India A women are set to play crucial home matches against Australia A, with the selectors handing Anushka Sharma the responsibility of leading the side in the T20 format. Yastika Bhatia, meanwhile, will take charge of the one-day and multi-day teams.
Anushka heads into the Australia A series with valuable recent experience. She guided India A to a 2-1 T20 series victory over England A in June. She will also serve as Bhatia's deputy in both the one-day and four-day matches. Former India Under-19 captain Niki Prasad, who has been included across all three formats. The tour will begin on September 12 and will feature three T20s, three One-Day matches and a four-day multi-day game.
India A squad for T20s: Anushka Sharma (capt), Sayali Satghare (vice-capt), Vrinda Dinesh, Sujata Dey, Tejal Hasabnis, Nikki Prasad, Shipra Giri (wk), Shweta Sehrawat, Uma Chetry (wk), Tanuja Kanwer, Minnu Mani, Vaishnavi Sharma, Jintimani Kalita, Shabnam Shakeel, Simran Dil Bahadur
India A squad for one-day games: Yastika Bhatia (capt&wk), Anushka Sharma (vice-capt), Vrinda Dinesh, Priya Punia, Tanisha Singh, Tejal Hasabnis, Nikki Prasad, Uma Chetry (wk), Minnu Mani, Amandeep Kaur, Vaishnavi Sharma, Sayali Satghare, Jintimani Kalita, Shabnam Shakeel, Akshita Bhagat
India A squad for multi-day game: Yastika Bhatia (capt&wk), Anushka Sharma (vice-capt), Shubha Satheesh, Priya Punia, Tanisha Singh, Tejal Hasabnis, Nikki Prasad, Mamata Madiwala (wk), Sushree Dibyadarshini, Shuchi Upadhyay, Vaishnavi Sharma, Sayali Satghare, Jintimani Kalita, Shabnam Shakeel, Akshita Bhagat