The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the three teams for the Women’s T20 Challenge 2022 on 16 May. The Women’s T20 Challenge tournament was last held in 2020. Last year could not happen due to COVID-19 restrictions. The fourth season of the tournament will start from May 23. In which the first match will be between the finalists of the third season – Trailblazer and Supernova. The final match is to be played on 28 May. All matches will be played at the MCA Stadium in Pune.
The names of veteran Indian cricketers Mithali Raj, Jhulan Goswami and Shikha Pandey are not there in the three teams announced by the BCCI. In the year 2020, Mithali Raj was the captain of the Velocity team. That team will now be led by Deepti Sharma, while Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur will continue to captain Trailblazers and Supernovas respectively.
Mithali Raj and Jhulan Goswami took part in the 2020 season of the tournament despite retiring from T20 International cricket. Shikha Pandey, who played for Velocity in that competition, was ruled out of India’s home series against South Africa in March 2021. Later this year, he was also not included in the ODI World Cup squad in New Zealand.
Hard-hitting batsman Veda Krishnamurthy has also not been selected in any team. Kiran Navgire has been included in the Velocity team. Navgire played an unbeaten 162 for Nagaland in the domestic T20 competition.
These are the three teams (* foreign players,
supernova | trailblazer | Velocity |
Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain) | Smriti Mandhana (Captain) | Deepti Sharma (Captain) |
Tania Bhatia (Vice Captain) | Poonam Yadav (Vice Captain) | Sneh Rana (Vice Captain) |
Alana King* | Arundhati Reddy | Shafali Verma |
Ayushi Soni | Hayley Matthews* | Ayabonga Template* |
Chandu V | Jemima Rodrigues | K.P.Navgire |
Deandra Dottin* | Priyanka Priyadarshini | Katherine Cross* |
Harleen Deol | Rajeshwari Gaikwad | Kirti James |
Meghna Singh | Renuka Singh | Laura Wolvaardt* |
Monica Patel | Richa Ghosh | Maya Sonawane |
Muskan Malik | s. Meghna | Natthakan Chantham* |
worship dresser | Saika Ishaq | Radha Yadav |
Priya Punia | Salma Khatoon* | Aarti Kedar |
Rashi Kanojia | Sharmin Akhtar* | Shivali Shinde |
Sophie Ecclestone* | Sophia Brown* | Simran Bahadur |
Lose Lus* | Sujata Malik | Yastika Bhatia |
Mansi Joshi | SB Pokharkar | Pranavi Chandra |
Here is the schedule of Women’s T20 Challenge
Trailblazer vs Supernova on May 23, 2022 at 7:30 PM
Supernova vs Velocity on May 24, 2022 at 3:30 pm
Velocity vs Trailblazer on May 26, 2022 at 7:30 PM
Final on May 28, 2022 at 7:30 PM