Medium-pacer Harmanpreet Kaur has been named captain of the India Blue squad for the women's Challenger Trophy to be played in Mysore between June 14-17.
The women's selection committee met here today to finalise the India Red, India Blue and the India Green (Under-19) squads for the four-day event, which will serve as a tune-up for New Zealand's tour of India in June-July.
Smriti Mandhana will lead the Red team, while Devika Vaidya will captain the Green team, stated a BCCI media release.
INDIA RED: Smriti Mandhana (Captain), Shikha Pandey, Poonam Raut, Latika Kumari, Sneha Morey, Madhusmita Behera, Kalpana R., Sneh Rana, Meghna S., Snehal Pradhan, S. Shubhlakshmi, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Poonam Yadav.
INDIA BLUE: Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain), Thirushkamini M.D., Paramita Roy, Veda Krishnamurthy, Sarika Kohli, Rakshita K. Kalegowda, Sushma Verma, Anuja Patil, Niranjana Nagarajan, Ananya Upendran, Kavita Patil, Ekta Bisht, Preeti Bose.
INDIA GREEN (Under-19): Devika Vaidya (Captain), Deepti Sharma, Priya Punia, Divya Gnananand, Ramya Doli, Pushpa Kiresur, Jemimah Rodrigues, Ekta Singh, Tejal Hasabnis, Saika Ishaque, Pooja Vastrakar, Sushree Pradhan, Tania Bhatia
The match-schedule of the tournament is as follows:
India Blue Vs India Red - June 14
India Blue Vs India Green - June 15
India Red Vs India Green - June 16
Final - June17.
