The Indian women’s cricket team for the Commonwealth Games to be held in Birmingham was announced on Monday (July 11). Harmanpreet Kaur will captain India in the tournament. All-rounder Jemima Rodriguez has returned to the T20 squad.
Cricket has returned after 24 years in this tournament. The last time cricket was a part of it was in 1998. This time only women’s teams will participate in the Commonwealth Games. Edgbaston, famous for Test cricket, will have cricket matches. Eight teams will appear in the tournament.
Indian Squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain), Smriti Mandhana (Vice-Captain), Shefali Verma, S Meghna, Tania Bhatia (WK), Yastika Bhatia (WK), Deepti Sharma, Rajeshwari Gaikwad, Pooja Vastrakar, Meghna Singh, Renuka Thakur, Jemima Rodriguez , Radha Yadav, Harleen Deol, Sneh Rana.
Standby players: Simran Dil Bahadur, Richa Ghosh, Poonam Yadav.
India’s first match against Australia:
India are in Group A with Australia, Barbados and Pakistan. Sri Lanka, England, New Zealand and South Africa have been placed in Group B. Team India will start its campaign against Australia on 29 July. The top two teams from both the groups will advance to the semi-finals.
215 players from India will go to Birmingham:
The Indian women’s cricket team is part of a 215-member squad that the country will send to Birmingham for the Games. The team consists of 108 men and 107 women. The total members will be 322. These include 72 team officers, 26 additional officers, nine casual staff and three general managers.
South Africa won gold:
This time in the Commonwealth Games, 19 sports will be thrilled. Cricket was last seen at the Kuala Lumpur Games. Then 50 over matches were played. Only men’s teams took part. During that time 16 teams took part. Legendary players like Adam Gilchrist, Ricky Ponting, Steve Waugh, Shaun Pollock, Jacques Kallis took part in the tournament. South Africa won the gold, Australia the silver and New Zealand the bronze.
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