With more than a month till the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025, the Indian women’s cricket squad will gather in Visakhapatnam for a week-long conditioning camp beginning on August 25.
India will play two important matches at the ACA-VDCA Stadium in Visakhapatnam, against South Africa on October 9 and Australia on October 12. Notably, only three players in the current squad, Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, and Sneh Rana, had previous experience playing at this venue, back in 2014. With the majority of the team unfamiliar with the venue’s conditions, the camp is believed to be critical for acclimatisation and strategy development.
Notably, the training sessions were previously scheduled for Bengaluru. However, due to the Karnataka State Cricket Association’s inability to obtain police clearance for matches at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, the camp was moved to Visakhapatnam.
Camp to conclude two intra-squad games
The camp will feature all members of India’s World Cup squad, including reserves and India A players chosen for warm-up fixtures. Over the course of the week, the focus will be on skill-based training, fine-tuning match strategies, and adapting to the playing conditions at Vizag. The camp will conclude with two intra-squad day-night practice matches.
This training is part of India’s roadmap leading into the World Cup. After the Visakhapatnam camp, the Women in Blue will travel to New Chandigarh for a three-match ODI series against Australia starting September 16. The first two games will be played at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, while the final ODI is scheduled at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi.
Following the ODI series, India will return to Bengaluru for two official World Cup warm-ups, against England on September 25 and New Zealand on September 27. Meanwhile, the tournament kicks off on September 30, with India facing Sri Lanka in their opening clash in Guwahati. The India-Pakistan fixture will follow on October 5 in Colombo, before the team returns to Vizag for their double-header against South Africa and Australia.
India’s squad for ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup:
Harmanpreet Kaur (c), 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), Sneh Rana
Standby players:
Tejal Hasabnis, Prema Rawat, Priya Mishra, Uma Chetry (wk), Minnu Mani, Sayali Satghare
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