India announce squad for Women's T20 World Cup in South Africa

BCCI have announced the Indian squad for the Women's T20 World Cup in South Africa.

The Women in Blue have made two changes to the squad that lost 1-4 to Australia recently.

Pacer Shikha Pandey returns to the side, with Meghna Singh dropping into the reserves.

All-rounder Pooja Vastrakar is also part of the squad but her availability is subject to fitness. Sabbhineni Meghna & Sneh Rana though have been included as reserves.

Meanwhile, Newcomers Devika Vaidya & Anjali Sarvani have been rewarded for their performances against Australia and will be on the plane to South Africa.

The Indian team will play a tri-series involving hosts South Africa and the West Indies before the marquee event that begins on February 10.

Full squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia (wk), Richa Ghosh (wk) Jemimah Rodrigues, Harleen Deol, Deepti Sharma, Devika Vaidya, Radha Yadav, Renuka Thakur, Anjali Sarvani, Pooja Vastrakar (subject to fitness), Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Shikha Pandey

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