Young cricketers Pratika Raval and Tanuja Kanwar were included in India’s ODI squad for the first time on Friday while all-rounder Raghavi Bisht was also included in the country’s T20 squad for the six-match women’s ODI series against West Indies starting on December 15. Went.
India will start their campaign with three T20 matches against the Caribbean team which will be played on 15, 17 and 19 December at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai followed by ODI matches on 22, 24 and 27 December in Vadodara.
Pratika is an off-spinner and right-handed batsman while Tanuja is a left-arm slow bowler who has played four Women’s T20 matches. The Harmanpreet Kaur-led Indian team will be without out-of-form Shafali Verma, who was not in the squad for the recent three-match ODI series against Australia. India lost this series 0-3.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said in a statement on Friday that the names of Yastika Bhatia, Shreyanka Patil and Priya Punia were not considered as they are injured. All-rounder Raghavi from Uttarakhand was recently included in the T20 squad after her impressive performance for India A against Australia A where she scored three half-centuries in the ODIs.
Indian team for T20 International matches:
Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana (vice-captain), Nandini Kashyap, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Uma Chhetri (wicketkeeper), Deepti Sharma, Sajna Sajeevan, Raghavi Bisht, Renuka Singh Thakur, Priya Mishra, Titas Sadhu, Saima Thakor, Meenu Mani, Radha Yadav.
Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain), Smriti Mandhana (Vice-Captain), Pratika Rawal, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harleen Deol, Richa Ghosh (WK), Uma Chhetri (WK), Tejal Hassabnis, Deepti Sharma, Meenu Mani, Priya Mishra, Tanuja Kanwar, Titas Sadhu, Saima Thakor, Renuka Singh Thakur.