Challenger Trophy: Harmanpreet, Smriti, Veda named captains

Harmanpreet Kaur will lead India A and Smriti Mandhana will captain India B, while Veda Krishnamurthy will lead India C in the 2020 Challenger Trophy.

Harmanpreet Kaur (second from right) and Veda Krishnamurthy (extreme right) have been named captains in the 2020 Challenger Trophy.

Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana and Veda Krishnamurthy will lead the India A, B and C teams respectively in the women’s T20 Challenger Trophy to be played in Cuttack from January 4 to 11.

The squads were picked on Monday after a meeting of the All-India Women’s Selection Committee, a BCCI release stated.

The selection committee named 14 players each in all three squads.