Shafali Verma to lead North Zone

New Delhi, Nov 7: India’s young batting sensation Shafali Verma will lead North Zone team in the Inter-Zonal women’s T20 tournament scheduled to be held in Lucknow from November 24 to December 4.
All-rounder Harleen Deol will be Shafali’s deputy while veteran keeper Tanya Bhatia and out-of-favour Sushma Verma are also part of the squad.
Pacer Amanjot Kaur and U-19 stars Shweta Sehrawat, Kashvi Gautam and Mannat Kashyap are also part of 15-member squad.Squad: Shafali Verma (captain), Shweta Sehrawat, Parushi Prabhakar, Harleen Deol (vc), Sushma Verma (wk), Tanya Bhatia (wk), Amanjot Kaur, Kashvi Gautam, Neelam Bisht, Mannat Kashyap, Parunika Sisodia, Amandeep Kaur, Chitra Singh Jamwal, Suman Gulia, Madhu Dhama.
The BCCI Women’s Inter-Zonal T20 is an annual cricket tournament organized by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for the five women’s cricket zones in India. The tournament was first held in 2018.
The tournament is held in a round-robin format, with each team playing the other teams once. The top two teams from the round-robin stage qualify for the final.The current champion is the North Zone, who won the 2023 tournament. The five zones are: East Zone, North Zone, Central Zone, South Zone, West Zone. (Agencies)