Anjum to lead India eves against Australia in five-T20 series

Veteran batter Anjum Chopra will lead the Indian women's cricket team in the five-match Twenty20 series against Australia to be held in Visakhapatnam from March 18 to 23.

Veteran batter Anjum Chopra will lead the Indian women's cricket team in the five-match Twenty20 series against Australia to be held in Visakhapatnam from March 18 to 23.

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Mithali Raj has been named as Anjum's deputy for the series.

Indian eves have suffered defeat in the first two matches of the ongoing three-match ODI series against Australia to already lose the series.

According to a BCCI statement, the All-India Women's Selection Committee picked up the Twenty20 15-member squad today.

All the five T20 matches will be played at the Dr YSR Reddy ACA-VDCA Stadium in Visakhapatnam and the last two games will be 'day-night' affairs.

The first three matches would commence at 10:00 am IST, while the last two would start at 6:30pm IST.

Squad: Anjum Chopra (Capt), Mithali Raj (Vice capt), Amita Sharma, Jhulan Goswami, Sulakshana Naik, Reema Malhotra, Poonam Raut, Archana Das, Ekta Bisht, Harmanpreet Kaur, Gouhar Sultana, Mamta Kanojia, Veda Krishnamurthy, S Subhalaxmi, Sunitha Anand.