Rookie keeper-batter Indrani Roy gets maiden India call-up
Rookie wicketkeeper-batter Indrani Roy from Jharkhand was rewarded with maiden Test and ODI call-up for India's tour of England next month but senior left-arm spinner Rajeshwari Gayakwad missed out as she is recovering from COVID-19 and nursing an injury. The Neetu David-led selection panel made a course correction with teen batting sensation Shafali Verma and pacer Shikha Pandey making it to all three squads.
Sneh Rana called in; Swetha Verma missed out
"This time Neetu and her colleagues didn't go for any outrageous experiments. There was Swetha Verma of UP whose name was discussed but it was found that she hasn't even scored 200 runs in a season," a source said on conditions of anonymity. Sneh Rana and Roy were two stellar performers in the National One Day competition and thus got their call-ups.
Roy was selected on the basis of her stellar performance
The controversial picks of last time like Monica Patel, C Prathyusha have been dropped from the squad altogether in the team selection meeting which was keenly followed by BCCI President Sourav Ganguly and Secretary Jay Shah. Roy was rewarded for her string of scores which included 103 against Chattisgarh, 86 against Karnataka, and 49 against Railways in the final.
Mithali Raj will lead the team in Test & ODIs
The squad for the Test & ODI for the upcoming England tour is as follows. Mithali Raj has been named Captain. Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur are Vice-captains. Other members include Punam Raut, Priya Punia, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Sneh Rana, Taniya Bhatia (wicket-keeper), Indrani Roy (wicket-keeper), Jhulan Goswami, Shikha Pandey, Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Poonam Yadav, Ekta Bisht, Radha Yadav.
Harmanpreet Kaur to lead the team in T20I matches
For the T20I matches during the England tour, Harmanpreet Kaur has been announced Captain with Smriti Mandhana as the Vice-captain. The 17-member squad also includes Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Richa Ghosh, Harleen Deol, Sneh Rana, Taniya Bhatia (wicket-keeper), Indrani Roy (wicket-keeper), Shikha Pandey, Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Poonam Yadav, Ekta Bisht, Radha Yadav, Simaran Dil Bahadur.
