India drop Reddy; Kashyap, Bist, Rawal get maiden call-ups for West Indies series

(ESPN) Fast bowler Arundhati Reddy has been dropped from India’s white-ball squads for the West Indies series. The hosts have handed maiden call-ups to Nandini Kashyap and Raghvi Bist for the T20Is, while Pratika Rawal and Tanuja Kanwar have been called up for the ODIs.

Opener Shafali Verma continues to miss out from both squads after being dropped for the ODIs against Australia. D Hemalatha goes out from the T20I squad that played the T20 World Cup in October while Radha Yadav, who was the highest wicket-taker in the one-dayers against New Zealand at home, has misses out for the ODIs.

Yastika Bhatia, Shreyanka Patil and Priya Punia remain unavailable due to injuries.

Priya Mishra, Uma Chetry, Saima Thakor, Minnu Mani and Titas Sadhu have been included in both squads.

The West Indies series will begin with three T20Is in Navi Mumbai from December 15. The teams will then play three ODIs in Vadodara on December 22, 24 and 27.

India’s T20I squad vs West Indies

Harmanpreet Kaur (capt), Smriti Mandhana, Nandini Kashyap, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wk), Uma Chetry (wk), Deepti Sharma, Sajeevan Sajana, Raghvi Bist, Renuka Thakur, Priya Mishra, Titas Sadhu, Saima Thakor, Minnu Mani, Radha Yadav

India’s ODI squad

Harmanpreet Kaur (capt), Smriti Mandhana, Pratika Rawal, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harleen Deol, Richa Ghosh (wk), Uma Chetry (wk), Tejal Hasabnis, Deepti Sharma, Minnu Mani, Priya Mishra, Tanuja Kanwer, Titas Sadhu, Saima Thakor, Renuka Thakur