Rahul Tiwari
khelja|18-10-2024
New Zealand Series: Currently, the Women's T20 World Cup is going on, in which Team India is out. Australia is the first team to reach the semi-finals of the World Cup, which confirmed its place by defeating India in the match.
After being out of the World Cup race, the Indian women's team now has to play a three-match ODI series with New Zealand (IND vs NZ) on 24, 27 and 29 October. This match will be played in the stadium of Ahmedabad. But before this, there is a player who withdrew her name from this series for her exam. The team has released the squad for the series.
Let us tell you that the team's wicketkeeper batsman Richa Ghosh has already withdrawn her name from the New Zealand ODI series. The reason behind his withdrawal from the team has surprised everyone. Let us tell you that Richa Ghosh, a resident of Siliguri, has her 12th examination before this series, due to which Richa refused to play the series.
Due to Richa not playing in the team, the selection committee has announced a team of 16 players. The selector has given a chance to 4 new faces in the squad. In which fast bowlers Sayli Satghare and Saima Thakor, leg spinner Priya Mishra and middle-order batsman Tejal Hassabnis have been included in the team for the first time.
Right-handed wicketkeeper batsman Richa Ghosh has played only 2 Test matches so far in which she has scored 151 runs at an average of 50. Along with this, Richa has played 23 matches in ODI cricket, in which she has scored 481 runs at an average of 26. Talking about his international T20 cricket, he has scored 879 runs in 59 matches at an average of 26.
Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana (vice-captain), D Hemalatha, Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia (wk), Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Uma Chhetri (wk), Sayali Satgare, Arundhati Reddy, Renuka Singh Thakur, Tejal Hasbnis , Radha Yadav, Saima Thakor, Priya Mishra, Shreyanka Patil.