Ahuja, on the other hand, impressed with her finishing skills for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the WPL. She scored 155 runs in six outings in the Senior Women’s T20 Trophy, the second-most for Punjab behind Amanjot Kaur, at a strike rate of 107.63. She also starred in the final of the Emerging Teams Asia Cup with an unbeaten 30.
Harleen Deol was relegated to the standbys list while S Meghana, who did not play a game, was left out altogether.
Saika Ishaque, the Mumbai Indians left-arm spinner, as well as Chandigarh fast bowler Kashvee Gautam are also among the reserves, apart from Sneh Rana.
The women’s cricket competition will be held from September 19 to 28 at Zhejiang University of Technology Pingfeng Cricket Field.
India women squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (capt), Smriti Mandhana (vc), Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wk), Amanjot Kaur, Devika Vaidya, Anjali Sarvani, Titas Sadhu, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Minnu Mani, Kanika Ahuja, Uma Chetry (wk), Anusha Bareddy
Standby players: Harleen Deol, Kashvee Gautam, Sneh Rana, Saika Ishaque, Pooja Vastrakar