BCCI announces Indian women squad for England tour

Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announces Indian women squad for England tour

The Indian Women’s Cricket Team has been announced for the England tour. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Senior Selection Committee for Women announced the Test, ODI, and T20 squad going on a tour of England.

The Indian team will play the first Test match on this tour after a gap of 8 years and for this, the team has been given the command of the most experienced batter Mithali Raj. Mithali will also take charge of the ODI team. At the same time, this responsibility in the T20 team will be on the shoulders of star all-rounder Harmanpreet Kaur. The most important name in this selection is the young opener Shafali Verma, who has also got a place in the ODI and Test team for the first time. Apart from these, fast bowler, Shikha Pandey has also returned to the team.

The Indian team last played a Test match against South Africa in 2013. The tour will begin with the only Test match in Bristol on 16 June. Then, the ODI series will begin 8 days later. 3 one-day matches will be played on the tour. At the same time, the series of 3 T20 matches will start from 9 July. The Indian team will leave for Britain along with the men’s team on 2 June. According to reports, the entire team is to unite in Mumbai on 25 May. This will be the first tour of the new term of the new coach of the team, Ramesh Powar.

Shafali Verma will debut in Test and ODI, Shikha-Taniya returns

The most special thing in this team is that the mistakes made against the team selection against South Africa have been rectified. In the ODI and T20 series held in March, Shikha Pandey and Taniya Bhatia were not selected in any team. At the same time, opener Shafali Verma was not given a place in the ODI. Due to such decisions of the selection committee, there were a lot of controversies and the then coach WV Raman expressed his displeasure. Now even though Raman’s term is over, the selection committee is left to repeat the mistakes.

17-year-old Shafali Verma, the world’s number one T20 batter, has got a place in the ODI team for the first time. The ODI and Test team are the same. In such a situation, it is being hoped that she can be seen opening in Test matches also. On the other hand, Shikha Pandey and Taniya Bhatia have also been selected for all three formats.

Apart from these, 27-year-old spin bowling-allrounder Sneh Rana has returned to the team after 5 years. she last played ODI and T20 matches in February 2016.

At the same time, Jharkhand’s 23-year-old wicketkeeper-batter Indrani Roy has got a place in the Indian team for the first time.

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India’s Senior Women squad for Test & ODI :

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

India’s Senior Women squad for T20I :

Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain) Smriti Mandhana (vice-captain), Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Richa Ghosh, Harleen Deol, Sneh Rana, Taniya Bhatia (wicket-keeper), Indrani Roy (wicket-keeper), Shikha Pandey, Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Poonam Yadav, Ekta Bisht, Radha Yadav, Simran Dil Bahadur.

Schedule

S.No.	Date	Matches	Venue
1	16 – 19 June	Test Match	Bristol
2	27 June	1st ODI	Bristol
3	30 June	2nd ODI	Taunton
4	03 July	3rd ODI	Worcester
5	09 July	1st T20I	Northants
6	11 July	2nd T20I	Hove
7	15 July	3rd T20I	Chelmsford