BCCI announces women IPL teams for one-off T20 match

The BCCI on Thursday announced the squads for the Women’s T20 Challenge match to be played ahead of the IPL 2018 Qualifier 1. The teams - IPL Supernovas and IPL Trailblazers - will clash at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on May 22. While Supernovas will be led by Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana will captain the Trailblazers.

The two squads collectively include 26 players - 13 members for each squad - including 10 international cricketers from Australia, England and New Zealand. Announcing the first-of-its-kind exhibition match, Diana Edulji, member of Committee of Administrators (CoA), said that it has been a long-time endeavour to have a women’s league that can match the exuberance of IPL.

Squads

IPL Trailblazers: Alyssa Healy (wk), Smriti Mandhana (c), Suzie Bates, Deepti Sharma, Beth Mooney, Jemimah Rodrigues, Danielle Hazell, Shikha Pandey, Lea Tahuhu, Jhulan Goswami, Ekta Bisht, Poonam Yadav, Dayalan Hemalatha

IPL Supernovas: Danielle Wyatt, Mithali Raj, Meg Lanning, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Sophie Devine, Ellyse Perry, Veda Krishnamurthy, Mona Meshram, Pooja Vastrakar, Megan Schutt, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Anuja Patil, Taniya Bhatia (wk)