Mithali to lead India eves in T20 series

Bengaluru, July 7: Mithali Raj will lead India in the three-match women's T20 cricket series against visiting New Zealand commencing here on Saturday.

The squad, as announced by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), here on Tuesday is: Mithali Raj (captain), Jhulan Goswami, Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Veda Krishnamurthy, Shikha Pandey, Sushma Verma, Vanitha Vellaswamy, Latika Kumari, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Ekta Bisht, Sneh Rana, Poonam Yadav, Anuja Patil and Shubhlakshmi Sharma.

The other two matches are scheduled to be played on July 13 and 15, also at the Mangalam Chinnaswamy Stadium here.