India Women’s squad for WC 2022 and New Zealand series announced


The All-India Women’s Selection Committee on Wednesday picked the squad for the ICC Women’s World Cup 2022. Team India play their first World Cup fixture against Pakistan on March 6, 2022 at the Bay Oval, Tauranga.

The squad will also feature in the 5-match ODI series against New Zealand starting from February 11, 2022.

Team India for 5 ODIs against NZ & ICC Women’s World Cup, 2022: Mithali Raj (Captain), Harmanpreet Kaur (vice-captain), Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wicket-keeper), Sneh Rana, Jhulan Goswami, Pooja Vastrakar, Meghna Singh, Renuka Singh Thakur, Taniya Bhatia (wicket-keeper), Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Poonam Yadav.

Standby Players: Sabbhineni Meghana, Ekta Bisht, Simran Dil Bahadur.

ICC Women’s World Cup 2022 – India’s fixtures
S.No.DateAgainstVenue
1March 6thPakistanBay Oval, Tauranga
2March 10thNew ZealandSeddon Park, Hamilton
3March 12thWest IndiesSeddon Park, Hamilton
4March 16thEnglandBay Oval, Tauranga
5March 19thAustraliaEden Park, Auckland
6March 22ndBangladeshSeddon Park, Hamilton
7March 27thSouth AfricaHagley Oval, Christchurch

The All-India Women’s Selection Committee also picked the squad for the one-off T20I against New Zealand scheduled to be played on February 9, 2022.

India Women’s squad for one-off T20I: Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain), Smriti Mandhana (vice-captain), Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wicket-keeper), Sneh Rana, Pooja Vastrakar, Meghna Singh, Renuka Singh Thakur, Taniya Bhatia (wicket-keeper), Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Poonam Yadav, Ekta Bisht, S. Meghna, Simran Dil Bahadur.

Team India’s tour of New Zealand (Senior Women) – 2022
S.No.DateMatchVenue
1February 9thOnly T20IMcLean Park, Napier
2February 11th1st ODIMcLean Park, Napier
3February 14th2nd ODISaxton Oval, Nelson
4February 16th3rd ODISaxton Oval, Nelson
5February 22nd4th ODIJohn Davies Oval, Queenstown
6February 24th5th ODIJohn Davies Oval, Queenstown