Harmanpreet, Renuka rested for India girls’s dwelling ODI sequence in opposition to Eire, Smriti to steer

Indian girls crew gamers celebrates the wicket of West Indies participant through the 2nd ODI between India and West Indies at Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara on Tuesday December 24, 2024. File
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Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur and pacer Renuka Singh Thakur have been rested for India girls’s three-match dwelling ODI sequence in opposition to Eire, the BCCI introduced on Monday (January 6, 2025).

Opener Smriti Mandhana will lead the facet within the sequence, starting on January 10 at Rajkot, within the absence of Harmanpreet.

Harmanpreet had suffered a knee damage through the dwelling sequence in opposition to the West Indies final month, forcing her to take a seat out of the final two T20Is earlier than returning to play three ODIs.

Earlier than that, the 35-year-old had sustained a neck damage through the match in opposition to Pakistan within the Ladies’s T20 World Cup in Dubai in October final yr.

Lead pacer Renuka was the participant of the sequence within the one-dayers in opposition to the West Indies after taking 10 wickets from three matches.

Previously, a stress fracture on the again had troubled her, so the transfer to relaxation her for the sequence in opposition to Eire may very well be to ease her workload.

India’s squad for the three-match ODI sequence in opposition to Eire: Smriti Mandhana (C), Deepti Sharma (VC), Pratika Rawal, Harleen Deol, Jemimah Rodrigues, Uma Chetry (wk), Richa Ghosh (wk), Tejal Hasabnis, Raghvi Bist, Minnu Mani, Priya Mishra, Tanuja Kanwer, Titas Sadhu, Saima Thakor, Sayali Satghare.

Schedule (All matches in Rajkot, begins at 11 AM) 1st ODI: January 10: 2nd ODI: January 12 third ODI: January 15.