Asha Sobhana earns maiden call-up as five RCB-W players make it to India squad for upcoming T20I tour against Bangladesh-W

BCCI announced the 16-member squad for the upcoming Bangladesh tour of the Indian women’s cricket team. Five Royal Challengers made it to the squad that also featured a maiden call-up for leg spinner, Asha Sobhana, who proved her mettle in the recently concluded WPL.

Alongside Asha, Mumbai Indians’ Sajeevan Sajana also made it to the squad while Jemimah Rodrigues was left out of the list due to a niggle. Sobhana’s impressive numbers of 12 wickets from 10 games which also featured a fifer in the season opener saw her making the cut for the national team.

She would be joined by the likes of Shreyanka Patil, Smriti Mandhana, Richa Ghosh and Renuka Singh in the squad. Another returning name to the squad will be that of Dayalan Hemlatha, who last played for India in October 2022.

The team will be led by Harmanpreet Kaur and this series is going to be of paramount importance to India as the Women’s T20 World Cup will be held in Bangladesh later this year. Talking about the bowling department, India included the likes of Renuka Singh, Titas Sadhu and Pooja Vastrakar while the spin department will feature Shreyanka, Saika Ishaque and Deepti Sharma.

Squad for Bangladesh T20Is: Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Shafali Verma, Dayalan Hemalatha, Sajana Sajeevan, Richa Ghosh (wk), Yastika Bhatia (wk), Radha Yadav, Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Amanjot Kaur, Shreyanka Patil, Saika Ishaque, Asha Sobhana, Renuka Singh Thakur, Titas Sadhu.