Mithali to lead India against Aussies

“The All-India Women’s Selection Committee has named the India Women’s squad for the Paytm ODI series against Australia Women. The threematch series that will be held in Vadodara is part of the ICC Women s Championship (2017-2020),” BCCI acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary said. 

The Indian women’s team had a highly successful tour of South Africa as Mithali led the ODI side to a 2-1 win, while Harmanpreet Kaur guided a young squad to an emphatic 3-1 victory in a five-match T20 International series to complete a rare double. India will start the three-match series with the first one-dayer on March 12, followed by the second and third games on March 15 and Match 18 respectively at Vadodara.

“The ODI series will be followed by the T20I tri-series and the squad for the same will be named later,” BCCI said in a release.

The squad: Mithali Raj (Captain), Harmanpreet Kaur (vice-captain), Smriti Mandhana, Punam Raut, Jemimah Rodrigues, Veda Krishnamurthy, Mona Meshram, Sushma Verma (wicket-keeper), Ekta Bisht, Poonam Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Shikha Pandey, Sukanya Parida, Pooja Vastrakar, Deepti Sharma