The Women’s Senior T20 Challenger Trophy 2018 would take place between three teams which includes India Red, India Blue and India Green from 14^th August to 21^st to be played in Alur, Karnataka. Each team will play twice each other and the top two teams will qualify for the finals.

The experienced Mithali Raj, Deepti Sharma and Veda Krishna Murthy would lead the respective sides. The Women’s Senior T20 challenger Trophy began in 2008. India Blue has won this tournament 5 times. Last year in 2018, India Blue defeated India Green to lift the title. This tournament is a local tournament organized by the BCCI. It was played in 50 over format but this year they decided to play in 20 over format.

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This tournament helps India to prepare and pick up a team for the upcoming ICC Women’s T20 World Cup to be held in West Indies this November.

13 players have been picked in each team by the BCCI women’s selection committee.

Here we look at the teams of Women’s Senior T20 challenger Trophy 2018 tournament:

India Blue

Mithali Raj (C), Vanitha VR, D Hemalatha, Neha Tanwar, Anuja Patil, Saima Thakor, Tanyia Bhatia (WK), Radha Yadav, Preeti Bose, Poonam Yadav, Keerthy James, Mansi Joshi, Suman Guila

India Red

Deepti Sharma (C), Punam Raut, Disha Kasat, Mona Meshram, Harlene Deol, Tanushree Sarkar, Ekta Bisht, Tanuja Kanwer, Shikha Pandey, Shanti Kumari, ReemaLaxmi Ekka, Nuzhat Parveen (WK), Aditi Sharma

India Green

Veda Krishna Murthy (C), Jemimah Rodrigues, Priya Punia, Devika Vaidya, Monikha Das, Arundathi Reddy, Sushma Verma (WK), Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Fatima Jaffer, Sushree Dibyadarshini, Sukanya Parida, Jhulan Goswami, Sajana S.

Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur are not available to feature in this tournament as they are playing in Kia Super League for their respective franchises in England.

Here we look at the schedule of the Women’s Senior T20 challenger Trophy 2018

1. Indian Women Red vs. Indian Women Blue (Alur Cricket Stadium 3, Alur)- 14^th August

2. India Blue vs. India Green (Alur Cricket Stadium 3, Alur)- 15^th August

3. India Red vs. India Green ( Alur Cricket Stadium 3, Alur)- 16^th August

4. India Red vs. India Blue ( Alur Cricket Stadium, Alur)- 17^th August

5. India Blue vs. India Green ( Alur Cricket Stadium 3, Alur)- 18^th August

6. India Red vs. India Green ( Alur Cricket Stadium 2, Alur)- 19^th August

7. Finals ( KSCA Stadium, Alur)- 21^st