On Friday, the BCCI announced the Indian women’s ODI and T20I squads for the upcoming tour of England which is comprised of a one-off Test match, 3 ODIs, and as many T20Is. The veteran Indian batter, Mithali Raj has been appointed as the captain of the Test and ODI squads with Harmanpreet Kaur as her deputy.
The One-off Test is scheduled to commence on June 16 in Bristol while the first game of the 3-match ODI series will be played on June 27 at the same venue. However, the last two ODIs are scheduled to be played on June 30th and July 3rd in Taunton and Worcester respectively.
Teen batting sensation Shafali Verma and veteran fast bowler, Shikha Pandey have made it to all three squads after being ignored from the home series against South Africa.
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India’s Senior Women squad for Test & ODI: Mithali Raj (Captain), Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur (vice-captain), Punam Raut, Priya Punia, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Sneh Rana, Taniya Bhatia (wicket-keeper), Indrani Roy (wicket-keeper), Jhulan Goswami, Shikha Pandey, Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Poonam Yadav, Ekta Bisht, Radha Yadav.
India's Test & ODI squad:
Mithali Raj (C), Harmanpreet Kaur (VC), Smriti Mandhana, Punam Raut, Priya Punia, Deepti, Jemimah, Shafali, Sneh Rana, Taniya Bhatia (WK), Indrani Roy (WK), Jhulan Goswami, Shikha Pandey, Pooja Vastrakar, A. Reddy, Poonam Yadav, Ekta Bisht, Radha Yadav.
— BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) May 14, 2021
After the conclusion of the ODIs, the Indian women’s team will be locking horns with their English counterparts for a 3-match T20I rubber under the leadership of Harmanpreet Kaur. The opening match is scheduled to be played in Northants on July 9, while the next couple of games will be played on July 11 and 15, at Hove and Chelmsford respectively.
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India’s Senior Women squad for T20I: Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain) Smriti Mandhana (vice-captain), Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Richa Ghosh, Harleen Deol, Sneh Rana, Taniya Bhatia (wicket-keeper), Indrani Roy (wicket-keeper), Shikha Pandey, Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Poonam Yadav, Ekta Bisht, Radha Yadav, Simaran Dil Bahadur.
India's T20I squad:
Harmanpreet Kaur (C) Smriti Mandhana (VC), Deepti Sharma, Jemimah, Shafali, Richa Ghosh, Harleen, Sneh Rana, Taniya Bhatia (WK), Indrani Roy (WK), Shikha Pandey, Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Poonam Yadav, Ekta Bisht, Radha Yadav, Simaran Dil Bahadur.
— BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) May 14, 2021
Sneh Rana and Indrani earned their call-ups after their stellar performances in the National One Day competition. Indrani was rewarded for her string of scores which included 103 against Chattisgarh, 86 against Karnataka, and 49 against Railways in the final.
Rana on her part was the ‘Player of the Final’ for her all-around performance while playing for Indian Railways. The likes of Monica Patel, C Prathyusha have been dropped from the squad altogether.
