Radha Yadav, the left-arm spinner is all set to be a part of the Indian women's team squad that will be travelling to England for a white-ball series.
The Indian men's team will also be playing a Test series simultaneously when the Indian eves challenge the England women. Indan women's team will be playing five T20I matches and three ODI matches starting from June 28.
Harmanpreet Kaur will be leading the Indian side that features Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Varma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh, Deepti Sharma amongst others.
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Meanwhile, Shuchi Upadhyay has been unfortunately ruled out with a shin injury. She got injured in her left shin after making made her ODI debut during the tri-series in Sri Lanka, against South Africa. This was her maiden T20I call-up for the national side.
The BCCI came up with a statement on Shuchi's injury stating in the same as Radha Yadav as her replacement.
“The Women's Selection Committee has named Radha Yadav as a replacement for Shuchi Upadhyay in Team India's squads for the England tour,” the BCCI said.
“Shuchi was ruled out of the tour after sustaining a left shin injury, which was diagnosed during the pre-tour camp at the BCCI Centre of Excellence (COE) in Bengaluru,” it added.
The T20I series begins with the first game on June 28 at Trent Bridge. Bristol hosts the second game on July 1 followed by matches on July 4,9 and 12 at The Oval, Manchester and Birmingham, respectively. The ODI series will start with the first game on July 16 in Southampton. The Lord's hosts the second game on July 19 followed by the final ODI at Chester-le-Street.
England recently hosted West Indies for a T20I and ODI series. The Nat Sciver-Brunt-led side whitewashed the visitors in both the formats. England and India are placed as the second and the third teams in the latest ICC ODI and T20I women's rankings.
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India Women's Squads For England Series
T20Is: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana (vc), Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wk), Yastika Bhatia (wk), Harleen Deol, Deepti Sharma, Sneh Rana, Sree Charani, Amanjot Kaur, Arundhati Reddy, Kranti Gaud, Sayali Satghare, Radha Yadav
ODIs: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana (vc), Pratika Rawal, Harleen Deol, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wk), Yastika Bhatia (wk), Tejal Hasabnis, Deepti Sharma, Sneh Rana, Sree Charani, Amanjot Kaur, Arundhati Reddy, Kranti Gaud, Sayali Satghare, Radha Yadav
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