Commonwealth Games 2022: Full Indian Women’s Cricket Squad; Harmanpreet Kaur to Lead

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• Jul 12, 2022 | Kabir Chakraborty

India now has 322 contingent members, including three general managers, 26 additional officials, and 72 team officials.

Digital
Desk: For the first time since 1998 in Kuala
Lumpur, when the men's cricket teams from the Commonwealth countries took part
in the quadrennial tournament for the first and only time, cricket will be
played in the Commonwealth Games. In an effort to further popularise the sport,
women's cricket is making its competitive debut at the multi-sport event.

The World Champions
Australia, Barbados, and Pakistan are in Group A with the Harmanpreet
Kaur-captained Indian women's cricket squad. Harmanpreet's assistant will be
Smriti Mandhana. The two wicketkeepers are Taniya Bhatia and Yastika Bhatia.
Additionally, three players have been placed on standby.

"On Monday, the All-India Women's Selection Committee met
to choose the team for the next Birmingham Commonwealth Games in 2022. Women's
T20 International will be included in the famous multi-sport tournament for the
first time, according to a BCCI statement.

World Championships in Athletics, the Commonwealth Games, India
vs. England, and other events are scheduled for July 2022.

"Australia, Barbados, and Pakistan are also in Group A
alongside India. Group B includes South Africa, England, New Zealand, and Sri
Lanka. The top two teams from each pool advance to the semi-final round.
Beginning on July 29, 2022, India is set to play three games in the league
stage of the competition.

The 215-member group
from India going to Birmingham for the quadrennial tournament will include the
women's cricket squad. The 108 men and 107 women who are a part of the touring
party have been referred to as a "gender-neutral contingent" by IOA
interim president Anil Khanna and Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports
Anurag Thakur.

India now has 322
contingent members, including three general managers, 26 additional officials,
and 72 team officials.

Harmanpreet Kaur is
the captain of the Indian team, along with Smriti Mandhana (VC), Shafali Verma,
S. Meghana, Taniyaa Sapna Bhatia (Wk), Yastika Bhatia (Wk), Deepti Sharma,
Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Pooja Vastrakar, Meghna Singh, Renuka Thakur, Jemimah Rodrigues

Standby players: Simran Dil Bahadur, Richa Ghosh, Poonam Yadav.