Mumbai: The Indian Womens Cricket Team has announced the 15-member squad for the T20 World Cup 2026. BCCI announced the team under the leadership of Harmanpreet Kaur. Smriti Mandhana is staying as deputy. Indian women’s cricket team won the ODI World Cup last year for the first time under the leadership of Harmanpreet. So the board is relying on experienced women batters. The Women’s T20 World Cup is going to start in England from June 14.

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Apart from this tournament, the Indian women’s cricket team will play a T20 series against England. The squad announced for the World Cup will also play in the T20 series. 15 member team at a glance-

Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana (vice-captain), Shefali Varma, Jemaima Rodriguez, Bharti Phulmali, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Sri Charni, Yastika Bhatia (wicketkeeper), Nandini Sharma, Arundhati Reddy, Renuka Thakur, Kranti Goud, Shreyanka Patil, Radha Yadav

Not just announcements for T20 World Cup or T20 series. The team for the Test against England at Lord’s was also announced on the same day. Pratika Rawal got a place in the Test squad. Earlier announced for ODI World Cup last year Indian teamHe was Pratika. But he suffered a leg injury and was knocked out in the final stages of the tournament. He was not kept in the T20 format team this time. However, Prateika is in the team for the Lord’s Test. Apart from this, there are some other surprises in the Test team. Harleen Deol has been kept in the squad. Sayali Sathghade and Sneh Rana have also been kept in the team. Test squad at a glance–

Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana (vice-captain), Shefali Verma, Jemima Rodriguez, Pratika Rawal, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Sri Charni, Yastika Bhatia (wicketkeeper), Nandini Sharma, Harleen Deol, Renuka Thakur, Kranti Goud, Sayali Sathghade and Sneg Rana

It may be noted that the Indian team defeated South Africa in the final of the Women’s Cricket One Day World Cup last year. Team India had to miss out on the trophy despite reaching the finals twice before. Indians hope that the Indian women’s team will become the world champion in T20 cricket as well.