Most big guns of Indian cricket, including the players coming off the Women’s Big Bash League in Australia, were rested from Senior Women’s ODI Challenger Trophy as BCCI announced the squads on Saturday.

Sneh Rana, Taniya Bhatia, Shikha Pandey and Pooja Vastrakar were named captains of India A, B, C and D respectively.

Apart from ODI regulars Mithali Raj and Jhulan Goswami, Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Harmanpreet Kaur, Jemimah Rodrigues. All of them featured in the Women’s Big Bash League in Australia.

The tournament will begin with a clash between the Sneh Rana-led India A and an India B helmed by Taniya Bhatia, on December 4 at Vijayawada. All the matches will be held in Vijayawada in the four-team tournament which will conclude on December 9.

India C will have Shikha Pandey as skipper while Pooja Vastrakar will lead India D. The C and D teams will also have their first match on December 4.

While India A, B, and C teams are 15-player squads, India D has 13 members in its squad.

Squads

India A: Sneh Rana (Captain), Shivali Shinde, Lakshmi Yadav, Vrinda Dinesh, Jhansi Lakshmi, Yastika Bhatia, Sushree Dibyadarshani, Mehak Kesar, B. Anusha, S.S. Kalal, Ganga.W, D.D. Kasat, Renuka Singh and Simran Dil Bahadur.

India B: Taniya Bhatia (Captain), Anju Tomar, Riya Chaudhary, Palak Patel, Shubha Satish, Harleen Deol, Humeira Kazi, Chandu V Ram, Rashi Kanojiya, G. Trisha, Soumya Tiwari, Meghna Singh, Sarala Devi, Saima Thakoor and Ramyashri.

India C: Shikha Pandey (Captain), Muskan Malik, Sweta Verma, Shipra Giri, Tarannum Pathan, Arti Devi, Radha Yadav, C. Prathyusha, Anushka Sharma, Kashvee Gautam, Priyanka Garkhede, R.R. Saha, Dhara Gujjar, Priya Punia and Aishwarya.

India D: Pooja Vastrakar (Captain), Amanjot Kaur, Indrani Roy, K. Prathyoosha, S. Meghana, Divya. G, Ayushi Soni, Kanika Ahuja, Keerthi James, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Sanjula Naik, Monica Patel and Ashwini Kumari.

Schedule

Senior Women’s Challenger Trophy

Match Dates Stage Venue
India A vs India B 04-12-2021 League Vijayawada
India C vs India D 04-12-2021 League Vijayawada
India A vs India C 05-12-2021 League Vijayawada
India B vs India D 05-12-2021 League Vijayawada
India A vs India D 07-12-2021 League Vijayawada
India B vs India C 07-12-2021 League Vijayawada
Team 1 vs Team 2 09-12-2021 Final Vijayawada