BCCI announces India women's ODI squad for England series

The All-India Women’s Selection Committee on Monday named a 15-member India squad for the upcoming three-match ODI series against England. All the matches of the series will be played in Nagpur. Mithali Raj will lead the team with Harmanpreet Kaur as the vice-captain. The matches are scheduled for 6th, 9th and 12th of April.

The touring English side will play a practice game against India A side on 3rd April in Nagpur before the series commences.The selection committee has also named a 14-member India A squad on Monday. The side will be captained by Deepti Sharma, as reported by TOI.

Earlier on Monday, India were knocked out of ongoing Twenty20 Tri-series after Australia handed the hosts their third successive defeat in Mumbai. In all the defeats, the common point for India remained their failure to take their momentum to the middle overs after solid opening partnerships. Their bowling too proved to be expensive against the batswomen of both sides.

Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur also went on to say, “We need fit players in the team and I would suggest this to the team management as well from next series.”With both England and Australia topping the table with four points each, the two sides are set to face England in the final summit clash.

India Women’s ODI squad: Mithali Raj (captain), Harmanpreet Kaur (vice-captain), Smriti Mandhana, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Dayalan Hemalatha, Veda Krishnamurthy, Devika Vaidya, Jhulan Goswami, Shikha Pandey, Pooja Vastrakar, Ekta Bisht, Poonam Yadav, Sushma Verma (wicket-keeper), Rajeshwari Gayakwad.

India A squad: Deepti Sharma (Captain), Jemimah Rodrigues, Devika Vaidya, Dayalan Hemalatha, Priya Punia, Anuja Patil, Mona Meshram, Sukanya Parida, Kavita Patil, Shanti Kumari, Tanushree Sarkar, Nuzhat Parween (wicket-keeper), Radha Yadav, TP Kanwar

Schedule (All matches to be played in Nappur )

Practice game: India A vs England on April 3, 2018

1st ODI: India vs England on April 6, 2018

2nd ODI: India vs England on April 9, 2018

3rd ODI: India vs England on April 12, 2018

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