The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced on Thursday, May 17 the squads for the much-anticipated Women's T20 Challenge Match which will be held before Qualifier 1 of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) on Tuesday, May 22.
The one-off match, which is being touted as a "small yet significant step towards a prospective league involving women's stars" will involve a total of 26 women's cricket stars, including 10 international cricketers from Australia, England and New Zealand.
Harmanpreet Kaur will lead a 13-member team, which has been named IPL Supernovas while Smriti Mandhana will lead the IPL Trailblazers.
Complete squads of Women's T20 Challenge Match Below
| S. No | IPL Trailblazers | IPL Supernovas |
| 1 | Alyssa Healy (wk) | Danielle Wyatt |
| 2 | Smriti Mandhana (Captain) | Mithali Raj |
| 3 | Suzie Bates | Meg Lanning |
| 4 | Deepti Sharma | Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain) |
| 5 | Beth Mooney | Sophie Devine |
| 6 | Jemimah Rodrigues | Ellyse Perry |
| 7 | Danielle Hazell | Veda Krishnamurthy |
| 8 | Shikha Pandey | Mona Meshram |
| 9 | Lea Tahuhu | Pooja Vastrakar |
| 10 | Jhulan Goswami | Megan Schutt |
| 11 | Ekta Bisht | Rajseshwari Gayakwad |
| 12 | Poonam Yadav | Anuja Patil |
| 13 | Dayalan Hemalatha | Taniya Bhatia (wk) |
| - | Coach: Tushar Arothe | Coach: Biju George |
More to follow...
