In what can be dubbed as a change of fortunes, Indian legend Mithali Raj has retained her place in the T20 squad for the upcoming New Zealand tour. Women in blue lost the match leading to massive outrage, emails being exchanged between then coach Ramesh Powar and Mithali Raj. Many pundits thought Raj would find it difficult to get a place in the T20 squad as captain Harmanpreet Kaur is looking for batters with more flair. ODI Squad: Mithali Raj (captain), Poonam Raut, Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur, Deepti Sharma, Tanya Bhatia (wk), Mona Meshram, Ekta Bist, Mansi Joshi, Dayalan Hemlatha, Poonam Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Jhulan Goswami, Shikha Pandey. T20I Squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana (vc), Mithali Raj, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Anuja Patil, Dayalan Hemlatha, Mansi Joshi, Shikha Pandey, Tanya Bhatia (wk), Poonam Yadav, Ekta Bist, Radha Yadav, Arundhati Reddy, Priya Punia.

Source: dna December 21, 2018 16:52 UTC