India Women’s squads for the tour of England announced

Team India announced 18-member Test & ODI squad along with 17-member T20I squad for the India Women’s Tour of England. 17-year-old Shafali Varma earned her maiden call up to ODI and Test squad.

Ramesh Powar has been named the head coach of the team replacing WV Raman. Powar last coached the Indian national team in 2018 when he had a bitter falling out with Mithali Raj over her exclusion from the T20 World Cup semis playing 11.

The ODI and Test Squad is led by veteran cricketer Mithali Raj while the T20I squad is led by Harmanpreet Kaur. Harmanpreet Kaur will be the deputy for Mithali Raj in Test and ODIs while opener Smriti Mandhana is named as the vice-captain for the T20Is.

All squads feature 2 wicket keepers in the form of Taniya Bhatia who is making her come back and Indrani Roy. Pacer Shikha Pandey who got omitted from the home series against South Africa makes her come back.

The tour is packed with 1 Test, 3 ODIs and T20Is. The only Test will kick start the tour on June 16.

Indian Women’s Test & ODI squad:

Mithali Raj (c), Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur (vc), Punam Raut, Priya Punia, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Sneh Rana, Taniya Bhatia (wk), Indrani Roy (wk), Jhulan Goswami, Shikha Pandey, Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Poonam Yadav, Ekta Bisht, Radha Yadav.

Indian Women’s T20I squad:

Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana (vc), Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Richa Ghosh, Harleen Deol, Sneh Rana, Taniya Bhatia (wk), Indrani Roy (wk), Shikha Pandey, Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Poonam Yadav, Ekta Bisht, Radha Yadav, Simaran Dil Bahadur.

India Women’s Tour of England Fixtures:

India will play England in the only Test at Bristol from June 16-19. The ODI series begins on June 27 at Bristol. The 2nd ODI is scheduled to take place at Taunton on June 30. The final ODI will be played at Worcester on July 3.

The T20 series will begin on July 9 at Northampton’s County Ground. The second T20I will take place at Hove on July 11 followed by the final match of the tour at Chelmsford on July 15.