Harmanpreet, India's T20I skipper, will be part of the Manchester Originals while Mandhana has been signed up by Southern Brave.
Indian Women's team star player, Jemimah Rodrigues took to twitter to send out our heart-felt note after unveiling of India's Test jersey for the upcoming tour of England.
Former England woman cricketer Isa Guha wants a players' association for Indian women cricketers after British newspaper The Telegraph reported that Indian cricket board hasn't paid prize money due to them for T20 World Cup in 2020. Harmanpreet Kaur-led India had reached the final of the tournament.
The Indian national women's cricket team will travel to Australia for a Pink Ball test.
BCCI retained 19 players in total, with T20 International (T20I) captain Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana and Poonam Yadav given the top contract.
The women cricketers have been asked to arrange a COVID test themselves and bring the report, only then they will be given entry in the bio-bubble.
In a surprise move last week, former off-spinner Ramesh Powar replaced WV Raman as India's women's team's head coach.
Former Australian women's team captain Lisa Sthalekar has claimed that the BCCI neither checked on Veda Krishnamurthy after the twin tragedies in her family nor communicated to the bereaved India cricketer its decision to not consider her for the upcoming tour of England.
Veda also urged everyone to not let their guard down and follow all safety precautions in order to curb the spread of COVID-19.
The 17-year-old had grabbed the top position for the first time after helping her side reach the knockout phase of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup last year in Australia.