Harmanpreet Kaur to lead Indian eves in T20s against Windies

Harmanpreet Kaur was on Saturday announced as the new skipper of the Indian women's T20 side, replacing veteran Mithali Raj, for the three-match series against West Indies starting from November 18 in Vijaywada, Andhra Pradesh.

Harmanpreet will also lead the Indian squad in the Asia Cup Women's Championship, which will be played at Thailand from November 27.

Meanwhile, Mithali Raj will lead the 15-man ODI squad for the three matches against the Caribbean side which will be played prior to the T20 series.

ODI squad for West Indies series: Mithali Raj (c), Harmanpreet Kaur, Smrit Mandhana, Thirush Kamini, Mona Meshram, Veda Krishnamurthy, Devika Vaidya, Sushma Verma, Jhulan Goswami, Shikha Pandey, Sukanya Parida, Ejta Bisht, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Deepti Sharma.

T20 squad for the West Indies series: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana, Mithali Raj, S Meghna, Vanitha V R, Anuja Patil, Deepti Sharma, Nuzhat Parween, Ekta Bisht, Poonam Yadav, Preeti Bose, Veda Krishnamurthy, Jhulan Goswami, Skhika Pandey, Mansi Joshi.

Asia Cup squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana, Mithali Raj, S Meghna, Vanitha VR, Anuja Patil, Veda Krishnamurthy, Sushma Verma, Nuzhat Parween, Poonam Yadav, Ekta Bist, Preeti Bose, Jhulan Goswami, Shikha Pandey, Mansi Joshi.