BCCI Announce Women Squad for ODI series against England

The Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI) in India has announced the Women ODI squad for the home series against England. In fact, the India Women have named almost a similar squad which had traveled for the tour of New Zealand earlier in the year. The only change in the squad is the omission of all-rounder Dayalan Hemlatha.

Hemlatha had suffered a blow to her shoulder in the second T20I against the Kiwis which had forced her to retire hurt. In fact, Hamlatha had received her maiden call-up to the Indian squad for the series against New Zealand last year. However, she went on to make her debut against the Sri Lankan side.

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Furthermore, Hemlatha was not in the best of forms in the recent past. She could only manage 21 runs in four innings of the World T20. Moreover, she scored 13 runs from 32 balls in the only ODI match she played against New Zealand. However, India was able to clinch the ODI series by 2-1 but the lost the T20I series by 3-0.

Hemlatha is replaced by back-up wicketkeeper batswoman Ravi Kalpana. She made her debut in June 2015 however, the stumper hasn’t played for the national side since 2016.

India and England will lock horns with each other in three-match ODI series, which will be part of the ICC Women Championship. All the ODIs will take place at Wankhede Stadium on February 22, 25 and 28.

After the ODI series, both teams will take on each other in three-match T20I series. However, the squad of the T20I series is yet to be confirmed.

India ODI squad: Mithali Raj (Captain), Jhulan Goswami, Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur, Deepti Sharma, Taniya Bhatia (wicketkeeper), R Kalpana (wicketkeeper), Mona Meshram, Ekta Bisht, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Poonam Yadav, Shikha Pandey, Mansi Joshi, Punam Raut.