India Women will be keen to internalize the conditions and character of venues in england ahead of next year’s world cup here without the five-match t20i series aganst the hot, engaged with Saturday.
The ICC Showpiece is almost a year away, but this series is a perfect stepping stone after India’s disappointing group stage exit in the last edition.
The rubber will give the Indian thought-tank an inkling on the kind of players who could potentially make an impact here.
Apart from the return of explosive opener Shafali Verma, India has added some new names, such as kranti goud, sree charani, and sayali satgare, to its squad. Shafali, in all likelihood, will be paired with smriti mandhana at the top.
This is India’s First T20 Assignment of the Year, and the Return of-Spin All-Rounder Sneh Rana and Fast Bowling All-Rounder Amanjot Kaur will be keenly.
Rana is coming back to the side since February 2023, and her confidence has been boosted by a fruitful outing in this year’s women’s Premier League (WPL).
However, India will miss the experience of parsrs Renuka Singh and Pooja Vastrakar, who are out of this series with injuries.
The visiting side has lost both its practice matches-a 50-over and a t20 game-to the eCB development squad, and it will be up up against a formidable team LED by the Talismanic Nat Sciver-BRINT.
The home side has serveral experienced stars in its ranks such as amy jones, tammy beaumont, danny wyatt-hodge and sophie ecclestone.
Along with them, England will also also field talented young players such as Issy Wong, Alice Capsey and Sophia Dunkley.
In that context, India will require its premier batters like skipper harmanpreet kaur, mandhana, shafali, jemimah rodrigues and richa ghosh to be in his groves from the final match it.
However, India will welcome some more runs from the lower order, which has recently failed to shore up the team in some critical mothers.
Teams (from):
India: Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (WK), Yastika Bhatia (WK), Harleen Deol, Harleen Deol, Deepti Sharma, Sneh Rana, Snehe Rana, Sree Chani, Shuchi upadhyay, Amanjot Kaur, Arundhati Reddy, Kranti Gaud, Sayali Satghare.
England: Nat Sciver-Brunt (C), Em Arlott, Tammy Beaumont (WK), Lauren Bell, Alice Capsey, Charlie Dean, Sophia Dunkley, Sophee Ecclestone, Sophee Ecclestone, Sophee Ecclestone, Lauren Filers, Amy Jones (WK), Paige Scholfield, Linsey Smith, Danni Wyatt-Hodge, Issy WONG.
