The Board of Control for Cricket in India announced Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur and Veda Krishnamurthy as captains of the three teams for India's domestic Senior Women's T20 Challenger Trophy. The skippers will be leading a 14-players squad each, which will contest against each other twice before the top two teams qualify for the final. The tournament, which is set to be hosted in Cuttack's Barabati Stadium, will span from January 4 to 11, 2020.
Some of the top players featuring in India A - led by Harmanpreet - includes Taniya Bhatia, Deepti Sharma and Priya Punia among others. Mandhana's team is beefed up with the presence of Sushma Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Poonam Yadav, Shikha Pandey and Pooja Vastrakar, while the likes of Arundhati Reddy, Rajeshwari Gayekwad and Shafali Verma will play under Veda Krishanmurthy.
India A: Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Taniya Bhatia (WK), Shivali Shinde (WK), Jasia Akhtar, Priya Puniya, Deepti Sharma, Devika Vaidya, Sneh Rana, Mansi Joshi, Meghna Singh, Komal Jhanjhad, Meenu Mani, Radha Yadav, Bharati Fulmali
India B: Smriti Mandhana (C), Sushma Verma (WK), R Kalpana (WK), Vanitha V.R, Jemimah Rodrigues, Anuja Patil, Poonam Yadav, Pooja Vastrakar, Shikha Pandey, Renuka Singh, Anjali Sarvani, Sushri Dibyadarshini, T.P. Kanwar, Richa Ghosh
India C: Veda Krishnamurthy (C), Nuzhat Parween (WK), Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatiya, D. Hemlatha, Harleen Deol, Manali Dakshini, Jincy George, Arundhati Reddy, Monica Patel, Vrushali Bhagat, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Tanushree Sarkar, Madhuri Mehta
