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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced teams and schedule for the 2019 Women’s T20 Challenge, the three-team series, scheduled to be held from 6 to 11 May 2019 at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur, coinciding with the 2019 Indian Premier League (IPL) playoffs.
The three teams _ Supernovas, Trailblazers and Velocity _ will a total of four matches, including the final. The teams will comprise current and future stars of Indian cricket playing alongside a selection of international players from England, New Zealand, West Indies, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. All matches will be telecast live on Star Sports Network.
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Harmanpreet Kaur, Smrithi Mandhana and Mithali Raj will lead the Supernovas, Trailblazers and Velocity respectively. Odisha allrounder Sushree Dibyadarshini Pradhan has been selected in the Velocity team.
TEAMS FOR WOMEN T20 CHALLENGE:
SUPERNOVAS: Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain), Anuja Patil, Arundhati Reddy, Chamari Athapaththu (Sri Lanka), Jemimah Rodrigues, Lea Tahuhu (New Zealand), Mansi Joshi, Natalie Sciver (England), Poonam Yadav, Priya Punia, Radha P Yadav, Sophie Devine (New Zealand), Taniya Bhatia (wk). Coach: WV Raman
TRAILBLAZERS: Smriti Mandhana (Captain), Bharti Fulmali, Dayalan Hemalatha, Deepti Sharma, Harleen Deol, Jasia Akhtar, Jhulan Goswami, R Kalpana (wk), Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Shakera Selman (West Indies), Sophie Ecclestone (England), Stafanie Taylor (West Indies), Suzie Bates (New Zealand). Coach: Biju George
VELOCITY: Mithali Raj (Captain), Amelia Kerr (New Zealand), Danielle Wyatt (England), Devika Vaidya, Ekta Bisht, Hayley Matthews (West Indies), Jahanara Alam (Bangladesh), Komal Zhanzad, Shafali Verma, Shikha Pandey, Sushma Verma (wk), Sushree Dibyadarshini, Veda Krishnamurthy. Coach: Mamta Maben
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TOP: Odisha allrounder Sushree Dibyadarshini Pradhan.
RIGHT: Womens T20 Challenge captains (L to R) Mithali Raj (Velocity), Smriti Mandhana (Trailblazers) and Harmanpreet Kaur (Supernovas).
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