Allrounders Pooja Vastrakar and Sneh Rana will miss the five-match T20I sequence in opposition to Australia at residence beginning December 10. While the BCCI launch saying the squad stated Vastrakar was unavailable resulting from an unspecified damage, it gave no motive for Rana’s absence.
There was additionally a maiden nationwide call-up for the Railways left-arm seamer Anjali Sarvani, who was the main wicket-taker within the Inter-State Women’s T20s, with 17 wickets at a median of 5.70 and an financial system price of 3.34, and the joint-leading wicket-taker within the Inter-Zonal T20s, with 10 wickets at 10.80 and 4.50.
Also forcing her manner again into nationwide competition eight years after she performed her solely T20I used to be allrounder Devika Vaidya. The 25-year-old had earlier been half of the nationwide squad for the T20 World Cup in 2018 however did not get a sport. She most not too long ago performed for India throughout a house ODI sequence in opposition to England in April 2018.
Vaidya is primarily a batter however provides the staff some flexibility together with her potential to chip in with legspin. In the Inter-State T20s, she scored 130 runs in 5 innings at a median of 32.50 and a strike price of 109.24, aside from choosing up six wickets.
With India seemingly persevering with to concentrate on grooming younger quick bowlers, Shikha Pandey misses out regardless of a powerful show within the Inter-State T20s, the place she picked up 11 wickets at a median of 10.90 and an financial system price of 4.28. The tempo assault shall be spearheaded by Renuka Thakur, who could have Meghna Singh and Sarvani for firm.
With Rana absent, in all probability resulting from a niggle – she picked up seven wickets in six video games in the course of the Women’s Asia Cup, India’s most up-to-date T20I project – the squad comprises three spin-bowling regulars – allrounders Deepti Sharma and Radha Yadav in addition to left-arm spinner Rajeshwari Gayakwad.
Yastika Bhatia will in all probability be the back-up wicketkeeper to Richa Ghosh. Batters D Hemalatha and Kiran Navgire, who featured in the course of the Asia Cup, have been left out.
Monika Patel, Arundhati Reddy, SB Pokharkar and Simran Bahadur have been referred to as up as web bowlers.
The five-match sequence starting December 10 shall be performed solely in Mumbai. The DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai will host the primary two video games, earlier than the sequence shifts to the Brabourne Stadium, a venue the place Australia lifted the 50-overs World Cup in 2013.
