The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) named India’s women’s squad for the upcoming Asian Games 2026. Harmanpreet Kaur will be leading the full-strength side, which recently suffered a horror group-stage exit in the T20 World Cup 2026. Smriti Mandhana will remain the vice-captain of the side, which features only one change to the T20 World Cup squad.
Yastika Bhatia has been dropped from the team as G Kamalini comes in for her. Shreyanka Patil has been kept in the squad, but her participation would be subject to fitness. Patil was ruled out midway through the World Cup due to anย ankle ligament injury, as Prema Rawat replaced her. Prema misses out as Shreyanka is in. The Royal Challengers Bengaluru spinner had picked up the injury during India’s clash against the Netherlands. She suffered the blow on the last ball of the powerplay when she tried stopping a ball. Shreyanka was stretchered off the ground.
Yastika played in all but one game during the Women’s T20 World Cup. She batted thrice but could not go big in either of those outings as the wicketkeeper batter gets axed for Mumbai Indians’ wicketkeeper Kamalini.
India’s squad for the 2026 Asian Games: Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain), Smriti Mandhana (Vice-Captain), Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (WK), G. Kamalini (WK), Bharti Fulmali, Sree Charani, Renuka Thakur, Kranti Gaud, Arundhati Reddy, Shreyanka Patil*, Radha Yadav, Nandni Sharma.
Note: *Subject to fitness clearance
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