After successfully hosting the KCA Men’s T20 tournament, Kerala Cricket Association has come up with a similar T20 competition for women cricketers as well.
The tournament will have five teams namely – Team Ruby, Team Sapphire, Team Amber, Team Pearl, and Team Emerald. Each team will play eight league games against each other before taking part in the semi-final and the grand finale.
Sanatana Dharma College Ground in Alappuzha will act as host for the five-team tournament. The competition starts on March 27 and ends on April 8.
KCA Pink T20 Challengers 2021 Squads
Team Ruby
Jayalekshmi Dev (WK), Sreekrishna Haridas, Jilu George, TP Ajanya, Akshaya A, Drishya, Aswathymol AJ, Soniya Babu, Mrudhula VS, S Gayathri, Ragi Mohan, Nithuna K R, Shani T Sasidharan (C), Gopika Gayathri Devi, Najla C M C, Aleena Ann Joy, Anaswara Santosh
Team Sapphire
CK Maneesha (WK), Siha Santosh, S Sajana (C), Farha Shirin, Alka A Suresh, PT Nandini, Sandra Suren, Aparna KK, Bhoomika HU, Rajan Anju, Renjusha, Arathi Ravi, AK Aiswarya, M Aswathy, Vinaya Surendran, K S Sayoojya, J Chilthanya
Team Amber
Aleena MP, Aleena Surendran, Ansu Sunil, Arya Baby, Binisha V, Devika Krishna Kumar, Athira Sanal, Jincy George (C), Sruthi TP, Abina M (WK), Deepthi JS, Sneha KR, Anusree Anilkumar, Diya Gireesh, Joshitha VJ, Sraya Roy, Yadhu Priya
Team Emerald
Biby Sebastin, Divya Ganesh, Feba Fatim, Steffi Stanly, Aiswarya M, Anushka CV, Devisree Hari, Malavika Sabu, Minnu Mani (C), Vaishna MP (WK), Aiswarya R, Aneena Mathew, Jipsa Joseph, Keziah Miriam Sabin, Manasvi Potti, Nithya Loordh, Saraswathi Unni Amit
Team Pearl
Akhil Ponnukuttan, Aleena Shibu, Bhadra Parameswaran, Drishna NK, Drishya Devan, Jisna Joseph, Sooya Sukumar, B Souparnika, Keerthi James (C), Yuvanthika R, Aswathy Baby (WK), Maria George, Darsana Mohanan, Jisha Jaimon, Nandana, Sneha M, Sourabhya Balan