Smriti Mandhana has been made the captain of the Indian cricket team. He has been given command of the team for the ODI series against Ireland. The selectors have decided to give rest to Harmanpreet Kaur. Apart from Harmanpreet, fast bowler Renuka Thakur has also been rested. All-rounder Deepti Sharma has been made the vice-captain of the team. Let us tell you that the 3-match ODI series against Ireland will start from January 10. All three ODI matches will be played at Niranjan Shah Stadium, Rajkot.

Team India's squad against Ireland

Smriti Mandhana (captain), Deepti Sharma (vice-captain), Pratika Rawal, Harleen Deol, Jemimah Rodrigues, Uma Chhetri, Richa Ghosh, Tejal Hasbains, Raghvi Bisht, Minnu Mani, Priya Mishra, Tanuja Kanwar, Titas Sadhu, Saima Thakor, Savli Satghare. .

Mandhana got the command, she is the future captain

Smriti Mandhana is now getting the command of the team in every second series. Recently, this left-handed batsman captained the team in the T20 series against West Indies. Harmanpreet Kaur was rested in that series also. Now once again Harmanpreet Kaur has been rested in the ODI series against Ireland. This strategy of the selectors is clearly indicating that now they are thinking of making Smriti Mandhana the full time captain.

The good thing about Mandhana is that after getting the captaincy, she does not disintegrate under pressure. Mandhana had scored half-centuries in all three T20 matches of the T20 series against West Indies. He scored a hat-trick of half-centuries, scoring 54 runs in the first T20, 62 runs in the second T20 and 77 runs in the third T20. Mandhana not only scored half-centuries in the T20 series but also in the first two matches of the ODI series. However, in the third ODI, she was out after scoring 4 runs. Under the captaincy of Mandhana, Team India made a clean sweep of West Indies 3-0 in the T20 series. The same situation happened with West Indies in the ODI series also. Now Indian fans will be expecting similar performance in the ODI series against Ireland.

India-Ireland ODI series schedule

First ODI- 10 January, Rajkot

Second ODI- 12 January, Rajkot

Third ODI- 15 January, Rajkot