The Indian women’s cricket team will be led by Harmanpreet Kaur in the Twenty20 International series against West Indies, the Board of Control for Cricket in India announced on Saturday. Kaur replaces Mithali Raj, who will remain in charge of the one-day squad for the West Indies tour starting in Vijaywada on November 10. Kaur will also lead the team for the Asia Cup ODIs in Thailand from November 27.
After India’s poor showing at the Women’s World T20 at home earlier this year, and with the World Cup 2017 in England around the corner, the selectors are ringing in many changes to the side.
Maharashtra’s 19-year-old all-rounder Devika Vaidya is set to make her ODI debut, along with West Bengal’s Sukanya Parida. Vaidya was among the top run-scorers during the Senior Women’s One-Day League. She and Parida were also a part of the Challenger Trophy-winning team India Red.
India Women ODI squad: Mithali Raj (captain), Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, MD Thirushkamini, Mona Meshram, Veda Krishnamurthy, Devika Vaidya, Sushma Verma (wicketkeeper), Jhulan Goswami, Shikha Pandey, Sukanya Parida, Poonam Yadav, Ekta Bisht, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Deepti Sharma.
India Women T20I squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana, Mithali Raj, Meghana S, Vanitha VR, Anuja Patil, Deepti Sharma, Nuzhat Parween (wicketkeeper), Ekta Bisht, Poonam Yadav, Preeti Bose, Veda Krishnamurthy, Jhulan Goswami, Shikha Pandey, Mansi Joshi.
India Women ODI squad for Asia Cup: Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana, Mithali Raj, Meghana S, Vanitha VR, Anuja Patil, Veda Krishnamurthy, Sushma Verma (wicketkeeper), Nuzhat Parween (wicketkeeper), Poonam Yadav, Ekta Bisht, Preeti Bose, Jhulan Goswami, Shikha Pandey, Manasi Joshi.