Thiruvananthapuram, Dec. 25 -- India's off-spin bowling all-rounder Deepti Sharma has been declared fit and is available for selection for the third T20I against Sri Lanka, head coach Amol Muzumdar confirmed on the eve of the match on Thursday.

Deepti sat out the second T20I in Visakhapatnam, which India won by seven wickets, after suffering from a mild fever, with the BCCI medical team closely monitoring her recovery.

"Deepti is absolutely fine. She's available and fit," Amol Mazumdar said in the pre-match press conference on Thursday.

Although India holds a 2-0 lead in the five-match T20I series, pacer Renuka Singh Thakur is yet to feature, with Muzumdar attributing her absence to the team experimenting with different combinations. ...