The Indian women’s cricket team will play a 3-match T20I series against England women. After losing the ODI series by 2-1 English team is on the top. Indian women’s T20 captain Harmanpreet Kaur has blamed their lack of preparation due to Covid-19 and injuries for her poor run.
Mithali is not part of the T20 International squad and that can be beneficial for others like openers Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana as well as Harmanpreet to put up a total for their bowlers who have struggled under pressure.
“I am someone who likes to work hard and train every day. Because of Covid-19 and injuries, I didn’t get much time to prepare but this is not an excuse, because I am someone who takes a lot of time on the ground to prepare,” she said.
“At the international level, you can’t just come and take things easily. After five innings I have understood where I have to improve and how. So you will see a different approach from my side,” added Harmanpreet.
The first T20I will be played on July 9.
India’s squad
Mithali RajCPT, Taniya BhatiaWKT, Ekta Bisht, Jhulan Goswami, Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Shikha Pandey, Priya Punia, Sneh Rana, Punam Raut, Arundhati Reddy, Jemimah Rodrigues, Indrani Roy, Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Shafali Verma, Poonam Yadav, Radha Yadav
England Squad
Heather KnightCPT, Emily Arlott, Tammy Beaumont, Katherine Brunt, Kate Cross, Freya Davies, Sophia Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Georgia Elwiss, Tash Farrant, Sarah Glenn, Amy Jones, Natalie Sciver, Anya Shrubsole, Mady Villiers, Fran Wilson, Lauren Winfield-Hill
