Harmanpreet Kaur. Photo: Sportzpics for BCCI
Seasoned Jemimah Rodrigues and Pooja Vastrakar were on Thursday included in the Indian squads for the upcoming multi-format series against South Africa, depending on their fitness, while top batsman Priya Punia returned to the ODI squad.
The women’s selection committee announced the Indian squads for the upcoming assignments against South Africa with Harmanpreet Kaur as captain and Smriti Mandhana as her deputy.
“The selection of Jemimah Rodrigues and Pooja Vastrakar is subject to their suitability,” the BCCI said in a statement.
Punia last played for India in an ODI against Bangladesh in Mirpur last July. She is also part of the Test squad.
Left-arm spinner Saika Ishaque, who played for India after a successful WPL last year and also featured in the five-match T20I series against Bangladesh in April-May, has been kept on standby.
India will host the South African women’s cricket team from June 16 to July 9 for a multi-format series, including a Test match after almost a decade.
The series will consist of a Test, three ODIs and as many T20Is.
The one-day matches will be played in Bengaluru while the one-off Test and T20Is will be held in Chennai.
The two teams last played a Test in November 2014.
The ODIs are part of the ICC Women’s Championship.
The white-ball format matches were originally part of the ICC Future Tours Program (FTP) in late 2023, but had to be brought forward due to the 50-over Men’s ODI World Cup held in India last year.
India’s ODI squad for the three-match ODI series: Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues*, Richa Ghosh (WK), Uma Chetry (WK), Dayalan Hemalatha, Radha Yadav, Asha Sobhana, Shreyanka Patil, Saika Ishaque, Pooja Vastrakar*, Renuka Singh Thakur, Arundhati Reddy, Priya Punia
India’s Test squad for one-off Test: Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Shafali Verma, Shubha Satheesh, Jemimah Rodrigues*, Richa Ghosh (WK), Uma Chetry (WK), Deepti Sharma, Sneh Rana, Saika Ishaque, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Pooja Vastrakar*, Arundhati Reddy, Renuka Singh Thakur, Meghna Singh, Priya Punia
Indian squad for the three-match T20I series: Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Shafali Verma, Dayalan Hemalatha, Uma Chetry (WK), Richa Ghosh (WK), Jemimah Rodrigues*, Sajana Sajeevan, Deepti Sharma , Shreyanka Patil, Radha Yadav, Amanjot Kaur, Asha Sobhana, Pooja Vastrakar *, Renuka Singh Thakur, Arundhati Reddy
Standby: Saika Ishaque.
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First print: May 31, 2024 | 10:01 am IST