Women’s T20 Challenge to begin from 4th November
Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana and Mithali Raj will be leading the Supernovas, Trailblazers and Velocity respectively in the Women’s T20 Challenge this year. According to the schedule announced by BCCI, three round-robin games are to be played on November 4, 5 and 7 while the final will be played on November 9th.
Although the venues are yet to be announced, all the matches will begin at 7:30 PM IST (6:00 PM UAE time), same time as the evening games of the IPL. The defending champions Supernovas take on Velocity in the opening game on November 4th. Velocity and Trailblazers shall be in the action next on November 5th followed by the Trailblazers vs Supernovas clash on November 7.
The BCCI announces squads for Women’s T20 Challenge.@ImHarmanpreet, @mandhana_smriti & @M_Raj03 to lead Supernovas, Trailblazers & Velocity respectively. The upcoming Women’s T20 Challenge will be played from 4th to 9th November in UAE.
More details – https://t.co/XpHsvmoEjl pic.twitter.com/Y04VxlGRnz
— BCCI (@BCCI) October 11, 2020
Each team can field as many as four overseas players in their squad. Chamari Athapaththu, Shashikala Siriwardene, Shakera Selman and Ayabonga Khaka will represent Supernovas. Deandra Dottin, Sophie Ecclestone and Salma Khatun shall play for the Trailblazers, which also includes Natthakan Chantham from Thailand. Danielle Wyatt, Leigh Kasperek, Sune Luus and Jahanara Alam are part of the Velocity team.
Complete Squads:
Trailblazers:
Smriti Mandhana (C), Deepti Sharma (VC), Punam Raut, Richa Ghosh, D. Hemalatha, Nuzhat Parween (WK), Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Harleen Deol, Jhulan Goswami, Simaran Dil Bahadur, Salma Khatun, Sophie Ecclestone, Natthakan Chantham, Deandra Dottin, Kashvee Gautam.
Supernovas:
Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Jemimah Rodrigues (VC), Chamari Athapaththu, Priya Punia, Anuja Patil, Radha Yadav, Taniya Bhatia (WK), Shashikala Siriwardene, Poonam Yadav, Shakera Selman, Arundhati Reddy, Pooja Vastrakar, Ayushi Soni, Ayabonga Khaka, Muskan Malik.
Velocity:
Mithali Raj (C), Veda Krishnamurthy (VC), Shafali Verma, Sushma Verma (WK), Ekta Bisht, Mansi Joshi, Shikha Pandey, Devika Vaidya, Sushree Dibyadarshini, Manali Dakshini, Leigh Kasperek, Danielle Wyatt, Sune Luus, Jahanara Alam, M. Anagha.
