Indian women's cricket team star batter Shafali Verma has been named the captain for the ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup by the BCCI on Monday, December 5, 2022.

The maiden edition of the ICC U19 Women's T20 World Cup featuring 16 teams will take place in South Africa from 14 to 29 January 2023. India is placed in Group D alongside South Africa, UAE, and Scotland. The top three teams from each group will progress to the Super Six round, where teams will be pooled into two groups of six.

The top two teams from each group will then progress to the semi-finals, which will be played on 27 January at JB Marks Oval in Potchefstroom. The final will take place at the same venue on 29 January.

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"The All-India Women's Selection Committee has picked India U19 Women's squad for the upcoming bilateral away T20 series against South Africa U19 and the ICC U19 Women's World Cup ," the BCCI said in a statement.

Apart from this, the BCCI also announced the India Women’s U19 squad for the T20I series in South Africa which will be played before the U19 T20 World Cup.

The 5 T20Is between India U19 Women and South Africa U19 Women will be played from December 27- Jan 4 at Tuks Oval, Pretoria.

India U19 Women’s team for SA T20s: 

Shafali Verma (Captain), Shweta Sehrawat (Vice-Captain), Richa Ghosh (WK), G Trisha, Soumya Tiwari, Sonia Mehdiya, Hurley Gala, Hrishita Basu (WK), Sonam Yadav, Mannat Kashyap, Archana Devi, Parshavi Chopra, Titas Sadhu, Falak Naz, Shabnam MD, Shikha, Najla CMC, Yashashree.

India U19 Women’s team for ICC Under 19 Women’s World Cup :

Shafali Verma (C), Shweta Sehrawat (VC), Richa Ghosh (WK), G Trisha, Soumya Tiwari, Sonia Mehdiya, Hurley Gala, Hrishita Basu (WK), Sonam Yadav, Mannat Kashyap, Archana Devi, Parshavi Chopra, Titas Sadhu, Falak Naz, Shabnam MD.

Standby players: Shikha, Najla CMC, Yashashree.

(BCCI inputs)