Cricket enthusiasts will enjoy another mega event in the city as Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will organise Women Under- 23 One-Day Cricket Challenger Trophy at Jharkhand State Cricket Association (JSCA) International Stadium in the State capital from April 20 and it will continue till April 24.
Secretary, Jharkhand State Cricket Association, Devashish Chakraverty said that there will be three teams play in the tournament including Red, Green and Blue. “The players of the all three teams have been selected as Harleen Deol will lead India Red, Sushree Dibyadarshini will lead India green and Devika Vaidya will lead India Blue. It will be 50-50 over one- day matches”, he added.
He further said that the total of names of 22 players will be shortlisted after the final match of the tournament for selection of India A team.
“The teams were picked after a meeting by the All-India Women’s Selection Committee in New Delhi, a BCCI release stated. The selection committee named 13 players each in all the three teams. All players of the three teams will reach Ranchi on April 18”, said Chakraverty.
The selected players for India Red include Harleen Deol (C), R Kalpana (wk), S Meghana, Ridhima Aggarwal, Ruzu Saha, Tejal Hasabnis, CH Jhansi Lakshmi, Renuka Chaudhary, Tejaswini Duragad, Arundhati Reddy, Shanti Kumari, Devyani Prasad, Suman Meena.
Similarly the selected players of the India Green are including Sushree Dibyadarshini (C), Shivali Shinde (wk), Priya Punia, Yastika Bhatia, Ayushi Garg, Drishya I.V, Ekta Singh, Radha Yadav, Rashi Kanojia, Manali Dakshini, Renuka Singh, Akshaya A, S Anusha.
And selected players from India Blue are including Devika Vaidya (C), Nuzhat Parween (wk), Shefali Verma, Simran, Tanushre Sarkar, Prativa Rana, Minnu Mani, Tanuja Kanwar, C Pratyusha, Simran Dil Bahadur, Kshama Singh, Vrushali Bhagat, Indrani Roy.
It is important to mention here that three players from the State have selected for the tournament from different teams including Indrani Roy, Divyani Prasad and Shanti Kumari.
Informing the special feature of the event Chakraverty said that the entry will be free of cost for audience. “As a numbers of school representatives meet JSCA to show the games to their students. JSCA has given its permission to the school authorities to bring the students at the venue and the Association has allocated sitting space for them”, he added.