NEW DELHI:
Mithali Raj was named captain of the Indian women cricket team that will travel to South Africa for a three-match away
ODI series
next month.
Harmanpreet Kaur will be Mitahli's deputy as the
BCCI announced a 16-member squad for the series beginning February 5.
The ODI series will be followed by a five-match
T20I series
and the squad for it will be named later.
India Women's ODI squad: Mithali Raj (Captain), Harmanpreet Kaur (vice-captain), Sushma Verma (wicket-keeper), Ekta Bisht, Smriti Mandhana, Poonam Yadav, Punam Raut, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Jemimah Rodrigues, Jhulan Goswami, Deepti Sharma, Shikha Pandey, Mona Meshram, Pooja Vastrakar, Veda Krishnamurthy, Taniya Bhatia (wicket-keeper).