Richa Ghosh returns to India squad for Asian Games
After being omitted of the tour to Bangladesh, Richa Ghosh has returned to India’s 15-member squad for the ladies’s cricket competitors on the nineteenth Asian Games. Fast bowler Titas Sadhu and allrounder Kanika Ahuja earned maiden call-ups whereas skilled allrounder Pooja Vastrakar was named among the many 5 reserves.
Left-arm spinner Rajeshwari Gayakwad, who was additionally dropped for the Bangladesh tour, was picked whereas uncapped wicketkeeper Uma Chetry was most popular over Yastika Bhatia.
Sadhu impressed in India’s victorious marketing campaign on the Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup earlier this 12 months, the place she took six wickets. She was additionally a part of the Women’s Emerging Teams Asia Cup final month, hanging with the brand new ball in every of India A’s two video games. Her means to maneuver the ball and her accuracy stood out and she or he was a part of Delhi Capitals within the Women’s Premier League (WPL). An damage to Renuka Singh sustained through the WPL resulted in her omission for the Bangladesh tour and gave Sadhu her probability.
Ahuja, however, impressed together with her ending expertise for Royal Challengers Bangalore within the WPL. She scored 155 runs in six outings within the Senior Women’s T20 Trophy, the second-most for Punjab behind Amanjot Kaur, at a strike price of 107.63. She additionally starred within the closing of the Emerging Teams Asia Cup with an unbeaten 30.
Offspin allrounder Minnu Mani, who took 5 wickets within the T20Is in opposition to Bangladesh, saved her place within the squad as did left-arm spinner B Anusha.
Harleen Deol was relegated to the standbys record whereas S Meghana, who didn’t play a sport, was omitted altogether.
Saika Ishaque, the Mumbai Indians left-arm spinner, in addition to Chandigarh quick bowler Kashvee Gautam are additionally among the many reserves, other than Sneh Rana.
The ladies’s cricket competitors will likely be held from September 19 to twenty-eight at Zhejiang University of Technology Pingfeng Cricket Field.
India ladies squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (capt), Smriti Mandhana (vc), Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wk), Amanjot Kaur, Devika Vaidya, Anjali Sarvani, Titas Sadhu, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Minnu Mani, Kanika Ahuja, Uma Chetry (wk), Anusha Bareddy
Standby gamers: Harleen Deol, Kashvee Gautam, Sneh Rana, Saika Ishaque, Pooja Vastrakar