India women to have preparatory camp in Visakhapatnam ahead of ODI WC

New Delhi, Aug 20 The India women’s cricket team is slated to have a week-long preparatory camp ahead of the ODI World Cup in Visakhapatnam. Sources have told IANS that players are likely to report to Visakhapatnam on August 24, with the camp to begin the day after.

IANS understands that the week-long camp will be there for the whole 15-member World Cup team and reserve players, though the day-to-day schedule is yet to be firmed up. “Those teams members who are in Australia for the ongoing ‘A’ tour may join the camp directly in Visakhapatnam after playing in four-day game,” further said sources.

Recently, the Harmanpreet Kaur-led team went through a ten-day preparatory camp at the BCCI Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Bengaluru to prepare for the Women’s ODI World Cup, starting on September 30.

The camp at CoE focused on strength and conditioning, match simulations, and skill-specific drills. The choice of Visakhapatnam as the venue for the upcoming week-long camp will suit the Indian team, considering the Harmanpreet Kaur-led side is slated to play two World Cup league stage games against South Africa and defending champions Australia on October 9 and 12, respectively.

On Wednesday, India announced its 15-member squad and five reserve players in a press conference by captain Harmanpreet and chief selector Neetu David at the BCCI HQ in Mumbai. In the squad, fast bowler Renuka Singh Thakur and all-rounder Amanjot Kaur were named in India's squad after overcoming their respective injuries.

Amanjot has been rested for the three-match ODI series against Australia leading up to the World Cup in order to manage the flare-up of a back issue, while Renuka is back after recovering from a stress fracture. Shafali Verma has missed out on selection, but is in India ‘A’ team for the World Cup warm-up games.

India will begin the eight-team tournament against co-hosts Sri Lanka on September 30. India have never won the Women’s ODI World Cup but have been runners-up in 2005 and 2017 editions.

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