Jasia Akhtar of Jammu and Kashmir will be a part of the first mini women's Indian Premier League (IPL) this year. The Women's T20 challenge will take place at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur from May 6 to May 11. 

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Jasia, who hails from Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir, currently represents Punjab women’s cricket team. 

Jasia revealed that she received a call from the BCCI on April 24 and that she has been told to join the team on May 2. Jasia will represent Trailblazers, led by Indian batswoman Smriti Mandhana, in the first women's IPL. 

Meanwhile, Harmanpreet Kaur and Mithali Raja will lead the other two teams--Supernovas and Velocity, respectively.

India's best women cricketers will be joined by international players from England, New Zealand, West Indies, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in a four-match tri-series.

While Indian women's cricket team coach WV Raman will coach the Supernovas, the Trailblazers and Velocity will be coached by Biju George and former India captain Mamatha Maben, respectively.

Here are the three teams:

Supernovas: Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Anuja Patil, Arundhati Reddy, Chamari Athapaththu (Sri Lanka), Jemimah Rodrigues, Lea Tahuhu (New Zealand), Mansi Joshi, Natalie Sciver (England), Poonam Yadav, Priya Punia, Radha Yadav, Sophie Devine (New Zealand), Taniya Bhatia (wicketkeeper).

Trailblazers: Smriti Mandhana (captain), Bharti Fulmali, Dayalan Hemalatha, Deepti Sharma, Harleen Deol, Jasia Akhtar, Jhulan Goswami, R Kalpana (wicketkeeper), Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Shakera Selman (West Indies), Sophie Ecclestone (England), Stafanie Taylor (West Indies), Suzie Bates (New Zealand).

Velocity: Mithali Raj (captain), Amelia Kerr (New Zealand), Danielle Wyatt (England), Devika Vaidya, Ekta Bisht, Hayley Matthews (West Indies), Jahanara Alam (Bangladesh), Komal Zhanzad, Shafali Verma, Shikha Pandey, Sushma Verma (wicketkeeper), Sushree Dibyadarshini, Veda Krishnamurthy.