IPL Challenge squads named... but no place for Australians due to WBBL clash

Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana and Mithali Raj will captain the three sides in the competition - Supernovas, Trailblazers and Velocity - which include a number of international stars

Australia's world-conquering women's cricketers will not feature in the IPL Challenge tournament in November.

A clash with the WBBL, which is due to run from October 25 to November 29 in Sydney, is to blame for many of the game's leading players being absent from the four-match IPL event.

Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana and Mithali Raj will captain the three sides in the competition - Supernovas, Trailblazers and Velocity - which include a number of international stars.

England are represented by the world's premier spin bowler, Sophie Ecclestone who is part of the Trailblazers squad, while Dani Wyatt features for Velocity.

Deandra Dottin of West Indies, Sri Lankan star Chamari Atapattu, South Africa's Sune Luus and Aussie Leigh Kasperek will all play a part.

The teams were picked by a selection committee, not via an auction.

The Women's IPL Challenge is set to take place in the UAE between November 4 and 9.

Women's IPL Challenge squads

Supernovas: Harmanpreet Kaur, Jemimah Rodrigues, Chamari Atapattu, Priya Punia, Anuja Patil, Radha Yadav, Taniya Bhatia, Shashikala Siriwardene, Poonam Yadav, Shakera Selman, Arundhati Reddy, Pooja Vastrakar, Ayushi Soni, Ayabonga Khaka, Muskan Malik

Trailblazers: Smriti Mandhana, Deepti Sharma, Punam Raut, Richa Ghosh, D. Hemalatha, Nuzhat Parween, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Harleen Deol, Jhulan Goswami, Simaran Dil Bahadur, Salma Khatun, Sophie Ecclestone, Natthakan Chantham, Deandra Dottin, Kashvee Gautam

Velocity: Mithali Raj, Veda Krishnamurthy, Shafali Verma, Sushma Verma, Ekta Bisht, Mansi Joshi, Shikha Pandey, Devika Vaidya, Sushree Dibyadarshini, Manali Dakshini, Leigh Kasperek, Danielle Wyatt, Sune Luus, Jahanara Alam, M. Anagha