The BCCI has announced a 15-member Indian Women 'A' team for the T20 series against Australia 'A' to be played in Mumbai from tomorrow. Harmanpreet Kaur will lead the side while Smriti Mandhana will be her deputy. 

The All-India Women's Selection Committee picked up the squad in view of the ICC Women's World T20 to be held in West Indies from November 9 so that the senior team players can prepare for the marquee event. The three-match T20 series will be played at BKC Mumbai on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

Besides Harmanpreet and Smriti, the squad include Mithali Raj, Jemimah Rodrigues, Veda Krishnamurthy, Deepti Sharma, Tanya Bhatia (wicket-keeper), Poonam Yadav, Radha Yadav, Anuja Patil, Ekta Bisht, D Hemalatha, Mansi Joshi, Pooja Vastrakar and Arundhati Reddy.