ICC Women's World Cup 2022: India announces their 15-women squad

Mithali Raj will lead the 15-member India squad in the upcoming ICC Women's World Cup 2022. The Board for Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced the 15-member squad on Thursday. Meanwhile, the same squad will play a five-match ODI series against New Zealand as a preparation for the mega event.

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India begin their ICC Women's World Cup campaign against arch-rivals Pakistan on March 6 at the bay Oval, Tauranga. The five-match ODI series against the blackcaps is scheduled to start on February 11. The BCCI women's selection committee also selected a squad for a one-off T20 international against New Zealand to be played on February 9.

Star batter Jemimah Rodrigues and pacer Shikha Pandey have been dropped from the squad due to lack of form. The right-handed Rodrigues failed to hit the double-figure mark during the last year. Pandey has also been similarly off-color.

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India squad for 5 ODIs against NZ and ICC Women's World Cup: Mithali Raj (Captain), Harmanpreet Kaur (vice-captain), Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wicket-keeper), Sneh Rana, Jhulan Goswami, Pooja Vastrakar, Meghna Singh, Renuka Singh Thakur, Taniya Bhatia (wicket-keeper), Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Poonam Yadav.

Standby Players: Sabbhineni Meghana, Ekta Bisht, Simran Dil Bahadur.