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The Indian women’s cricket team has been announced for the Asian Games. In this team, the selectors have taken a big decision and kept wicketkeeper-batsman Yastika Bhatia out of the team. Harmanpreet Kaur will be the captain of the women’s cricket team and Smriti Mandhana has been made the vice-captain. All-rounder Shreyanka Patil, who was injured in the Women’s T20 World Cup, has also been included in the team. However, if Shreyanka recovers from her injury, she will be a part of the team. She suffered a leg injury during the Women’s T20 World Cup 2026.
Why was Yastika Bhatia dropped from the team?
The biggest question arising is why Yastika Bhatia was dropped from the team? The main reason behind this has been his performance. Yastika could score only 41 runs in three matches of the Women’s T20 World Cup 2026. His average was 13.66 and strike rate during this period was 117.14. The surprising thing is that the performance of Jomima Rodrigues was also not special, she could score only 94 runs in five matches, but she has been included in Team India for the Asian Games.
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The captaincy of the team was handed over to Harmanpreet Kaur.
Despite the poor performance in the T20 World Cup, the selectors of the Indian team have handed over the captaincy of the team to Harmanpreet Kaur. Let us tell you that Indian Women has been out of the T20 World Cup stage. Team India needed to win against Australia, but the team lost by 6 wickets.
Batting first, the Indian team scored 170 runs. In response, Australia achieved this score after losing 4 wickets in just six balls. Ellis Perry scored 56 runs and Ashley Gardner scored 53 unbeaten runs in this match.
Jemimah Rodrigues scored the highest 109 runs
Year 2023, Team India won gold by defeating Sri Lanka in the final match of the Asian Games. In this match, Team India, batting first, scored only 116 runs. In reply, the Sri Lankan team collapsed after scoring 97 runs. In this tournament, Indian woman Jemimah Rodrigues had scored the highest 109 runs.
Indian women’s cricket squad for Asian Games
Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana (vice-captain), Shefali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh, G. Kamalini, Bharti Phoolmali, Sri Charani, Renuka Thakur, Arundhati Reddy, Kranti Gaur, Shreyanka Patil, Nandini Sharma and Radha Yadav.
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