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Renuka Returns; Shafali Verma Misses Out As India Reveal Women's World Cup 2025 Squad

Aashay Chopade

India Women squad (Source: AFP)India Women squad (Source: AFP)

India's much-awaited squad for the Women's World Cup 2025 has been finally announced, and as expected, Harmanpreet Kaur is leading the 15-member squad. The squad sees the return of Renuka Singh, who was out of action from late 2024 due to injury while Shafali Verma and Shreyanka Patil have missed out.

The announcement of the squad has made the host nation first team to reveal their arsenal for the marquee women's tournament. Smriti Mandhana will be Harmanpreet Kaur's deputy while Pratika Rawal who has been doing well as an opener in the last few series will play her first Women's World Cup.

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Tejal Hasabnis who was in the squad for the ODI series against England has been included in the stand-by along with Sayali Satghare, Prema Rawal, Priya Mishra, Uma Chetry and Minnu Mani. The two wicketkeepers in the squad are Richa Ghosh and Yastika Bhatia while the likes of Amanjot Kaur, Sneh Rana, Sree Charani have retained their place after a good performance in England. Shreyanka Patil,on the other hand, failed to get fit for the marquee tournament and will miss her second consecutive ICC tournament.

The squad, however, consists of only two genuine seamers with Arundhati Reddy accompanying Renuka Singh Thakur. India were the finalists of the 2017 edition of the 50-over Women's World Cup while they could not qualify for the semis in the 2022 World Cup. The upcoming edition will be hosted by India and Sri Lanka and the first match will see the two hosts going up against each other on September 30.

India's Squad For Women's World Cup 2025

Harmanpreet Kaur (Capt),  Smriti Mandhana (VC), Pratika Rawal, Harleen Deol, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Renuka Singh Thakur, Arundhati Reddy, Richa Ghosh (WK), Kranti Gaud, Amanjot Kaur, Radha Yadav, Sree Charani, Yastika Bhatia (WK) and Sneh Rana  

Stand-by: Tejal Hasabnis, Prema Rawal, Priya Mishra, Uma Chetry, Minnu Mani, Sayali Satghare