BCCI announces 16-member squad for Birmingham Commonwealth Games, Harmanpreet Kaur to lead Women in Blue
Notably, this will be the first time that Women’s T20 International will be featured in the prestigious multi-sport event.
Notably, this will be the first time that Women’s T20 International will be featured in the prestigious multi-sport event.
Along with the players, the overall contingent count is 322, which includes 72 team officials, 26 extra officials, nine contingent staff, and three general managers.
Reportedly, Justice Yashwant Varma was hearing the petition submitted by the player against his exclusion from the team of selected players for the sporting event.
The city of Birmingham has redeveloped several of their sporting facilities like Alexander Stadium, Sandwell Aquatics Centre etc for the global event.
‘Games for Everyone’ has been decided as the motto for the CWG 2022.
Although Neeraj Chopra has got back in action, his real test starts with the Stockholm Diamond League getting underway on 30 June.
MOC has also approved financial assistance for the procurement of two T20 Proteam Look TT track bikes for TOPS development cyclists Ronaldo Singh and David Beckham.
India have won 7 gold medals in badminton at the Commonwealth Games.
The squad is pretty much similar to the one announced for the FIH Women’s World Cup.
Manpreet also led the Indian team to win bronze medal in the Tokyo Olympics.
Marry Kom fell in the first round of the bout but kept going despite struggling with massive pain in her left leg.
Since the 2010 Commonwealth Games, India have been consistently represented by over 200 athletes at the quadrennial showpiece and this edition is also expected to see a sizeable Indian contingent.
The side remains unchanged after ICC World Cup’s triumph earlier this year, as Amanda-Jade Wellington and Grace Harris retained their places in the squad.
However, Maroof has been reappointed as the captain of the Pakistan women’s team for the 2022-23 season.
It is going to be quite exciting as Hockey India has decided to send ‘A’ teams for the event, as they want to keep the senior players fresh for the Asian Games 2022.
“We will have eight of the best teams competing for the gold and I am sure we will get to watch a highly competitive tournament,” ICC Chief Executive Geoff Allardice said.
The next time India and Pakistan are up against each other on a cricket field at the highest level of the sport, the stage would be at the Commonwealth Games where women’s cricket is set to make an exciting debut.
The women’s cricket T20 competition will commence at Edgbaston Stadium from July 29, with bronze and gold medal matches set to take place on August 7.