India, May 15 -- Sneh Rana is back with a bang. After more than a year out of the Indian women's team set-up, the off-spinner returned at the just-ended ODI tri-series in Colombo.

Her haul of 15 wickets (econ 4.73), including 5/43 against South Africa, helped India emerge winners with the 31-year-old named Player-of-the-Series. Rana had played her last ODI in December, 2023 - she hasn't played T20Is since February that year - but it didn't show as she equalled Australian Cathryn Fitzpatrick's record for most wickets in a multi-team ODI series.

In the final on Sunday, Rana's 4/38 dashed Sri Lanka's hopes after being set 343 to win. Back in favour of the national selectors after a fine showing for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in WPL 3, the...