Women’s Asia Cup 2026: The BCCI has announced the Indian women’s cricket team squad for the Women’s Asia Cup 2026. The selectors have selected almost the same team for this tournament that will play in the Asian Games next month. Yastika Bhatia, who scored a brilliant century in the historic Lord’s Test, has not been included in the squad. In her place, 18-year-old G. Kamalini has been included. Prema Rawat, who replaced Shreyanka Patil in the Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 after her injury, has been reinstated.
Shreyanka Patil not included in the squad for the Asia Cup
Shreyanka Patil has not been included in Team India’s squad for the Women’s Asia Cup 2026. This means she has not yet fully recovered from her ankle injury. She also missed the T20 World Cup due to the injury. In her place, 24-year-old all-rounder Prema Rawat was included in the T20 World Cup squad. Now, Prema Rawat has also been selected for the Asia Cup. However, when Team India was announced for the Asian Games on June 30, Shreyanka Patil was included in the squad, but her selection was subject to fitness.
Prema Rawat got the chance to play in only one match in the World Cup
Prema Rawat got the chance to play only one match in the T20 World Cup 2026. She played in the group stage match against South Africa. In this match, she scored 3 runs off 2 balls and conceded 21 runs in her two overs without taking a wicket. It remains to be seen how Prema performs if she gets a chance in the playing eleven in the Asia Cup.
When will the Asia Cup 2026 start?
The schedule for the Women’s Asia Cup 2026 has not been announced yet, but it is believed that the Asia Cup will begin in late August and continue until mid-September. Immediately following this, the Asian Games will be held in Japan from September 17 to 22, where both the Indian men’s and women’s teams will participate.
Indian Women’s Team Squad for Asia Cup 2026
Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain), Smriti Mandhana (Vice-Captain), Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Bharti Fulmali, Richa Ghosh (Wicketkeeper), G. Kamalini (Wicketkeeper), Deepti Sharma, Radha Yadav, Prema Rawat, Arundhati Reddy, Kranti Goud, Renuka Singh, N. Sri Charani, Nandani Sharma.
Reserves: Pratika Rawal, Uma Chhetri (wicketkeeper), Vaishnavi Sharma, Sayali Satghare, Minnu Mani
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