The IPL Women’s Challenge T20 match between the Trailblazers and Supernovas will be a groundbreaking experiment for the BCCI. The match will be played before the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2018 Qualifier 1 at the Wankhede Stadium on May 22.
Leading players from Australia, New Zealand and England will be in action along with the Indian players and the teams will be led by Harmanpreet Kaur (IPL Supernovas) and Smriti Mandhana (IPL Trailblazers).
NEWS: Squads announced for Women’s T20 Challenge Match between IPL Trailblazers led by @mandhana_smriti and IPL Supernovas led by @ImHarmanpreet, which will also feature Australia captain Meg Manning.
— BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) May 17, 2018
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“White Ferns captain Suzie Bates, attacking batter Sophie Devine, who holds the record for fastest half-century in women's T20Is, Australia's fine all-rounder Ellyse Perry, wicket-keeper bat Alyssa Healy, Megan Schutt and Beth Mooney have confirmed their participation. Danni Wyatt and Daniel Hazell will add the English flavour. This special game will be played at Mumbai's iconic Wankhede Stadium and will be telecast live in India and across the world," IPL Chairman Rajiv Shukla said in a BCCI press release.
This match will begin at 2 pm, followed by the IPL 2018 Qualifier 1 at 7 pm.
BCCI recently announced the squad for the two teams, which are as below:
IPL Trailblazers:
Alyssa Healy (wk), Smriti Mandhana (c), Suzie Bates, Deepti Sharma, Beth Mooney, Jemimah Rodrigues, Danielle Hazell, Shikha Pandey, Lea Tahuhu, Jhulan Goswami, Ekta Bisht, Poonam Yadav, Dayalan Hemalatha
IPL Supernovas:
Danielle Wyatt, Mithali Raj, Meg Lanning, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Sophie Devine, Ellyse Perry, Veda Krishnamurthy, Mona Meshram, Pooja Vastrakar, Megan Schutt, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Anuja Patil, Taniya Bhatia (wk)
