India names Jintimani Kalita as Renuka Singh Thakur’s replacement

Hyderabad: Fast bowler Renuka Singh Thakur has been ruled out of the upcoming three-match ODI series against Zimbabwe, sponsored by Muthoot FinCorp. She is still building up the bowling workload required for the 50-over format at the BCCI Centre of Excellence.

The Women’s Selection Committee has named Jintimani Kalita as her replacement. Jintimani, who was part of the recently concluded T20I series in Raipur, has travelled with the team to Vadodara, where the ODI series will begin on October 23.

India’s updated ODI squad: Smriti Mandhana (C), Shafali Verma, Pratika Rawal, Harmanpreet Kaur, Harleen Deol, Tejal Hasabnis, Deepti Sharma (VC), Richa Ghosh (WK), Yastika Bhatia (WK), Vaishnavi Sharma, Nandni Sharma, Sree Charani, Kranti Gaud, Sayali Satghare and Jintimani Kalita.

The matches will be played in Vadodara on October 23, 25 and 28.