The Board of Regulate for Cricket in India (BCCI), on Wednesday, introduced the 15-member squad for the upcoming Ladies’s Asia Cup 2022, scheduled to be held in Bangladesh from October 1-15.

The squad is very similar to what performed in opposition to England within the recently-concluded T20I sequence, with the exception of for one addition within the type of middle-order specialist Jemimah Rodrigues. Significantly, the right-handed batter ignored the continuing England excursion because of a wrist damage she picked up all the way through her stint on the Ladies’s Hundred with Northern Superchargers. Since her go back, Rodrigues has gone through 3 weeks of rehab on the Nationwide Cricket Academy in Bengaluru.

Richa Ghosh, who inspired along with her lower-order hitting all the way through the sequence in opposition to the English facet, has retained her position because the frontline wicketkeeper. This additionally has put Taniya Bhatia, who used to be the first-choice wicketkeeper on the Commonwealth Video games, at the standby listing along side medium-pacer Simran Bahadur.

At the bowling entrance, Meghna Singh and Renuka Singh will lead the tempo assault, with allrounder Pooja Vastrakar being the third-seam choice. Among spinners, the Ladies in Blue have two left-arm tweakers within the type of Rajeshwari Gayakwad and Radha Yadav, whilst Sneh Rana and Deepti Sharma, each allrounders, will give a contribution with off-spin within the balanced squad led through Harmanpreet Kaur.

In regards to the multi-team tournament, India will get started their marketing campaign at the opening day (October 1) in opposition to Sri Lanka prior to dealing with Malaysia and UAE on October 3 and four, respectively. They’ll then meet arch-rivals Pakistan and neighbour Bangladesh on October 7 and eight prior to taking over Thailand on October 10 to spherical off their league fits.

India squad for Ladies’s Asia Cup 2022:

Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain), Smriti Mandhana (vice-captain), Deepti Sharma, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, S Meghana, Richa Ghosh (wk), Sneh Rana, Dayalan Hemalatha, Meghna Singh, Renuka Singh, Pooja Vastrakar, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Radha Yadav, Kiran Navgire.

Standby gamers: Taniya Bhatia, Simran Bahadur