Neetu David on Tuesday announced the squad for the upcoming Women’s World Cup after a slight delay. As expected, Harmanpreet Kaur and Smriti Mandhana were the captain and the vice-captain duo. The only major miss in the squad was out-of-favour batter Shafali Verma, who is currently playing in the IND A vs AUS A series.
No place for Shafali Verma
On the bowling front, Titas Sadhu was not picked in the Women’s World Cup team. A host of youngsters were picked too — Kranti Gaud, Amanjot Kaur, Sree Charani. On the experience front, Sneh Rana was entrusted as the one of the main spinners along with Deepti Sharma, while Yastika Bhatia is back too, as the second keeper. Richa Ghosh, of course is the main keeper.
Not just that, the team for the Australia tour was also announced. The only difference between the two squads was — Sayali Satghare was picked for the Australia ODIs, while she missed out on the WC berth. What is interesting is, none of the players from the victorious U-19 T20 World Cup team was picked.
There, the likes of Vaishnavi Sharma and G Trisha had finished as the highest wicket-takers and highest run-scorers in the tournament. In fact, it seemed like they weren’t in contention as well.
IND vs AUS Squad
Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Pratika Rawal, Harleen Deol, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Renuka Singh Thakur, Arundhati Reddy, Richa Ghosh (WK), Kranti Gaud, Sayali Satghare, Radha Yadav, Sree Charani, Yastika Bhatia (WK), Sneh Rana.
Women’s World Cup 2025 Squad
Harmanpreet Kaur (Capt), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Pratika Rawal, Harleen Deol, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Renuka Singh Thakur, Arundhati Reddy, Richa Ghosh (WK), Kranti Gaud, Amanjot Kaur, Radha Yadav, Sree Charani, Yastika Bhatia (WK) and Sneh Rana.
