Twelve overseas players – four in each side – from Australia, England, South Africa, West Indies, Bangladesh and Thailand will feature in the competition, which returns after 2020.
Thailand’s Natthakan Chantham, who impressed with her fielding skills in the last edition, will don the Velocity purple this time, moving from Trailblazers much like captain Deepti. Deandra Dottin and Hayley Matthews complete the West Indian contingent while Salma Khatun and Sharmin Akter make it from Bangladesh.
Nagaland’s Kiran Navgire, who made a record unbeaten 162 during the Senior Women’s T20 Trophy last month and finished with most runs, finds a spot in the squad as do Maharashtra’s Aarti Kedar and Odisha’s Sujata Mallik, who were the top two in the wickets charts.
Veda Krishnamurthy, Anuja Patil, Nuzhat Parween, Kashvee Gautam, Murali Anagha are some of the names, who were part of the last season but miss out this time.
Defending champions Trailblazers will take on Supernovas in the opening match with Supernovas then playing the afternoon fixture against Velocity the next day in the week-long competition which has the round-robin format followed by the final.
Supernovas: Harmanpreet Kaur (capt), Taniya Bhatia (vice-capt), Alana King, Ayush Soni, Chandu V, Deandra Dottin, Harleen Deol, Meghna Singh, Monica Patel, Muskan Malik, Pooja Vastrakar, Priya Punia, Rashi Kanojia, Sophie Ecclestone, Suné Luus, Mansi Joshi
Trailblazers: Smriti Mandhana (capt), Poonam Yadav (vice-capt), Arundhati Reddy, Hayley Matthews, Jemimah Rodrigues, Priyanka Priyadarshini, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Renuka Singh, Richa Ghosh, S Meghana Saiqa Ishaque, Salma Khatun, Sharmin Akhter, Sophia Dunkley, Sujata Mallik, Shradda Pokharkar
Velocity: Deepti Sharma (capt), Sneh Rana (vice-capt), Shafali Verma, Ayabonga Khaka, Kiran Navgire, Kate Cross, Keerthi James, Laura Wolvaardt, Maya Sonawane, Natthakan Chantham, Radha Yadav, Aarti Kedar, Shivali Shinde, Simran Bahadur, Yastika Bhatia, Pranavi Chandra
- May 23 – Trailblazers vs Supernovas
- May 24 – Supernovas vs Velocity
- May 26 – Velocity vs Trailblazers
- May 28 – Final