ICC Women's ODI World Cup: Strongest playing XI for India

The wait is finally over. BCCI announced squads for the ICC Women's ODI World Cup and upcoming series. As per expectations, the selection committee has made some bold decisions to balance the team on pen and paper. The squad is a well mix of emerging talents and experienced candidates. For the World Cup, Harmanpreet Kaur will lead the troop. Smriti Mandhana will be there to help her with leadership duties.

Despite challenging weather conditions, officials reached the spot safely and conducted the press conference. BCCI secretary Devajit Sakia also reached the headquarters in Mumbai. Both Kaur and Mandhana also attended the highly anticipated press interaction season. Star cricketers like Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, and Richa Ghosh were considered the static names in the team. Not only about the playing XI, the Neetu David-led selection committee had to pay focus until the last minute on the depth of the entire squad.

The ICC Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 is scheduled to start in September, where India will play the tournament opener with Sri Lanka. The tournament will be running on a hybrid model, with India and Sri Lanka as the host nations. Across the T20 nations, a total of 5 venues will be used to celebrate the cricket carnival.

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Team India squad for ICC Women's ODI World Cup:

Harmanpreet Kaur (Capt), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Pratika Rawal, Harleen Deol, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Renuka Singh Thakur, Arundhati Reddy, Richa Ghosh (WK), Kranti Gaud, Amanjot Kaur, Radha Yadav, Sree Charani, Yastika Bhatia (WK), and Sneh Rana 

Possible strongest playing XI:

Pratika Rawl, Smriti Mandhana, Harleen Deol, Harmanpreet Kaur, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh, Radha Yadav, Deepti Sharma, Sneh Rana, Kranti Gaud, Shree Charani. 

ICC Women’s ODI World Cup 2025, Team India’s schedule:

30 September – India vs Sri Lanka – Bengaluru

5 October – India vs Pakistan – Colombo

9 October – India vs South Africa – Vizag

12 October – India vs Australia – Vizag

19 October – India vs. England – Indore

23 October – India vs. New Zealand – Guwahati

26 October – India vs. Bangladesh – Bengaluru

Women's ODI World Cup 2025 venues:

• M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
• Assam Cricket Association Stadium, Guwahati
• Holkar Stadium, Indore
• ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam
• R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo