Nandani and Bhatia were also picked in India’s T20 World Cup squad, which will be played before the Test. While Amanjot is out with a back injury, Gautam was unavailable with an injury on her right knee.
“I am very excited. As a cricketer, it is a dream to play a Test match at Lord’s,” captain Harmanpreet Kaur said in Mumbai. “That dream is going to be fulfilled. We are going with a positive mindset. We know we did well in the previous Tests we played, except the last one against Australia.”
Nandani did not play in this edition of the women’s first-class competition that was revived in 2023-24, but had played in the last two seasons, when she picked up three wickets each. Bhatia has played three Tests so far, and she scored her maiden half-century the last time she played England in Navi Mumbai in December 2023.
Overall, this will be India’s 11th Test in England. India have never lost a Test match in England and won two out of nine completed Tests there.
India Women squad for England Test
Harmanpreet Kaur (capt), Smriti Mandhana (vice-capt), Shafali Varma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Pratika Rawal, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wk), N Shree Charani, Yastika Bhatia (wk), Nandani Sharma, Harleen Deol, Renuka Singh, Kranti Gaud, Sayali Satghare, Sneh Rana
Anushka, Deol to lead India A against England A
Deeya Yadav, the 16-year-old who was part of Delhi Capitals before being out with injury, has been named in the T20 squad.
India A T20 squad: Anushka Sharma (capt), Vrinda Dinesh (vice-capt), G Kamalini (wk), Uma Chetry (wk), Vaishnavi Sharma, Prema Rawat, Purvaja Verlekar, Jintimani Kalita, Saima Thakor, Simran Bahadur, Shweta Sehrawat, Deeya Yadav, Minnu Mani, Shabnam Shakil, Tanuja Kanwar
India A one-day squad: Harleen Deol (capt), Pratika Rawal (vice-capt), Priya Punia, Tanisha Singh, G Kamalini (wk), Uma Chetry (wk), Tejal Hasabnis, Niki Prasad, Prema Rawat, Tanuja Kanwer, Vaishnavi Sharma, Shabnam Shakil, Sayali Satghare, Jintimani Kalita, Saima Thakor
S Sudarshanan is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo. @Sudarshanan7
