Anuja Patil named India A captain for warm-ups against Australia

NEW DELHI: Off-spinner Anuja Patil was named captain of the

India A women's team

which will play two warm-up matches against the visiting Australian side next week.


The warm-up games will be played on March 6 and 8 in Mumbai.

Patil is a T20 specialist who has played 27 matches for India.

Australia are touring India as part of the

ICC Women's ODI Championship

.

India and Australia will play a three-match series in Vadodara from March 12-18.

India A squad: Anuja Patil (captain),

Priya Punia

,

Sarika Kohli

,

Dayalan Hemalatha

, Neha Tanwar, Tanushree Sarkar, Nishu Choudhary, Kavita Patil, Meghna Singh, Shanti Kumari, Nuzhat Parween, T P Kanwar, Preeti Bose, S Asha.