Star batsman Jemima Rodrigues was on Thursday dropped from the 15-man Indian ladies’s cricket group introduced for the ICC ODI World Cup to be held in New Zealand from March 4 to April 3.
Veteran Mithali Raj will lead the group with Harmanpreet Kaur as deputy. The facet additionally contains veteran Smriti Mandhana, Jhulan Goswami and younger Shafali Verma.
However, Rodrigues and all-rounder Shikha Pandey have been dropped as a result of lack of type. Rodrigues failed to attain double digits in all of the worldwide assignments she was part of over the past 12 months. Pandey has additionally been off color.
#teamindia Teams for ICC Women’s World Cup 2022 and New Zealand ODI:
Mithali Raj (C), Harmanpreet Kaur (VC), Smriti, Shafali, Yastika, Deepti, Richa Ghosh (WK), Sneh Rana, Jhulan, Pooja, Meghna Singh, Renuka Singh Thakur, Taniya (WK), Rajeshwari, Poonam. # CWC22 #NZvIND pic.twitter.com/UvvDuAp4Jg
— BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) 6 January 2022
The identical 14-man group may also take part within the limited-overs collection in opposition to New Zealand from February 9 to 24, which incorporates one T20 International and 5 ODIs.
Squad:
ICC Women’s World Cup 2022 and New Zealand ODIs: Mithali Raj (C), Harmanpreet Kaur (VC), Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (WK), Sneh Rana, Jhulan Goswami, Pooja Vastrakar, Meghna Singh, Renuka Singh Thakur, Taniya Bhatia (WK) ), Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Poonam Yadav.
Standby Player: Sabbhineni Meghana, Ekta Bisht, Simran Dil Bahadur.
The solely T20I in opposition to New Zealand: Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (WK), Sneh Rana, Pooja Vastrakar, Meghna Singh, Renuka Singh Thakur, Taniya Bhatia (WK), Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Poonam Yadav, Ekta Bisht, S Meghna, Simran Dil Bahadur.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
