Veteran batswoman Mithali Raj has been retained as the captain of the India team for the upcoming bilateral series against Sri Lankan eves. The series is scheduled to be played at Visakhapatnam from the 19th to 28th of this month. There will be three one day internationals apart fromthree T20 Internationals. While half of the matches will beplayed at the VDCA Stadium, the other half would be played atthe ACA ground in Vizianagram. ODI Squad: Mithali Raj (Captain), Harmanpreet Kaur(Vice-Captain), Karuna Jain (Wicketkeeper), Anagha Deshpande(Wicketkeeper), Smriti Mandhana, Poonam Raut, Amita Sharma, Sneh Rana, Vanitha VR, Jhulan Goswami, Niranjana Nagarajan, Shubhalakshmi Sharma, Gouhar Sultana, Rajeshwari Gaikwad, Poonam Yadav. T20 Squad: Mithali Raj (Captain), Harmanpreet Kaur(Vice-Captain), Karuna Jain (Wicketkeeper), Smriti Mandhana,Amita Sharma, Poonam Raut, Jhulan Goswami, NiranjanaNagarajan, Shubhalakshmi Sharma, Rajeshwari Gaikwad, VedaKrishnamurthy, Ekta Bist, Sonia Dabir, Vanitha VR, AnaghaDeshpande (Wicketkeeper).The India A squad which will take on the Sri Lankan women in a warm-up game was also announced. Veda Krishnamurthy will be the captain of that team.India A squad: Veda Krishnamurthy (Captain), SmritiMandhana, Devika Vaidya, Shwetha Jadhav, Shika Pandey, Meghna Singh, Shushree Pradhan, Prity Bose, Saika Ishaque, S Meghna, Ritu Dhrub, Sushma Verma, Madhuri Mehta, Sneha Morey, Snehal Pradhan. Itinerary for the seriesJan 17: vs India (Vizianagram)Jan 19: 1st ODI (VDCA Stadium)Jan 21: 2nd ODI (VDCA Stadium)Jan 23: 3rd ODI (VDCA Stadium)Jan 25: 1st T20 Int (Vizianagram)Jan 26: 2nd T20 Int (Vizianagram)Jan 28: 3rd T20 Int (Vizianagram).
News On AIR | January 15, 2014 8:57 AM
Cricket: Mithali to lead India eves in bilateral series against Lanka