Harmanpreet Kaur will be the vice-captain in the World Cup, Mithali Raj confirms

The Indian women’s team has to start its World Cup campaign against Pakistan from March 6. Mithali Raj has appointed Harmanpreet Kaur as her Vice captain for the World Cup.

Indian women’s team’s star batsman Harmanpreet Kaur will be the vice-captain of Team India in the ODI World Cup. Team India captain Mithali Raj has confirmed this on Saturday.

Let us tell you that during the ODI series played against New Zealand, Deepti Sharma was the vice-captain of the team.

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Harmanpreet was not part of the team in the fourth match against New Zealand. At the same time, when he returned in the fifth match, Deepti Sharma was the vice-captain of the team.

During the press conference, Mithali Raj said as ANI, “Deepti was the vice-captain of the team in the last two ODIs because it was the decision of the team selectors and the board, but Harmanpreet will be the vice-captain of the team for the World Cup.”

World Cup Schedule

Women’s ICC World Cup will commenced from 4 March in Blackcaps nation. The first match will be played between New Zealand and West Indies. The Women India team will play its first match against Pakistan on 6 March.

Just after this, the team will face New Zealand on 10 March, West Indies and England. After this, India has a match against Australia on 19 March, Bangladesh on 22 March and South Africa on 27 March. In the world 8 teams are going to fight for the championship trophy. Still Men in blue is waiting for its maiden world cup trophy in the world cup.

Team India Line up

Mithali Raj (captain), Harmanpreet Kaur (vice-captain), Smriti Mandhana, Shefali Verma, Yastika Bhatia, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wk), Sneh Rana, Jhulan Goswami, Pooja Vastrakar, Meghna Singh, Renuka Singh Thakur, Tania Bhatia (wk), Rajeshwari Gaikwad and Poonam Yadav.