DESCRIPTION:
* Two players from Odisha have been selected to represent different teams in the above-mentioned tournament.
* Madhusmita Behera and Sushree Pradhan are the two from Odisha who have been included in the India Red and India Green (Under-19) teams respectively.
* Surprisingly Madhuri Meheta, Rasanara Parwin and Swagatika Rath, the three internationals from the state failed to find a berth in any of the teams for the Challenger Trophy.
* The Challenger Trophy is being arranged in preparation for New Zealand’s tour of India in June-July 2015.
INDIA RED: Smriti Mandhana (Captain), Shikha Pandey, Poonam Raut, Latika Kumari, Sneha Morey, Madhusmita Behera, Kalpana R, Sneh Rana, Meghna S, Snehal Pradhan, S Shubhlakshmi, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Poonam Yadav.
INDIA BLUE: Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain), Thirushkamini MD, Paramita Roy, Veda Krishnamurthy, Sarika Kohli, Rakshita K Kalegowda, Sushma Verma, Anuja Patil, Niranjana Nagarajan, Ananya Upendran, Kavita Patil, Ekta Bisht, Preeti Bose.
INDIA GREEN (U-19): Devika Vaidya (Captain), Deepti Sharma, Priya Punia, Divya Gnananand, Ramya Doli, Pushpa Kiresur, Jemimah Rodrigues, Ekta Singh, Tejal Hasabnis, Saika Ishaque, Pooja, Vastrakar, Sushree Pradhan, Tania Bhatia.
TOUR SCHEDULE:
June 14: India Blue vs India Red
June 15: India Blue vs India Green
June 16: India Red vs India Green
June 17: FINAL