Harmanpreet Kaur named captain
India's Smriti Mandhana is the opening batter in the Women's World XI
IMAGE: India's Smriti Mandhana is the opening batter in the Women's World XI. Photograph: ICC/Twitter
India's batting star Harmanpreet Kaur was on Sunday named captain of the ICC Women's World Twenty20 XI, which also featured opener Smriti Mandhana and leg-spinner Poonam Yadav.
A selection panel comprising former players and commentators Ian Bishop, Anjum Chopra and Ebony Rainford-Brent, journalist Melinda Farrell and ICC's General Manager - Cricket, Geoff Allardice, picked up the team on the basis of the players' performances in the tournament, which concluded on Sunday with Australia winning the title.
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