Mumbai: Spinner Radha Yadav will lead the India ‘A’ women’s squad for the upcoming multi-format tour of Australia, scheduled from August 7 to 24. The India ‘A’ women are set to play three T20s and as many 50-over matches, followed by a 4-day match against Australia ‘A’.
The tour kicks off on August 7 in Mackay, which will host the three T20s. The action then moves to Norths, Brisbane, for the three 50-over matches, followed by the four-day clash, which Minnu Mani, who has played seven limited-overs games for India women’s senior team, has been named Radha’s deputy for the tour. Opener Shafali Verma, who made a return to the T20I side on the England tour, has been named in all-format squads for the tour.
Sajana Sajeevan, Uma Chetry, Titas Sadhu, and Shabnam Shakeel are the other noticeable names in the T20 squad, while Shreyanka Patil’s participation in the shortest format matches will be subject to fitness clearance from the BCCI Centre of Excellence (COE). IANS
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