Shafali Verma to Lead North Zone in Senior Women’s Inter Zonal T20 Trophy
Mumbai: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Tuesday announced the squads for the upcoming Senior Women’s Inter Zonal T20 Trophy, with World Cup-winning star Shafali Verma named captain of the North Zone team.
The tournament will feature six zones — Central, East, West, North, North East, and South — and will be held in Nagaland from November 4 to 14.
Shafali, the only member from India’s recent World Cup-winning squad taking part in the event, was a late inclusion in that tournament as an injury replacement for Pratika Rawal ahead of the semi-final against Australia. Despite playing just two matches, the 21-year-old delivered a stunning all-round display in the final against South Africa, scoring 87 runs and taking two wickets to earn the Player of the Match award.
Another notable name in the squads is Niki Prasad, Shafali’s Delhi Capitals teammate and captain of India’s victorious U19 World Cup 2025 team, who will lead the South Zone side.
Squads
Central Zone:
Nuzhat Parween (C & WK) (RSPB), Nikita Singh (VC) (MPCA), Simran Dilbahadur (RSPB), Neha Badwaik (CSCS), Anushka Sharma (MPCA), Vaishnavi Sharma (MPCA), Shuchi Upadhyay (MPCA), Ananya Dubey (MPCA), Mona Meshram (VCA), Suman Meena (RCA), Disha Kasat (VCA), Sampada Dixit (UPCA), Anjali Singh (UPCA), Amisha Bahukhandi (CAU), Nandani Kashyap (WK) (CAU)
East Zone:
Mita Paul (C) (CAB), Ashwani Kumari (VC) (JSCA), Priyanka Luthra (JSCA), Dhara Gujjar (CAB), Tanushree Sarkar (CAB), Rashmi Gudhia (WK) (JSCA), Jintimani Kalita (Assam CA), Rashmi Dey (Assam CA), Tanmayee Behera (OCA), Sushree Dibyadarshini (OCA), Titas Sahu (CAB), Saika Ishaque (CAB), Arti Kumari (JSCA), Mamta Paswan (JSCA), Priyanka Acharjee (TCA)
North East Zone:
Debasmita Dutta (C) (MECA), Nabam Yapu (VC) (ARCA), Kiranbala Haorungbam (MNCA), Lalrinfeli Pautu (CAM), Riticia Nongbet (MECA), Najmeen Khatun (WK) (NCA), Samayita Pradhan (SICA), Priyanka Kurmi (SICA), Vipeni (NCA), Nandika Kumari (SICA), Nabam Abhi (ARCA), Pranita Chettri (SICA), Solina Jaba (MECA), Primula Chettri (SICA), Ranjita Koijam (MNCA)
North Zone:
Shafali Verma (C) (HCA), Shweta Sehrawat (VC) (DDCA), Deeya Yadav (HCA), Ayushi Soni (DDCA), Taniya Bhatia (WK) (UTCA), SM Singh (HPCA), Bharti Rawal (DDCA), Bawandeep Kour (JKCA), Mannat Kashyap (PCA), Amandeep Kaur (HCA), Komalpreet Kour (PCA), Ananya Sharma (JKCA), Soni Yadav (DDCA), Nazma (DDCA), Nandini (UTCA)
West Zone:
Anuja Patil (C) (MHCA), Sayali Satghare (VC) (MCA), Poonam Khemnar (BCA), Dharani Thappetla (SCA), Tejal Hasabnis (MHCA), Saima Thakor (MCA), Humairaa Kazi (MCA), Ira Jadhav (MCA), Kiran Navgire (MHCA), Amrita Joseph (BCA), Kesha Patel (BCA), Arshia Dhariwal (GCA), Umeshwari Jethva (WK) (SCA), Simran Patel (GCA), Ishita Khale (MHCA)
South Zone:
Niki Prasad (C) (KSCA), Sabbineni Meghana (VC) (ACA), Kamalini G (WK) (TNCA), Vrinda Dinesh (KSCA), Yuvashri K (CAP), Asha Sobhana (KCA), Challuru Prathyusha (CAP), Pranavi Chandra (KCA), Sahana Pawar (KSCA), Sayali Anil Lonkar (CAP), Madiwala Mamatha (WK) (HYCA), Sajana Sajeevan (KCA), Monica Patel (KSCA), Shabnam Shakil (ACA), Anusha Sundaresan (TNCA)
