IND Vs WI Women | BCCI announces unchanged squad
The BCCI has announced unchanged T20I and ODI squads for the eves' upcoming tour of the Caribbean that starts on November 1. Mithali Raj, who announced her retirement from T20Is recently, will lead the team in the home ODIs against South Africa and during the upcoming tour of West Indies.
India Women, who are currently playing a home series against South Africa, will play three ODIs in Antigua and five T20Is in St Lucia and Guyana next. India's tour will start from November 1 and will conclude on November 20. So far, in the home series, two out of five T20Is have been played and will be followed by three ODIs.
The squads named for the Windies tour are unchanged except one addition has been made in the form of Sushma Verma and it's a 16-member ODI squad for the three-match series beginning on November 1, whereas the home series has a 15-member squad.
Fifteen-year-old Shafali Verma has retained her place in the T20 side. Meanwhile, Mithali Raj will continue to lead the side in ODIs and Harmanpreet Kaur will remain captain the side in the t20Is.
Squads:
ODI squad: Mithali Raj (c), Harmanpreet Kaur (vc), Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Punam Raut, D Hemalatha, Jhulan Goswami, Shikha Pandey, Mansi Joshi, Poonam Yadav, Ekta Bisht, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Taniya Bhatia (wk), Priya Punia, and Sushma Verma.
T20I squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana (vc), Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Harleen Deol, Deepti Sharma, Taniya Bhatia (wk), Poonam Yadav, Radha Yadav, Veda Krishnamurthy, Anuja Patil, Shikha Pandey, Pooja Vastrakar, Mansi Joshi, and Arundhati Reddy.
The Indian side will play their third T20I against South Africa at Lalabhai Contractor Stadium in Surat on September 29.
