India banks on stability and continuity for womens World Cup

The Women in Blue have by no means kissed a World Cup. Of any variety, really – the 50-over one, or the 20.

The ODI World Cup, which begins on September 30 and is co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka, offers them a superb alternative to set that report proper.

The squad picked by the panel headed by chief selector Neetu David in Mumbai on Tuesday has the potential to do it. It was fairly an anticipated 15. The smart ladies appear to have received it proper, kind of.

The solely query was if they’d deliver opener Shafali Verma in. If they went purely by expertise and potentialities, she may have been pencilled in. But in the event that they thought of her current performances in ODIs and the continuity of the workforce, Shafali was going to overlook out.

After scoring an unbeaten 71 towards Sri Lanka at Pallekele in 2022, Shafali has not made a fifty in her 12 innings since. She did properly on her return to the T20 workforce although, on the tour of England. And she had been on hearth on the home scene and the Women’s Premier League.

She is an distinctive expertise and a delight to look at. But the selectors have indicated she should wait: they didn’t embrace her even among the many reserves.

Shafali’s substitute within the opener’s slot, Pratika Rawal, has been very good thus far in her younger profession. She has scored 703 runs from 14 ODIs at 54.07, and she or he has fashioned a strong partnership with Smriti Mandhana.

India might be hoping that the duo will flourish on the World Cup too, in order that issues could be a bit simpler for the likes of skipper Harmanpreet Kaur, Jemimah Rodrigues and Harleen Deol.

The selectors have accomplished the fitting factor by choosing Kranti Goud, although she has performed simply 4 ODIs thus far. Not many Indian seamers have brought about as a lot pleasure for years. She has tempo and ability.

Renuka Singh’s return, after her injury-induced break, can be excellent news for the Indian assault. Her swing and expertise ought to turn out to be useful.

Another younger bowler who impressed on the England tour, N. Shree Charani, has earned her place. As has the younger all-rounder Amanjot Kaur.

Yastika Bhatia is the fitting selection because the second wicketkeeper, and she or he could be performed as a pure batter, too. Apart from Charani, there are additionally the skilled spin trio of Deepti Sharma, Radha Yadav and Sneh Rana.