The Indian women’s cricket team for the Asian Games 2026 has been announced. Harmanpreet Kaur will be the captain and Smriti Mandhana will be the vice-captain. The team will enter as the defending champion. The squad has a great mix of experienced and young players.
The Women’s Selection Committee has announced the Indian team for the Asian Games 2026. The tournament will be held in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan in September 2026.
The Indian women’s cricket team will enter this tournament as the defending champion. The team had won the gold medal in the last Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China.
Harmanpreet Kaur will continue to lead the team, while Smriti Mandhana has been made the vice-captain.
The squad has a mix of experienced players and young talent, including Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma and wicketkeeper-batsman Richa Ghosh. Yes. Kamalini has also been included as wicketkeeper option.
The bowling unit consists of Renuka Thakur, Kranti Gaur, Arundhati Reddy, Radha Yadav and Bharti Phulmali. At the same time, Shri Charani, Shreyanka Patil and Nandani Sharma give further strength to the team. The board said that Shreyanka Patil’s selection will depend on fitness clearance.
India lost to Australia in T20 World Cup
Meanwhile, Australia women’s team defeated India by six wickets at Lord’s to book their place in the semi-finals of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 and knock India out of the tournament.
Chasing the record target of 171 runs, Australia scored 172/4 in the 19th over. The team got this victory thanks to unbeaten half-centuries from Ellyse Perry and Ashley Gardner, who took the team to a score of 72/3.
Earlier, thanks to Harmanpreet Kaur’s explosive inning of 56 runs in 27 balls and useful contributions from Smriti Mandhana and Shefali Verma, India had scored 170/4, but this total proved to be inadequate.
Indian team for Asian Games 2026
Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana (vice-captain), Shefali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), G. Kamalini (wicketkeeper), Bharti Fulmali, Sri Charani, Renuka Thakur, Kranti Gaur, Arundhati Reddy, Shreyanka Patil*, Radha Yadav, Nandini Sharma.
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