Mithali Raj, Harmanpreet Kaur will lead as ODI and T20I captains for New Zealand tour
Mithali Raj, Harmanpreet Kaur will lead  as ODI and T20I captains for New Zealand tour
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Senior batsman Mithali Raj will once again lead the 15-member ODI team while all-rounder Harmanpreet Kaur will serve as her deputy when India will cross the swords with New Zealand in the three-match series. This series will be beginning January 24 at McLean Park, Napier.

India will play in ODIs as a part of their preparation for the ICC Women's Championship, the two sides will also lock the horns in three-match Twenty20 International series, which begins on February 6 in Westpac Stadium, Wellington.

Meanwhile, Mithali has also been summoned up in the 15-member Indian T20I team, which will be led by Harmanpreet and vice-captained by Smriti Mandhana.

Veda Krishnamurthy has been dropped from both the squads in the wake of her series of recent poor runs. Mona Meshram has been roped in the squad as her replacement for ODIs,while uncapped Priya Punia has been picked in place of Veda for T20I series.

Meanwhile, Shikha Pandey has also been called into the T20I team as a replacement for  injured pacer Pooja Vastrakar.

The ODI and T20I teams are as follows:

India ODI team : Mithali Raj (captain), Poonam Raut, Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur, Deepti Sharma, Tanya Bhatia (wk), Mona Meshram, Ekta Bist, Mansi Joshi, Dayalan Hemlatha, Poonam Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Jhulan Goswami, Shikha Pandey.

 

India T20I team: Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana (vc), Mithali Raj, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Anuja Patil, Dayalan Hemlatha, Mansi Joshi, Shikha Pandey, Tanya Bhatia (wk), Poonam Yadav, Ekta Bist, Radha Yadav, Arundhati Reddy, Priya Punia.

 

 

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