India women’s cricket squad declared for the Australia tour

On Friday, the All India Women’s Selection Committee declared the Indian team that will go Down Under towards the end of this month to play three T20 internationals and three ODIs. India’s no.1 batswoman Mithali Raj will continue to lead the India eves and will have India’s premium pace bowler Jhulan Goswami as her deputy.

T20 squad: Mithali Raj (Capt.), Jhulan Goswami (Vice-Capt.), Smriti Mandhana, MD Thirushkamini, Harmanpreet Kaur, Veda Krishnamurthy, Shikha Pandey, Niranjana Nagarajan, Sushma Verma, Ekta Bisht, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Poonam Yadav, VR Vanitha, Anuja Patil

ODI squad: Mithali Raj (Capt.), Jhulan Goswami (Vice-Capt.), Smriti Mandhana, MD Thirushkamini, Harmanpreet Kaur, Veda Krishnamurthy, Shikha Pandey, Niranjana Nagarajan, Sushma Verma, Ekta Bisht, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Poonam Yadav, Poonam Raut, Sneh Rana, Kalpana R

Fixtures:

T20s

1^st T20: 26^th Jan, Adelaide Oval

2^nd T20: 29^th Jan, Melbourne

3^rd T20: 31^st Jan, Sydney

ODIs

1^st ODI: 2^nd Feb, Manuka Oval

2^nd ODI: 5^th Feb, Blundstone Arena

3^rd ODI: 7^th Feb, Blundstone Arena