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    Home / News / Sports News / Smriti Mandhana to lead India in WODI series against Ireland
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    Smriti Mandhana to lead India in WODI series against Ireland
    Harmanpreet Kaur has been rested for the series

    Smriti Mandhana to lead India in WODI series against Ireland

    By Parth Dhall
    Jan 06, 2025
    01:47 pm

    What's the story

    The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced that Smriti Mandhana will lead the Indian team in the upcoming three-match WODI series against Ireland at home.

    This comes as regular skipper Harmanpreet Kaur and bowler Renuka Singh Thakur are set to be rested for this series.

    The first match is scheduled to take place on January 10 in Rajkot.

    Player updates

    India to miss services of Harmanpreet, Renuka 

    Harmanpreet is still recovering from a knee injury she suffered during last month's series against the West Indies at home. The injury saw her miss the last two WT20Is, however, she made a comeback for three WODIs.

    Renuka, who was named Player of the Series in the WODIs after taking 10 wickets from three games, is being rested to manage her workload after previous back pain issues.

    Team changes

    New faces and continued absences in the squad

    Raghvi Bist and Sayali Satghare have been called up for the series against Ireland.

    Meanwhile, Arundhati Reddy, Shafali Verma, and Radha Yadav remain absent from the team.

    Bist made her WT20I debut recently in a series against the West Indies, while Satghare got her India call-up for WODIs against New Zealand in October last year but didn't get to play.

    Squad retention

    Pratika Rawal and Tanuja Kanwar retain their spots

    The likes of Pratika Rawal and Tanuja Kanwar, who made their India debuts in the West Indies WODIs in Vadodara, have retained their spots for the Ireland series.

    Notably, Mandhana had previously stepped in as captain, when Harmanpreet was sidelined during the last two WT20Is against West Indies.

    The squad also includes Deepti Sharma (vice-captain), Pratika Rawal, Harleen Deol, and Jemimah Rodrigues among others.

    Information

    A look at India Women's squad

    Squad: Smriti Mandhana (captain), Deepti Sharma (vice-captain), Pratika Rawal, Harleen Deol, Jemimah Rodrigues, Uma Chetry (wicket-keeper), Richa Ghosh (wicket-keeper), Tejal Hasabnis, Raghvi Bist, Minnu Mani, Priya Mishra, Tanuja Kanwer, Titas Sadhu, Saima Thakor, and Sayali Satghare.

    Series significance

    Ireland's first-ever bilateral tour to India

    The WODI series between Ireland and India is part of the 2022-2025 Future Tours Program (FTP).

    This will be Ireland Women's first-ever bilateral tour of India and their first series against each other since 2006.

    So far, Ireland have lost all 12 WODIs against India. Their last encounter was in the 2023 ICC T20 World Cup, where India emerged victorious by five runs.

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