Mumbai 19 Aug : India on Friday announced the women’s ODI and T20I squads for the England tour that will begin on the 10th of September.The two teams will be helmed by Harmanpreet Kaur with senior fast bowler Jhulan Goswami resuming her role in the ODI squad.
The 39-year-old Goswami was absent from the trip of Sri Lanka in July amid speculation about her future international career.
In the meantime, Kiran Navgire – the batter from Maharashtra who plays for Nagaland who made an impact at the national level as well as in the women’s T20 Challenge earlier this year she was first called up to India’s T20I team.
However Jemimah Rodrigues who was disqualified of The Hundred in England with an injury to her wrist was included in both teams.
Wicketkeeper Richa Ghosh has returned to the T20I squad, but batter Yastika Bhatia, who played in the CWG 2022 final as a substitute for concussions, was not able to be included in the T20I squad, however she was kept in the ODI squad.
Allrounder Dayalan Hemalatha who last played in a T20I in 2019 was also called up to the team.She was also picked for the ODIs, in which her last appearance was the home venue against South Africa in 2021.
India will be playing three T20Is in England on September 10 13 and 15 before three T20Is on September 18, 21, and 24.
India T20I squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana (vc), Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Jemimah Rodrigues, Sneh Rana, Renuka Thakur, Meghna Singh, Radha Yadav, S Meghana, Taniya Bhatia (wk), R Gayakwad, D Hemalatha, Simran Dil Bahadur, Richa Ghosh (wk), Kiran Navgire
India ODI squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana (vc), Shafali Verma, Sabbhineni Meghana, Deepti Sharma, Taniya Bhatia (WK), Yastika Bhatia (wk), Pooja Vastrakar, Sneh Rana, Renuka Thakur, Meghna Singh, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Harleen Deol, D Hemalatha, Simran Dil Bahadur, Jhulan Goswami, Jemimah Rodrigues
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