T20 World Cup 2023: 33-year-old Shikha Pandey returned to the T20I squad for the primary time since October 2021. She is a part of the India squad for the premier showpiece occasion subsequent 12 months in South Africa.
New Delhi,UPDATED: Dec 29, 2022 14:30 IST
Shikha Pandey will add expertise to the T02 World Cup squad (AFP Photo)
By India Today Web Desk: Senior India quick bowler Shikha Pandey shared a photograph of a motivational wall poster that she had put up when she was dropped from the T20I squads. The 33-year-old earned a shock recall to the India squad for subsequent 12 months’s T20 World Cup for Women in South Africa after having not performed for India since October 2021.
The BCCI introduced a 15-woman squad which will likely be led by Harmanpreet Kaur. Shikha Pandey will add loads of expertise to the squad because the 33-year-old will lead a tempo assault that additionally has Renuka Singh, Anjali Sarvani and Pooja Vastrakar, who has been added to the squad, topic to health.
Shikha Pandey, who has picked up 40 wickets in 56 T20Is, has pressured her approach into the squad after a string of constant home performances. Shikha had picked up 9 wickets within the Women’s Senior One-Day Trophy in 2021, together with a 4-wicket haul however she was constantly neglected for the senior nationwide group. In the recently-concluded T20 Challenger Trophy, Shikha picked up solely 2 wickets in 4 matches however the senior pacer has discovered a approach again into the aspect so as to add expertise to the group.
Shikha took to social media on Thursday to share a poster that she had put as much as inspire herself throughout the lean patch in her profession.
“I had put this small poster up on my bedroom wall in February as an affirmation. My heart is filled with gratitude for everyone who stood by me this gone year and I am truly humbled by all your wishes. Hard work continues,” Shikha wrote, sharing the picture of the wall poster.
I had put this small poster up on my bed room wall in February as an affirmation.âš¡ï¸
My coronary heart is stuffed with gratitude for everybody who stood by me this gone 12 months and I’m really humbled by all of your needs.ðŸ™ðŸ¾
Hard work continues.💪🾠#Blessed pic.twitter.com/XfbjdEwxSu
— Shikha Pandey (@shikhashauny) December 29, 2022
Wicketpeeper-batter Sushma Verma additionally returned to the squad, coming again to the senior nationwide group for the primary time since March 2021.
INDIA SQUAD FOR WOMEN’S T20 WORLD CUP
Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana, Yastika Bhatia (wicketkeeper), Jemimah Rodrigues, Harleen Deol, Deepti Sharma, Devika Vaidya, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Radha Yadav, Renuka Thakur, Meghna Singh, Anjali Sarvani, Sushma Verma (wicketkeeper), Amanjot Kaur, Pooja Vastrakar, S Meghana, Sneh Rana, Shikha Pandey.
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Dec 29, 2022
