The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) announced a 6 team tournament to be played in Oman from 20 to 26 March 2022. The tournament called ‘2022 GCC Women’s Gulf Cup’ is an ICC-recognized tournament and all the matches will hold an international status. The 6 teams participating in the tournament are Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.
From the 6 teams, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia are all set to play their first-ever official international matches during this tournament. The other 4 teams namely Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates have previously participated in international fixtures.
The inaugural event of Gulf Cup was held in 2014 which was hosted by Oman and saw 4 teams (Oman, UAE, Kuwait, and Qatar) participating in it. UAE went on to defeat Kuwait by 49 Runs to lift the inaugural trophy of the Gulf Cup.
In 2015, Qatar hosted the tournament and UAE went on to defeat the hosts Qatar by 5 Wickets to retain the trophy.
In the 2016 edition, the tournament also saw guest teams from Kenya, Malaysia, Uganda participate along with the UAE, Oman, Kuwait, and Qatar and it was played at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. Kenya won the title beating UAE by 5 Wickets in the Final.
The tournament was then on hold for almost 6 years from 2017 onwards.
The 2022 GCC Women’s Twenty20 Championship Cup is the 4th event and will see 6 teams competing for the coveted title.
Here are the squads for all 6 teams.
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Bahrain National Women’s Cricket Team
Tharanga Gajanayake (c)
Vilcita Barboza
Deepika Bhaskara
Gayani Fernando
Rasika Hathadurage (wk)
Prajna Jagdeesha
Sachini Jayasinghe
Swarna Nunna
Shashikala Prakash
Deepika Rasangika
Rasika Rodrigo
Asha Samildeen
Pavithra Shetty
Abeera Waris
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Kuwait National Women’s Cricket Team
Amna Tariq (c)
Maryyam Ashraf
Aakriti Bose (wk)
Venora D’Souza
Siobhan Gomez
Mariamma Hyder
Iqra Ishaq
Maria Jasvi
Zeefa Jilani
Khadija Khalil
Priyada Murali
Maryam Omar
Balasubramani Shanti
Rida Zainab
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Oman National Women’s Cricket Team
Vaishali Jesrani (c)
Fiza (vc)
Afida Afthab
Nayan Anil
Saya Channa
Amanda Dcosta
Nikhita Jagadish
Kashish Jayawant
Sameera Khan
Priyanka Mendonca
Snehal Nair
Sushanthika Sathiya
Bhakti Shetty
Sakshi Shetty (wk)
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Qatar National Women’s Cricket Team
Aysha (c)
Hiral Agarwal
Shahreen Bahadur
Manjiri Bawane
Sneha Chandnani
Saachi Dhadwal
Rizpha Bano Emmanuel (wk)
Khadija Imtiaz
Trupti Kale
Aleena Khan
Angeline Mare
Sabeeja Panayan
Kerry Pounsett
Rochelle Quyn
Shrutiben Rana
Aisha Rahman
Fatima Saeed
Sharon Williams
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Saudi Arabia National Women’s Cricket Team
Cheryl Sewsunker (c)
Najwa Akram
Mah Noor Amir
Emaan Ejaz
Zoha Irfan
Amna Khan
Maira Khan
Khazaima
Abeer Maryam
Simrah Mirza
Ruba Rashid (wk)
Rida Syeda
Saba Ali Syeda
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United Arab Emirates National Women’s Cricket Team
Chaya Mughal (c)
Samaira Dharnidharka
Kavisha Egodage
Mahika Gaur
Siya Gokhale
Lavanya Keny
Suraksha Kotte
Vaishnave Mahesh
Indhuja Nandakumar
Esha Oza
Rinitha Rajith
Rithika Rajith
Theertha Satish (wk)
Khushi Sharma
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