New Delhi: The Indian women’s cricket team has announced a strong 15-member squad for the T20 World Cup 2026 and the England tour before that. The team was finalized in the selection committee meeting held on Saturday.
BCCI expressed confidence in Harmanpreet Kaur
Captain Harmanpreet Kaur, head coach Amol Majumdar, chairperson of selectors Amita Sharma and BCCI secretary Devjit Saikia were present in this meeting. Radha Yadav and Yastika Bhatia have returned to the team. Whereas fast bowler Nandini Sharma has got a place in the Indian team for the first time.
In fact, BCCI has once again expressed confidence in Harmanpreet Kaur. Her record as a captain has been almost average, although Team India won the Women’s ODI World Cup played in India in 2025 under her captaincy. But this truth is also not hidden from anyone that under his captaincy, India has faced defeat in 5 ICC events.
Fans on social media are also expressing concern over this decision of BCCI. Because in some reports it was even claimed that this time Smriti Mandhana will be given the responsibility of captaincy in the T20 World Cup. He has also won the trophy for RCB in WPL. However, Kaur has also led MI to win the WPL title twice.
In this squad, wicketkeeper-batsman Yastika Bhatia has returned to the team after a long time. In September 2025, he suffered a serious injury to his left knee. It was told that it was ACL reconstruction surgery. Due to injury, she could not play the Women’s ODI World Cup last year and the 2026 Women’s Premier League (WPL). Now he is completely fit after the surgery.
Radha Yadav and Nandini Sharma got a big opportunity
Let us tell you that spinner Radha Yadav has returned to the T20I team after almost a year. She last played in this format in July last year on the England tour. Radha had also won the Women’s Emerging Asia Cup title by captaining the India ‘A’ team in Bangkok earlier this year.
Whereas fast bowler Nandini Sharma has been selected in Team India for the first time. Kashvi Gautam and Amanjot Kaur are out due to injury, after which Nandini got a chance. 24 year old Nandini had created history by taking a hat-trick while playing for Delhi Capitals in WPL this year. She became the first bowler to take a hat-trick for DC.
It is noteworthy that the selectors have expressed confidence in Bharti Phulmali. He returned to the Indian team after seven years during the South Africa series. His performance in the fifth T20I in Benoni was highly praised. Fulmali had scored 42 runs in three matches at a strike rate of 123.52 in that series.
Indian team for Women’s T20 World Cup and England T20I
Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Bharti Fulmali, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Shree Charani, Yastika Bhatia, Nandini Sharma, Arundhati Reddy, Renuka Singh Thakur, Kranti Gaur, Shreyanka Patil and Radha Yadav.
Indian team for Lord’s test against England
Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Pratika Rawal, Shree Charani, Yastika Bhatia, Nandini Sharma, Harleen Deol, Renuka Singh Thakur, Kranti Gaur, Sayali Satghare and Sneh Raha.
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