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Women’s Selection Committee announced 15 players for the ODI against Ireland. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur and fast bowler Renuka Thakur have been rested in the 3-match ODI series starting from January 10.
On Monday, BCCI said that Smriti Mandhana will captain the women’s team for this series. While all-rounder Deepti Sharma will be the vice-captain. All three ODI matches will be held at Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot.
Mandhana in great form Mandhana would like to continue her excellent form after performing brilliantly in both T20 and ODI against West Indies last month. Mandhana was the top scorer in T-20 against Caribbean Women by scoring 193 runs. He scored runs at an average of 64.33 and strike rate of 159.50.
In ODIs, she was the second highest run scorer after Harleen Deol. He scored 148 runs at a strike rate of 88.10 and an average of 49.33. Harleen, who returned to the Indian team after almost a year, would like to continue her excellent form. He scored his first ODI century against West Indies.
BCCI has not selected Shefali Verma for this series also. Pratika Rawal and Smriti Mandhana can be seen opening.
Clean sweep of West Indies In December, the Indian women’s team defeated West Indies 3-0 in the series. Indian women’s team will play 3 matches against Ireland on 10, 12 and 15 January.
Indian squad for three matches against Ireland: Smriti Mandhana (Captain), Deepti Sharma (Vice Captain), Pratika Rawal, Harleen Deol, Jemimah Rodrigues, Uma Chhetri (WK), Richa Ghosh (WK), Tejal Hassabnis, Raghvi Bist, Minnu Mani, Priya Mishra, Tanuja Kanwar, Titas Sadhu, Saima Thakor, Sayali Satghare. .