New Delhi, India, July 1, 2026: Harmanpreet Kaur was retained as captain of the Indian’s women’s cricket team who will defend their gold medal at the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Games later this year.
The 37 year-old Harmanpreet will captain a largely predictable 15-member squad announced on Tuesday, June 30 by the Board of Control for Cricket in India for the T20 tournament during the 20th Asian Games from September 19 to October 4.
Smriti Mandhana will continue to be vice-captain in a squad which has only made one change from the one that made an earlier-than-expected exit from the ongoing ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in England.
Wicketkeeper-batter Yastika Bhatia is the only player to be dropped from the World Cup squad and in her place, G. Kamalini has been drafted in.
India women’s cricket squad for 20th Asian Games: Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain), Smriti Mandhana (Vice-Captain), Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (WK), G. Kamalini (WK), Bharti Fulmali, Sree Charani, Renuka Thakur, Kranti Gaud, Arundhati Reddy, Shreyanka Patil, Radha Yadav, Nandni Sharma.