Under 19 Women’s T20 World Cup: The ICC is now going to start the Women’s Under-19 T20 World Cup to promote women’s cricket. The Women’s Under-19 T20 World Cup will be held for the first time in January next year. For this, all the teams have started their respective preparations. The BCCI has made a big announcement regarding this on Monday. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced Team India for the Women’s Under-19 T20 World Cup. In this, the captaincy of Team India has been handed over to Shefali Verma. At present, Shefali is playing the role of opener batsman in Indian women’s cricket. Shefali, famous for her quick batting, has now been given another big responsibility.
Women’s Under-19 T20 World Cup will be played in South Africa:
Let us tell you that like men’s cricket, now the Under-19 T20 World Cup has been started in women’s cricket as well. The Women’s Under-19 T20 World Cup will be held for the first time in Africa. The tournament will be played in South Africa from January 14 to 29 next year. Regarding this, Team India has announced its 15-member team. Along with this, three players have been kept standby. The captaincy of the team will be with Shefali Verma while Shweta Sehrawat has been made the vice-captain. While Richa Ghosh and Harshita Basu will have the responsibility of wicketkeeping.
Five match T20I series against Africa:
Let us tell you that before this World Cup, Team India has to play a five-match T20 series on the soil of Africa. For this also BCCI has announced its team. In this also, almost only those players have been given a place who will be seen playing in the Under-19 World Cup. In this too, the command of the Indian team will be with Shefali Verma. This is considered to be a very important series for the preparations of Team India before the World Cup.
Under-19 squad for the World Cup:
Shefali Verma (Captain), Shweta Sehrawat (Vice-Captain), Richa Ghosh (Wicket-keeper), G Trisha, Soumya Tiwari, Sonia Mehdia, Hurley Gala, Harshita Basu (Wicket-keeper), Sonam Yadav, Mannat Kashyap, Archana Devi, Parshvi Chopra, Tita Sadhu, Falak Naz, Shabnam MD.
Standby Player: Sikha, Najla CMC, Yashshree.
Source: newstrack.com”