XtraTime Web Desk: The selectors today announced a 15-member squad for the Indian women’s forthcoming tri-series at home against Australia and England. Star bats-woman Harmanpreet Kaur will lead the pack of girls in the shorter format of the game and young Smriti Mandhana will be her deputy. Indian bowling line up will be boosted with the presence of veteran Jhulan Goswami who has returned from an injury which she got in the recently-concluded South Africa tour. The tournament will kick off from March 22, and the finale will be played on March 31. All the matches will be played at Cricket Club of India, Mumbai.
The first game will be played between the hosts India and the Aussies. In the second game Australia will face their arch-rival England. In the third game India will face England. The same schedule will be followed for the second round before the summit clash.
Squad
Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana (vc), Mithali Raj, Veda Krishnamurthy, Jemimah Rodrigues, Anuja Patil, Deepti Sharma, Taniya Bhatia (wk), Poonam Yadav, Ekta Bisht, Jhulan Goswami, Shikha Pandey, Pooja Vastrakar, Rumeli Dhar, Mona Meshram.