Indian Women’s Team to Enter 10-Day Training Camp Before Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 In UAE

New Delhi: The Indian women’s cricket team will undergo a 10-day skills camp at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru, going into the much-awaited Women’s T20 World Cup 2024, to be hosted by the United Arab Emirates.

According to reports by Cricbuzz, head coach Amol Muzumdar will oversee the entire camp which is set to begin on Tuesday, September 10.

The full contingent, including reserves will report to the NCA. This, of course, includes Yastika Bhatia and Shreyanka Patil amongst others who will join the tournament based on the outcome of their respective fitness test subject to clearance by the NCA.

Cricbuzz reported, Both players received their NOCs after clearing their fitness test to join the camp. Yastika Bhatia had picked up a knee injury – a grade 1 tear of the posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) – during the five-match T20I series against Bangladesh in March. She has since been rehabilitating at the NCA.

On the other hand, Shreyanka Patil suffered a fracture in her left hand during the Asia Cup 2024 opener against Pakistan in July.

During their preparations, the team will also participate in intra-squad matches. However, these will be day games due to the unavailability of the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium and the Alur facility. It’s worth noting that three out of four of India’s group-stage matches in the UAE will be played under lights.

Intra-squad matches will also be part of the team’s preparation but as day games since the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium and the Alur facility are not available. The good thing, though, is three of the four group-stage matches that India play in the UAE will be under lights.

After the camp, the players will take a four-day break before returning to Mumbai and then traveling to the UAE.

India will play two warm-up games at the ICC Academy in Dubai: against the West Indies on September 29 and South Africa on October 1.

India squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wk), Yastika Bhatia (wk), Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Renuka Singh Thakur, Dayalan Hemalatha, Asha Sobhana, Radha Yadav, Shreyanka Patil, Sajana Sajeevan