ICC Women's World Cup 2022 India Squad: Mithali Raj to lead, Shikha Pandey and Jemimah Rodrigues excluded

ICC Women's World Cup 2022 India squad: The India squad for the ICC Women's World Cup 2022 was announced by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on January 6, 2022. The ICC Women's World Cup will get underway on March 4, 2022 at the Bay Oval in Tauranga.

Veteran cricketer Mithali Raj will lead India in the ICC Women's World Cup 2022, while all-rounder Harmanpreet Kaur will be the deputy skipper. Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma will open for India with Yastika Bhatiya as the third opener option. Jhulan Goswami will be leading India's pace attack along with Meghna Singh and Pooja Vastrakar.

Some of the notable exclusions from the ICC Women's World Cup 2022 India squad include in-form fast bowler Shikha Pandey and batter Jemimah Rodrigues.

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India squad for ICC Women's World Cup 2022

ICC Women's World Cup 2022 India squad: Mithali Raj (C), Harmanpreet Kaur (VC), Smriti, Shafali, Yastika, Deepti, Richa Ghosh (WK), Sneh Rana, Jhulan, Pooja, Meghna Singh, Renuka Singh Thakur, Taniya (WK), Rajeshwari, Poonam

Standby players-S. Meghna, Ekta Bisht, Simran Dil Bahadur.

India's World Cup squad will also play a 5-match ODI series against New Zealand in February 2022. 

Standby Players: S. Meghna, Ekta Bisht, Simran Dil Bahadur #CWC22 #NZvIND

— BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) January 6, 2022

India squad for one-off T20I against New Zealand

Harmanpreet Kaur(C), Smriti Mandhana(VC), Shafali, Yastika, Deepti, Richa(WK), Sneh Rana, Pooja, Meghna Singh, Renuka Singh Thakur, Taniya (WK), Rajeshwari, Poonam, Ekta, S. Meghna, Simran Dil Bahadur

ICC Women's World Cup 2022 

India will begin its campaign at the ICC Women's World Cup 2022 against arch-rivals Pakistan on March 6th. The ICC Women's World Cup final will be played on April 3rd. The ICC Women's World Cup 2022 will see 8 teams competing against each other to win the trophy. The eight teams include- New Zealand, Australia, India, England, South Africa, Pakistan, West Indies and Bangladesh.

While Australia has been the most successful women's cricket team with top rank in all three ICC formats, the third-ranked India is one of the favourites as well to win the ICC Women's World Cup 2022. India had put up an exceptional performance against Australia in the recently concluded Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL), in which Harmanpreet Kaur was named Player of the Tournament, becoming the third international player to win the title and  Smriti Mandhana recording the highest individual score, equalling with Australia’s Ashleigh Gardner.

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