Harmanpreet Kaur appointed T20 captain, Mithali Raj remains ODI skipper

Harmanpreet Kaur will captain the Indian women’s T20 team for the upcoming series against West Indies.

Harmanpreet Kaur was named the new captain of the Indian women’s T20 team replacing veteran Mithali Raj, who has retained her ODI captaincy.

Harmanpreet Kaur will lead India in three T20s against the West Indies. (Getty Images)

Mithali is however a part of the T20 squad led by Harmanpreet.

The BCCI announced the India squad for the home series against the West Indies from November 10 and the Asia Cup to be played in Thailand from November 27.

Mithali was captain in the team’s last international T20 campaign, which was the 2016 World T20 at home. The venue for the West Indies comprising three ODIs and three T20Is is Vijaywada.

Asia Cup squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana, Mithali Raj, S Meghna, Vanitha VR, Anuja Patil, Veda Krishnamurthy, Sushma Verma, Nuzhat Parween, Poonam Yadav, Ekta Bist, Preeti Bose, Jhulan Goswami, Shikha Pandey, Mansi Joshi.

ODI squad for West Indies series: Mithali Raj (captain), Harmanpreet Kaur, Smrit Mandhana, Thirush Kamini, Mona Meshram, Veda Krishnamurthy, Devika Vaidya, Sushma Verma, Jhulan Goswami, Shikha Pandey, Sukanya Parida, Ejta Bisht, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Deepti Sharma.