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.
The one-off Test in England will be played from July 10-13, five days after the T20 World Cup final at the same ground. This will be India Women’s first Test at Lord’s and their 11th overall 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
