mandhana to be Harmanpreet Kaur’s deputy

India prepare to defend their Women’s Asia Cup title with the regular squad announced by the BCCI on Saturday, July 6.

The tournament, which will begin on July 19 in Sri Lanka, will be played in the T20 format, which will be an important stepping stone for the upcoming tournament. Women’s T20 World Cup in Bangladesh.

Harmanpreet Kaur will lead the Women in Blue

Harmanpreet Kaur holds the captaincy and Smriti Mandhana as the vice-captain. The core team remains unchanged, the selection committee prefers to continue over the test. Amanjot Kaur again Shabnam Shakillatecomers to this group ongoing South African series there are notable omissions.

India, which is the most successful team in the history of this tournament as it holds seven titles, finds itself in Group A along with Pakistan, United Arab Emirates and Nepal. They enter the tournament as reigning champions, looking to extend their reign against familiar opponents.

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Shweta Sehrawat, Saika Ishaque, Tanuja Kanwer again Meghna Singh will join the team as walk-on reserves, providing more depth and flexibility.

With the Women’s T20 World Cup just around the corner, the Women in Blue will be aiming to use the Asia Cup as a platform to hone their skills and win again.

Indian team to play in Women’s Asia Cup:

Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana (vc), Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wk), Uma Chetry (wk), Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Renuka Singh Thakur, Dayalan Hemalatha, Asha Sobhana, Radha Yadav, Shreyanka Patil, Sajana Sajeevan

Walking tours: Shweta Sehrawat, Saika Ishaque, Tanuja Kanwer, Meghna Singh

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This article was originally published on WomenCricket.com, a Cricket Times company.