The All-India Women’s Selection Committee on Sunday (March 4) announced the 14-member India A squad, as well as, named Anuja Patil as Captain of the side for the two warm-up matches against Australia Women.
Meanwhile, Nuzhat Parween, who was dropped from the national squad for South Africa’s tour last month, has been given wicket-keeping duties for the warm-ups. The national selectors included out-of-favor international players Preeti Bose and Neha Tanwar in the squad.
The warm-ups will start with the first match on March 6 followed by the second match on March 8 at Bandra Kurla Complex stadium in Mumbai.
Following the warm-up games, India and Australia are scheduled to play three-match Paytm One-Day International series as part of the ICC Women’s Championship 2017-2020. The ODIs will be played on March 12, 15 and 18 in Vadodara –all matches will be played in the same vanue.
India A squad: Anuja Patil (C),Priya Punia, Sarika Koli, Dayalan Hemalatha, Neha Tanwar, Tanushree Sarkar, Nishu Choudhary, Kavita Patil, Meghna Singh, Shanti Kumari, Nuzhat Parween (wk), TP Kanwar, Preeti Bose, S Asha.
Australia Women’s Tour of India, 2018 |
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S. No. |
Date |
Match |
Venue |
1 |
6-Mar |
Warm-up match against India A |
Mumbai |
2 |
8-Mar |
Warm-up match against India A |
Mumbai |
3 |
12-Mar |
1st ODI |
Baroda |
4 |
15-Mar |
2nd ODI |
Baroda |
5 |
18-Mar |
3rd ODI |
Baroda |
T20I Women’s Tri-Series, 2018 (India, Australia & England) |
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S. No. |
Date |
Match |
Venue |
1 |
22-Mar |
India v Australia |
Mumbai |
2 |
24-Mar |
Australia v England |
Mumbai |
3 |
26-Mar |
India v England |
Mumbai |
4 |
28-Mar |
India v Australia |
Mumbai |
5 |
30-Mar |
Australia v England |
Mumbai |
6 |
1-Apr |
India v England |
Mumbai |
7 |
3-Apr |
Final |
Mumbai |