Mumbai’s Jemimah Rodrigues, who recently scored a double century in BCCI’s u-19 women’s tournament, has been rewarded with a call to the India ‘A’ squad that will take on Bangladesh ‘A’ in the upcoming home series comprising three one-day and three T20 matches.
Anuja Patil will lead both the squad in the first ‘A’ series for women, which is aimed at strengthening women’s cricket in the country, BCCI said in a release.
The one-day matches will be held in Hubli while Belgaum will host the three T20 games. Prior to the one-day series, the Bangladesh ‘A’ side will play two practice games in Alur.
India ‘A’ Team for One-Day matches: Anuja Patil (Captain), S Meghana, Neha Tanwar, Nuzhat Parveen(WK), Kavita Patil, Preeti Bose, Shivangi Raj, Devika Vaidya, V R Vanitha, Jemimah Rodrigues, Neenu Choudhury, Mansi Joshi, Sukanya Parida, Priyanka Priyadarshani, M D Thirushkamini
India ‘A’ Team for T20 matches: Anuja Patil (Captain), S Meghana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Swagatika Rath, Pooja Vastrakar, T P Kanwar, Soni Yadav, Ramya S Doli, V R Vanitha, D Hemlatha, Devika Vaidya, Tanya Bhatia(WK), Meghna Singh, Radha Yadav, Tarannum Pathan
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