Pooja Vastrakar attended the preparatory camp ahead of the South Africa tour © Annesha Ghosh/ESPNcricinfo Ltd
Seam-bowling allrounder Pooja Vastrakar has returned from an ankle injury to be picked in India’s 15-member squad for the upcoming World T20 while the more experienced quick-bowling allrounder Shikha Pandey has been left out. This marks the only change from the touring party that clean swept Sri Lanka 4-0 in the recently concluded T20I series to go with their 2-1 ODI series win.
India also opted to head into the tournament without a proper back-up wicketkeeper for 20-year-old Taniya Bhatia, who impressed with the bat and the gloves during the Sri Lanka tour. Veda Krishnamurthy, who has one stumping to her name in international cricket, is the only other player with some wicketkeeping experience in the squad.
Squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (capt), Smriti Mandhana (vice-cap), Mithali Raj, Jemimah Rodrigues, Veda Krishnamurthy, Deepti Sharma, Taniya Bhatia (wicketkeeper), Poonam Yadav, Radha Yadav, Anuja Patil, Ekta Bisht, D Hemalatha, Mansi Joshi, Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy
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