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India Women announce squads for Australia tour; Gayakwad returns, Veda Krishnamurthy misses out

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The Indian women's team squads have been announced for the upcoming tour of Australia where they are scheduled to play three ODIs, three T20Is and one Test against the hosts.

Veteran batter Mithali Raj has been continued as the leader of the ODI and Test side while her deputy in those formats—Harmanpreet Kaur has been retained as the skipper of the T20I side.

Prominent faces such as Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues all have been retained in the squads but there was no return for Veda Krishnamurthy.

Left-arm spinner Rajeshwari Gaikwad, who missed the last tour of England earlier this year has returned to both squads while Ekta Bisht, who missed out from a BCCI central contract but toured England has been retained for the tour of Australia as well.

They have also handed maiden call ups to three players in Railways’ medium-pacer Meghna Singh, Baroda left-hand batter Yastika Bhatia for all three formats while Himachal Pradesh’s 25-year-old pace-bowling allrounder Renuka Singh has been included in the T20I squad. 

India Women’s squad for Test & ODI series

Mithali Raj (Captain), Harmanpreet Kaur (vice-captain), Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Punam Raut, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Sneh Rana, Yastika Bhatia, Taniya Bhatia (wicket-keeper), Shikha Pandey, Jhulan Goswami, Meghna Singh, Pooja Vastrakar, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Poonam Yadav, Richa Ghosh, Ekta Bisht.

India Women’s T20I squad

Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain), Smriti Mandhana (vice-captain), Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Sneh Rana, Yastika Bhatia, Shikha Pandey, Meghna Singh, Pooja Vastrakar, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Poonam Yadav, Richa Ghosh (wicket-keeper), Harleen Deol, Arundhati Reddy, Radha Yadav, Renuka Singh Thakur.



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