After a
successful tour of Sri Lanka, the Women in Blue will be packing their bags to
go to West Indies to play the ICC Women’s World T20 starting November 9. The swashbuckling
all-rounder Harmanpreet Kaur has been named as the captain of the Indian team
and will be assisted by the stylish southpaw Smriti Mandhana.
India squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (Capt), Smriti Mandhana (vc),
Mithali Raj, Jemimah Rodrigues, Veda Krishnamurthy, Deepti Sharma, Taniya Bhatia
(wk), Poonam Yadav, Radha Yadav, Anuja Patil, Ekta Bisht, Dayalan Hemalatha, Mansi Joshi,
Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy.
The Indian
outfit looks balanced in terms of batting and bowling. India fans will hope
that the spin twins Ekta Bisht and Poonam Yadav wreck havoc. The batting
line-up looks formidable on paper with a perfect blend of energy and
experience. Veteran Mithali Raj will be expected to shoulder the batting
responsibility. Young Jemimah will look to carry from where she left in Sri
Lanka.
India is
placed alongside Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, and Ireland in Group B in
the 10-team tournament. The Women in Blue will play their first fixture of the
T20 World Cup on November 9 against New Zealand.
Source: Jason Cairnduff/Reuters
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