After leading India A in the Women's Under-19 T20 Challenger Trophy and after winning the title of the Interstate Women's Under:- 19 T20 cricket event organized by the Board of Control for Cricket in India, BCCI has appointed Soumya Tiwari as India A vice-captain for the quadrangular tournament in Visakhapatnam from November 13 to 19.
Teams of Sri Lanka and West Indies will participate in the tournament along with India A, India B. This will be followed by a 5-match series against New Zealand in Mumbai from November 27 to December 6. Soumya Tiwari is the only female cricketer from Madhya Pradesh to feature in the quadrangle tournament.
Notably, the eyes of BCCI have been on Soumya for a long time. Soumya was called for training at NCA for the second time during which Soumya led her team to victory in 8 matches out of 10 matches during the competition. Soumya's performance was second in batting and first in bowling. It is noteworthy that Soumya has learned cricket from Suresh Chenani, the head coach of Arera Cricket Academy and is still learning.
On this occasion, Bhopal Division Cricket Association President Dhruv Narayan Singh, Secretary Rajat Mohan Verma, Vice President Sushil Singh Thakur, Treasurer Chandra Shekhar Dhakad, Shanti Kumar Jain, Arera Cricket Academy Bhopal Soumya's coach Suresh Chanani, Hemant Kapoor, besides Soumya's school St Joseph Convent Idgah Hills Bhopal Principal Sister Lily, Vice Principal Sister Stania, Head of Sports Department Ravdeep Singh Malhari, Vishnu Kant Sahai, Jitendra Shukla, Amandeep Kaur along with all the teachers of the school family expressed their happiness and congratulated them.