BCCI Announces India Women's Squad For 2022 World Cup, Mithali Raj To Lead

Mumbai: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Thursday announced a 15-member squad for the upcoming ICC Women's World Cup 2022 which is scheduled to be played from March 4 and April 3 in New Zealand.

Mithali Raj will lead the team while Harmanpreett Kaur will be the vice-captain.

''The All-India Women's Selection Committee on Wednesday picked the squad for the ICC Women's World Cup 2022,'' BCCI said in a statement on Thursday.

However, the fast bowler Shikha Pandey and in-form batter Jemimah Rodrigues have not been included in the announced squad.

''Team India will play their first World Cup fixture against Pakistan on March 6th, 2022 at the Bay Oval, Tauranga. The squad will also feature in the 5-match ODI series against New Zealand starting from 11th February, 2022,'' the statement added.

Notably, in 2017's World Cup, Mithali Raj led her team to the final after thrashing Australia in the semi-final but eventually lost to England.

Team India for 5 ODIs against NZ & ICC Women's World Cup, 2022:

Mithali Raj (Captain), Harmanpreet Kaur (vice-captain), Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wicket-keeper), Sneh Rana, Jhulan Goswami, Pooja Vastrakar, Meghna Singh, Renuka Singh Thakur, Taniya Bhatia (wicket-keeper), Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Poonam Yadav.

Standby Players

Sabbhineni Meghana, Ekta Bisht, Simran Dil Bahadur.

The All-India Women's Selection Committee also picked the squad for the one-off T20I against New Zealand scheduled to be played on 9th February 2022.

India Women's squad for one-off T20I:

Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain), Smriti Mandhana (vice-captain), Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wicket-keeper), Sneh Rana, Pooja Vastrakar, Meghna Singh, Renuka Singh Thakur, Taniya Bhatia (wicket-keeper), Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Poonam Yadav, Ekta Bisht, S. Meghna, Simran Dil Bahadur.