Team India name squads for ODI, T20I series against Australia: After convincingly defeating Australia in the one-off test match, the Indian women’s team will now have a go at Australia in the game’s shorter formats. Team India will take on Australia in a three-match ODI series followed by as many games T20I series, the squads for which have also been announced by the BCCI.
Harmanpreet Kaur will lead both the ODI and T20I squads, while Smriti Mandhana will act as her deputy. All the regular players are available for selection which makes the competition even better.
The likes of Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Renuka Thakur and Deepti Sharma among others will be seen in action soon in the limited overs as well.
Notably, Team India will be high on confidence after registering two back-to-back wins in the one-off test matches against England and Australia respectively. First India (W) thumped England (W) by a massive 347 runs in the DY Patil Stadium in the one-off test match and then the hosts got better of the Australian women’s side by eight wickets to register a famous win.
However, the white-ball challenge will be different and the Indian team quickly needs to adjust to the shorter formats as well. In the last limited-over series, India faced a 2-1 defeat at the hands of England in the T20I series held earlier this month.
The India vs Australia (W) ODI series begins on December 28 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, meanwhile, the T20I series will be held at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai, starting on January 5. Below is the complete ODI and T20I schedule for India vs Australia women:
ODI Series
28 December, 1st ODI, Wankhede
30 December, 2nd ODI Wankhede
2 January, 3rd ODI, Wankhede
T20I Series
5 January, 1st T20I, DY Patil Stadium
7 January, 2nd T20I, DY Patil Stadium
9 January, 3rd T20I, DY Patil Stadium
India Squad for ODI, T20I series against Australia
ODI Squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana (vc), Yastika Bhatia (wk), Richa Ghosh (wk), Deepti Sharma, Shreyanka Patil, Mannat Kashyap, Amanjot Kaur, Renuka Singh Thakur, Titas Sadhu, Saika Ishaque, Pooja Vastrakar, Sneh Rana, Harleen Deol
T20I Squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana (vc), Pooja Vastrakar, Yastika Bhatia (wk), Richa Ghosh (wk), Deepti Sharma, Shreyanka Patil, Mannat Kashyap, Amanjot Kaur, Renuka Singh Thakur, Titas Sadhu, Saika Ishaque, Kanika Ahuja, Minnu Mani
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For more details head to ICC’s official website.
