Jhulan Goswami returns as BCCI announces India women's team squad for England tour
The squad for the Indian women's team's upcoming tour of England has been announced. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Friday announced the teams for both the white ball format. On the England tour, the Indian team is going to play the same number of ODIs in addition to the three T20I series and everyones eyes will be on the performance of the team led by Harmanpreet Kaur after the recent Silver Medal win in the Commonwealth Games.
Recently Indian team was successful in winning silver medal in Birmingham Commonwealth Games, cricket's first time in the event. Team India defeated England team in the semi-final match as well to progress through to the final. In such a situation, it can be said that the Indian team will perform better on the England tour. India had to face defeat against Australia in the final match of the Commonwealth Games though, confirming the silver medal.
Indian team's star performer with the ball in hand Renuka Thakur has been included in both the T20I and the ODI squad while Jhulan Goswami is back in the ODI fold.
Harmanpreet Kaur will be leading the team both the formats while star batsman Smriti Mandhana has been appointed her deputy for both the formats.
A total of 6 matches are to be played as part of the series. The first match of the series is to be played on the 10th of September in Chester-le-Street. The remaining two T20Is will be played on the 13th and the 15th of September.
The ODI series commences on the 18th of September and the other two matches are to be played on the 21st and on the 24th of September.
ODI Squad:
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Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Shafali Verma, S Meghana, Deepti Sharma, Taniyaa Bhatia (WK), Yastika Bhatia (WK), Pooja Vastrakar, Sneh Rana, Renuka Thakur, Meghna Singh, R Gayakwad, H Deol, D Hemalatha, Simran Dil Bahadur, Jhulan Goswami, J Rodrigues
T20I Squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain), Smriti Mandhana (Vice-captain), Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Jemimah Rodrigues, Sneh Rana, Renuka Thakur, Meghna Singh, Radha Yadav, Sabbineni Meghana, Taniyaa Sapna Bhatia (WK), Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Dayalan Hemalatha, Simran Dil Bahadur, Richa Ghosh (WK), K.P. Navgire
ODI Squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain), Smriti Mandhana (Vice-Captain), Shafali Verma, Sabbineni Meghana, Deepti Sharma, Taniyaa Sapna Bhatia (WK), Yastika Bhatia (WK), Pooja Vastrakar, Sneh Rana, Renuka Thakur, Meghna Singh, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Harleen Deol, Dayalan Hemalatha, Simran Dil Bahadur, Jhulan Goswami, Jemimah Rodrigues