Women’s T20 Challenge makes a return this year and will be played among three teams in Pune. The exhibition tournament, unofficially referred to as the Women’s IPL, was not held last year.
Some of the big names like Mithali Raj, Jhulan Goswami and Shikha Pandey will not be taking part in the Women’s T20 Challenge 2022, but with 12 overseas stars joining the tournament this year, there will be no dearth of talent.
“Trailblazers won the Women’s T20 Challenge title in 2020″
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Teams taking part in the Women’s T20 Challenge 2022
As earlier, Supernovas, Trailblazers and Velocity are the three teams to take part in the tournament. Harmanpreet Kaur will captain Supernovas, while Smriti Mandhana and Deepti Sharma will lead Trailblazers and Velocity respectively.Trailblazers are the defending champions.
Format of the Women’s T20 Challenge 2022
Teams will play each other once in the round-robin format with the top two qualifying for the final.
Women’s T20 Challenge 2022 matches be played
All Women’s T20 Challenge 2022 matches will be played at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune.
Schedule
23 May: 7:30 PM – Trailblazers vs Supernovas
24 May: 3:30 PM – Supernovas vs Velocity
26 May: 7:30 PM – Velocity vs Trailblazers
28 May: 7:30 PM – Final
Women’s T20 Challenge 2022 can be watched
The Women’s T20 Challenge 2022 will be shown live on the Star Sports network. It can also be live-streamed on Disney+ Hotstar.
BCCI announces squads for My11Circle Women’s T20 Challenge
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announces Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana and Deepti Sharma as captains of Supernovas, Trailblazers and Velocity respectively. The three teams will compete in the upcoming Women’s T20 Challenge to be played from May 23 to May 28 at Pune’s MCA stadium.
The best of Indian women’s cricket will combine with some of the leading stars from South Africa, England, West Indies and Australia. A total of twelve international players will compete in this year’s Women’s T20 Challenge. The All-India Women’s Selection Committee picked the three squads – each comprising a total of 16 members.
| Supernovas | Trailblazers | Velocity |
| Harmanpreet Kaur (C) | Smriti Mandhana (C) | Deepti Sharma (C) |
| Taniya Bhatia (VC) | Poonam Yadav (VC) | Sneh Rana (VC) |
| *Alana King | Arundhati Reddy | Shafali Verma |
| Ayushi Soni | *Hayley Matthews | *Ayabonga Khaka |
| Chandu V | Jemimah Rodrigues | K.P.Navgire |
| *Deandra Dottin | Priyanka Priyadarshini | *Kathryn Cross |
| Harleen Deol | Rajeshwari Gayakwad | Keerthi James |
| Meghna Singh | Renuka Singh | *Laura Wolvaardt |
| Monica Patel | Richa Ghosh | Maya Sonawane |
| Muskan Malik | S. Meghana | *Natthakan Chantham |
| Pooja Vastrakar | Saiqa Ishaque | Radha Yadav |
| Priya Punia | *Salma Khatun | Aarti Kedar |
| Rashi Kanojia | *Sharmin Akter | Shivali Shinde |
| *Sophie Ecclestone | *Sophia Brown | Simran Bahadur |
| *Suné Luus | Sujata Mallik | Yastika Bhatia |
| Mansi Joshi | S.B.Pokharkar | Pranavi Chandra |
Overseas player
The 2022 Women’s T20 Challenge will begin with the Trailblazers taking on Supernovas in the opening game. The complete schedule is as below: –
| Date | Time (IST) | Team A | Team B |
| 23-May-22 | 7:30 PM | Trailblazers | Supernovas |
| 24-May-22 | 3:30 PM | Supernovas | Velocity |
| 26-May-22 | 7:30 PM | Velocity | Trailblazers |
| 28-May-22 | 7:30 PM | Final |
