The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced the 15-member women’s ODI and T20I squad for the upcoming India women’s tour of Sri Lanka, starting from September 11.
India Women will play three-match bilateral ODI series and five-match bilateral T20I series against the hosts Sri Lanka Women. The first three Women’s ODIs will be played on September 11, 13 and 16 respectively. The ODI series will be counted in the 2017–20 ICC Women’s Championship where India Women’s cricket team is currently at the sixth position with just four points while the Sri Lanka Women cricket team is currently at the last position (eighth position) without opening their points account.
Later, both teams will meet for the five-match T20I series that have been scheduled on September 19, 21, 22, 24 and 25 respectively.
Mithali Raj will lead the India Women’s ODI side while the ODI vice-captain Harmanpreet Kaur will lead the T20I side and Smriti Mandhana will take the charge of deputy captain during the T20I series.
Pacer Jhulan Goswami, who has just retired from the T20 cricket, will lead the ODI pace attack as usual.
Full Indian Women squad for the Women’s ODI series in Sri Lanka tour: Mithali Raj (captain), Harmanpreet Kaur (vice-captain), Smriti Mandhana, Punam Raut, Deepti Sharma, Dayalan Hemalatha, Jemimah Rodriguez, Veda Krishnamurthy, Tanya Bhatia (wicket-keeper), Ekta Bisht, Poonam Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Jhulan Goswami, Mansi Joshi and Shikha Pandey.
Full Indian Women squad for the Women’s T20I series in Sri Lanka tour: Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana (vice-captain), Mithali Raj, Veda Krishnamurthy, Jemimah Rodriguez, Deepti Sharma, Dayalan Hemalatha, Anuja Patil, Tanya Bhatia (wicket-keeper), Ekta Bisht, Poonam Yadav, Radha Yadav, Arundhati Reddy, Mansi Joshi and Shikha Pandey.
India Women’s tour of Sri Lanka 2018
(3-match Women’s ODI series – ICC Women’s Championship)
1st Women’s ODI: 11th September at Galle
2nd Women’s ODI: 13th September at Galle
3rd Women’s ODI: 16th September at Katunayake-MCG
(5-match Women’s T20I series)
1st Women’s T20I: 19th September at Katunayake-MCG
2nd Women’s T20I: 21st September at COLTS-Colombo
3rd Women’s T20I: 22nd September at Colombo-CCC
4th Women’s T20I: 24th September at Colombo-CCC
5th Women’s T20I: 25th September at Katunayake-MCG
