A Member Of The Indian Women's Team Tests Positive For Covid-19 Before Leaving For Birmingham Commonwealth Games

According to reports, one of the squad’s 15 members tested positive for the virus, although an official confirmation is still pending. The BCCI had named a 15-member Indian women’s cricket team roster for the Birmingham Games. The games will be played in the T20 International format.

India will kick off their campaign against Australia in the first game. Women’s cricket will make its Commonwealth Games debut on July 29 when India takes against Australia. Women’s cricket is making its first appearance at the famous multi-sport event. Harmanpreet Kaur’s Indian women’s cricket squad has been drawn in Group A, with World Champions Australia, Barbados, and Pakistan. Smriti Mandhana has been chosen as Kaur’s deputy. Three players are on standby.

Indian Team Has Been In Fine Form In Recent Times

The match between India and Pakistan has drawn a lot of attention and is anticipated to be sold out. The women’s squad will be part of a 322-member Indian contingent travelling to Birmingham for the games. 215 of the squad’s 322 members are athletes, with 108 men and 107 women making up the roster.

The Indian side just completed an ODI series sweep over Sri Lanka and won a three-match T20I series 2-1 against them. Kaur herself was in great touch throughout the Sri Lanka tour while Mandhana struggled to get going. India would hope that their vice-captain gets amongst the runs in the big tournament.

The Harmanpreet Kaur-led Indian women’s cricket squad will be a confident side for their CWG debut, coming off a great performance.

India squad:

Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Shafali Verma, S. Meghana, Taniyaa Sapna Bhatia (Wk), Yastika Bhatia (Wk), Deepti Sharma, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Pooja Vastrakar, Meghna Singh, Renuka Thakur, Jemimah Rodrigues, Radha Yadav, Harleen Deol, Sneh Rana.

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