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Women’s T20 World Cup: Shikha Pandey returns as India announce squad

India announced their squad for the upcoming Women’s T20 World Cup with veteran seamer Shikha Pandey finding her way back into the side after spending a fair amount of time on the sidelines.

The BCCI, in a release shared on Wednesday evening, also announced the squad that is to take part in a triangular series in South Africa on the eve of the T20 World Cup, which is also to be hosted in the ‘Rainbow Nation’.

The Harmanpreet Kaur-led squad also features left-arm seamer Anjali Sarvani, who had made her debut in the recently five-match T20I series against Australia at home.

The Women in Blue will be hoping to do one better at the T20 World Cup, which takes place between 10 and 26 February, this time around that their runner-up finish in the 2020 edition in Australia — a tournament that seamer Pandey was part of.

India’s squad for ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023: Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain), Smriti Mandhana (Vice-Captain), Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia (wk), Richa Ghosh (wk) Jemimah Rodrigues, Harleen Deol, Deepti Sharma, Devika Vaidya, Radha Yadav, Renuka Thakur, Anjali Sarvani, Pooja Vastrakar, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Shikha Pandey

Reserves: Sabbhineni Meghana, Sneh Rana, Meghna Singh.

India’s squad for Tri-series: Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain), Smriti Mandhana (Vice Captain), Yastika Bhatia (wk), Jemimah Rodrigues, Harleen Deol, Deepti Sharma, Devika Vaidya, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Radha Yadav, Renuka Thakur, Meghna Singh, Anjali Sarvani, Shushma Verma (wk), Amanjot Kaur, Pooja Vastrakar, Sabbhineni Meghana, Sneh Rana, Shikha Pandey.

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