Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India]: The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Friday revealed the Indian women’s team for the upcoming five-match T20I series against Australia.
India will certainly play their initial T20I match versus Australia on December 9 at the D.Y. Patil Arena while the second match will certainly take place on December 11 at the very same place. Both teams will certainly carry on to the Brabourne Arena for the third, 4th as well as fifth T20I which will certainly be held on December 14, 17 and 20 respectively. Harmanpreet Kaur will certainly lead the 15-member squad while star batter Smriti Mandhana would play the duty of her deputy. India will certainly head right into the collection with 2 wicketkeepers Yastika Bhatia and also Richa Ghosh.
The D.Y. Patil Stadium as well as the CCI in Mumbai will certainly host the T20I collection versus Australia.
The usual suspects, like Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verman, as well as Deepti Sharma, have actually made the cut. Rewriter Rajeshwari Gaikwad’s name appears on the checklist too.
Pooja Vastrakar had been eliminated from the series due to injury as well as was not considered for choice.
“Monika Patel, Arundhati Reddy, SB Pokharkar and also Simran Bahadur have actually been chosen as net bowlers. Pooja Vastrakar is eliminated owing to an injury as well as was not considered for option,” BCCI stated in a declaration.
With the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 rapid coming close to, the five-match task will certainly be crucial for both India and also Australia in finding the appropriate combination for the marquee competition.
India’s team for T20I series against Australia: Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain), Smriti Mandhana (vice-captain), Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia (wicket-keeper), Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Radha Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Renuka Singh Thakur, Meghna Singh, Anjali Sarvani, Devika Vaidya, S Meghana, Richa Ghosh (wicket-keeper) and Harleen Deol.
