Shafali returns to India squad for England tour
Chandigarh, May 16 -- Swashbuckling opening batter Shafali Verma returned to the national team on Thursday with selectors ending her seven-month exile for the upcoming T20I series in England. The five-match series will be followed by three ODIs with in-form Delhi batter Pratika Rawal keeping Shafali out in the 50-over format.
India will take on England in five T20Is from June 28 to July 12. The three ODIs will be played on July 16, 19 and 22.
In Shafali's absence from the limited-over formats, Uma Chetry and Rawal opened alongside Smriti Mandhana in T20Is and ODIs respectively. While Rawal retained her spot, Chetry has been replaced by Shafali who not only had a successful run in domestic cricket but also excelled for Delhi Capitals in the third edition of Women's Premier League (WPL) where her tally of 304 runs at a strike rate of 152.76 helped DC reach the final.
Shafali was dropped from the Indian team last November after a string of poor performances. Later, she slogged hard in the domestic circuit and emerged as the leading run-getter in the Senior Women's One Day Trophy (527 runs, 152.31 strike rate, 75.29 average) and the Senior Women's One Day Challenger Trophy (414 runs, 145.26 strike rate, 82.80 average) while captaining Haryana.
Meanwhile, Rawal grabbed her chance in the ODIs and has since been a consistent performer. With the ODI World Cup later this year, it seems Rawal has been identified to open with Mandhana.
India Women T20I squad: H Kaur (c), S Mandhana (vc), S Verma, J Rodrigues, R Ghosh (wk), Y Bhatia (wk), H Deol, D Sharma, S Rana, S Charani, S Upadhyay, A Kaur, A Reddy, K, S Satghare.
India Women ODI squad: H Kaur (c), S Mandhana (vc), P Rawal, H Deol, J Rodrigues, R Ghosh (wk), Y Bhatia (wk), T Hasabnis, D Sharma, S Rana, S Charani, S Upadhyay, A Kaur, A Reddy, K Gaud, S Satghare....
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