India have announced their 15member squad for the upcoming Women's T20 World Cup, slated to be held in UAE from October 3 to October 20.

The Women in Blue, who reached the semi-finals in the previous edition, are slotted in Group A along with Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.

Harmanpreet Kaur will be lead the side in the showpiece tournament. He will be assisted by vice-captain Smriti Mandhana, who is expected to open the batting with Shafali Verma. Dayalan Hemalatha is another top-order option in the squad.

Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, and Richa Ghosh are also part of the batting line-up. Richa is the designated wicketkeeper in the squad along with Yastika Bhatia.

Renuka Singh, Pooja Vastrakar, Deepti Sharma, Radha Yadav, Asha Sobhana, Sajana Sajeevan, and Shreyanka Patil feature in the squad as bowling options.

However, the selection of Yastika and Shreyanka is subject to fitness as both players have been battling injuries.

India have also named three traveling reserves for the competition and they are Uma Chetry, Tanuja Kanwer and Saima Thakor.

India’s squad for Women's T20 World Cup 2024: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana (vc), Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wk), Yastika Bhatia* (wk), Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Renuka Singh, Dayalan Hemalatha, Asha Sobhana, Radha Yadav, Shreyanka Patil*, Sajana Sajeevan

Traveling reserves: Uma Chetry (wk), Tanuja Kanwer, Saima Thakor

*Subject to fitness clearance