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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announces Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana and Deepti Sharma as captains of Supernovas, Trailblazers and Velocity respectively. The three teams will compete in the upcoming Women’s T20 Challenge to be played from May 23 to May 28 at Pune’s MCA stadium.

The best of Indian women’s cricket will combine with some of the leading stars from South Africa, England, West Indies and Australia. A total of twelve international players will compete in this year’s Women’s T20 Challenge.

The All-India Women’s Selection Committee picked the three squads - each comprising a total of 16 members.

SUPERNOVASTRAILBLAZERSVELOCITY
Harmanpreet Kaur (C)Smriti Mandhana (C)Deepti Sharma (C)
Taniya Bhatia (VC)Poonam Yadav (VC)Sneh Rana (VC)
*Alana KingArundhati ReddyShafali Verma
Ayush Soni*Hayley Matthews*Ayabonga Khaka
Chandu VJemimah RodriguesK.P. Navgire
*Deandra DotinPriyanka Priyadarshini*Kathryn Cross
Harleen DeolRajeshwari GaikwadKeerthi James
Meghna SinghRenuka Singh*Laura Wolvaardt
Monica PatelRicha GhoshMaya Sonawane
Muskan MalikS. Meghana*Natthakan Chantham
Pooja VstrakarSaiqa IshaqueRadha Yadav
Priya Punia*Salma KhatunAarti Kedar
Rashi Kanojia*Sharmin AkterShivali Shinde
*Sophie Ecclestone*Sophia BrownSimran Bahadur
*Sune LuusSujata MallikYastika Bhatia
Mansi JoshiS.B. PokharkarPranavi Chandra

*Overseas player

The 2022 Women’s T20 Challenge will begin with the Trailblazers taking on Supernovas in the opening game. The complete schedule is as below:

DATETIME (IST)TEAM A TEAM B
23 May 20227:30 PMTrailblazersSupernovas
24 May 20223:30 PMSupernovasVelocity
26 May 20227:30 PMVelocityTrailblazers
28 May 20227:30 PMFINAL