Two months before the all-important ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 in South Africa, India are set to lock horns against defending champions Australia in a five-match T20I series at home.

India women’s head coach Ramesh Powar was surprisingly sacked three days?? before the ser?ies opener, and Hrishikesh Kanitkar is now in charge of the support staff as batting coach.

In the recent past, Harmanpreet Kaur-led Women in Blue have managed to compete against mighty Aussies but failed to get over the finish line. In their last meeting, Australia defeated India by nine runs at the finals of the Comm?onwealth Games 2022 in August.

Australia’s regular skipper Meg Lanning has taken an indefinite break from cricket; therefore, Alyssa Healy will lead the side.

IND-W vs AUS-W full schedule:

• 1st T20I -December 9 at Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, 12.30 am AEDT/1:30 pm GMT/7:00 pm IST
• 2nd T20I – December 11 at Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, 12.30 am AEDT/1:30 pm GMT/7:00 pm IST
• 3rd T20I – December 14 at Brabourne Stadium, 12.30 am AEDT/1:30 pm GMT/7:00 pm IST
• 4th T20I – December 17 at Brabourne Stadium, 12.30 am AEDT/1:30 pm GMT/7:00 pm IST
• 5th T20I – December 20 at Brabourne Stadium, 12.30 am AEDT/1:30 pm GMT/7:00 pm IST

Squads:

India – Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana (vc), Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Radha Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Renuka Singh Thakur, Meghna Singh, Anjali Sarvani, Devika Vaidya, S Meghana, Ric??ha Ghosh, Harleen Deol.

Australia – Alyssa Healy (c), Tahlia McGrath (vc), Darcie Brown, Nicola Carey, Ashleigh Gardner, Kim Garth, Heather Graham, Gr??ace Harris, Jess Jonassen, Alana King, Phoebe Litchfield, Beth Mooney, Ellyse P?erry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland.

TV channel & Live streaming details:

• India – Star Sports; Disney+Hotstar
• Australia – Foxtel and Kayo

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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), on Friday, announced the 15-member Women’s squad for the upcoming home T20I series against Australia, starting December 09 in Mumbai.

Allrounders Pooja Vastrakar and Sneh Rana will not be available for the five-match T20I series. According to the BCCI release, Vastrakar will miss due to an unspecified injury. However, no reason was mentioned for Rana’s absence.

Harleen Deol and Yastika Bhatia have made their comeback to the T20I setup after getting dropped for the series in England and the Asia Cup. Notably, both Harleen and Yastika have been rewarded for their respective performances in the recently-concluded Women’s T20 Challenger Trophy. Harleen smashed a couple of half-centuries, while Yastika hit an unbeaten 99 before scoring an unbeaten 80 to steer her side to victory in the final.

Further, Railways left-arm seamer Anjali Sarvani has received her maiden call-up. She was the leading wicket-taker in the Inter-State Women’s T20s, with 17 wickets at an average of 5.70 and an economy rate of 3.34. Anjali was also the joint-leading wicket-taker in the Inter-Zonal T20s, with 10 wickets to her name.

The pace attack will be spearheaded by Renuka Thakur, who will be supported by the likes of Meghna Singh and Sarvani. Despite a noteworthy performance in the Inter-State T20s, picking 11 scalps at an average of 10.90 and an economy rate of 4.28, veteran Shikha Pandey hasn’t been considered in the T20I setup.

India Women Squad for Australia T20Is:

Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Smriti Mandhan?a (VC), Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Radha Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Renuka? Singh Thakur, Meghna Singh, Anjali Sarvani, Devika Vaidya, S Meghana, Richa Ghosh, Harleen Deol.

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