Attacking opener Shafali Verma on Thursday returned to India colors after a niche of seven months as she was included within the nationwide T20I squad for the five-match away collection towards England, ranging from June 28 in Trent Bridge. Shafali was out of the Indian workforce from October 2024 on account of modest kind however she couldn’t discover a place within the ODI squad for the three-match collection towards England, which was additionally introduced on at the present time. Maybe, her positive outing on this season’s Girls’s Premier League (WPL) for Delhi Capitals the place she aggregated 304 runs from 9 matches at a strike-rate of 152.
In truth, she was the fourth highest run-getter within the WPL behind Nat-Sciver Brunt, Elyse Perry and Hayley Matthews and the very best run-maker among the many Indian batters.
One other participant to make a comeback was wicketkeeper Yastika Bhatia, who was sidelined since final November resulting from a wrist damage sustained in the course of the Girls’s Massive Bash League.
In contrast to Shafali, Yastika is part of the ODI squad as effectively. In addition to Yastika, the opposite wicketkeeper in each the squads is Richa Ghosh.
Whereas India named a 15-member T20 workforce, the ODI squad consists of 16 gamers and each the groups might be led by Harmanpreet Kaur, who might be assisted by Smriti Mandhana.
Younger opener Pratika Rawal, who created historical past by changing into the quickest batter in historical past to attain 500 runs in Girls’s ODIs within the Tri-Collection in Sri Lanka not too long ago, has been included within the 50-over aspect.
Rawal broke the file of England’s Charlotte Edwards, who slammed 500 ODI runs in 9 innings, whereas the Indian achieved the feat in eight matches.
The tour of England will begin with 5 T20Is adopted by three ODIs at Southampton, London and Chester-le-Avenue, ranging from July 15.
India’s T20I Squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana (vc), Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wk), Yastika Bhatia (wk), Harleen Deol, Deepti Sharma, Sneh Rana, Sree Charani, Shuchi Upadhyay, Amanjot Kaur, Arundhati Reddy, Kranti Gaud, Sayali Satghare.
India’s ODI Squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana (vc), Pratika Rawal, Harleen Deol, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wk), Yastika Bhatia (wk), Tejal Hasabnis, Deepti Sharma, Sneh Rana, Sree Charani, Shuchi Upadhyay, Amanjot Kaur, Arundhati Reddy, Kranti Gaud, Sayali Satghare.
Schedule of India’s (Senior Girls) tour of England, 2025 –
1st T20I: June 28; Trent Bridge, Nottingham 2nd T20I: July 1; Seat Distinctive Stadium, Bristol third T20I: July 4; Kennington Oval, London 4th T20I: July 9; Previous Trafford, Manchester fifth T20I: July 12; Edgbaston, Birmingham 1st ODI: July 16; The Rose Bowl, Southampton 2nd ODI: July 19; Lord’s Cricket Floor, London third ODI: July 22; Riverside Floor, Chester-le-Avenue.
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