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\nMithali Raj and Harmanpreet Kaur were on Friday retained as captains for the Indian women\u2019s ODI and T20 team respectively while out-of-form Veda Krishnamurthy was dropped from both the squads picked for the New Zealand tour beginning next month.<\/p>\n
India will play three ODIs in New Zealand beginning January 24 as part of the ICC Women\u2019s Championship before playing three T20 Internationals.The New Zealand tour will be the team\u2019s first assignment after its controversial exit from the World T20 last month when it lost to England in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n
The 15-member squad for ODIs and T20s was announced a day after WV Raman was appointed as the head coach. Gary Kirsten was ahead of Raman in the pecking order but the former India men\u2019s coach was not ready to give up on his role with Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL.<\/p>\n
The BCCI had invited fresh applications after Ramesh Powar\u2019s term ended on November 30, following the World T20 loss in which he and Harmanpreet had collectively decided to drop senior player Mithali for the all-important semi-final, triggering a massive controversy.<\/p>\n
While Mithali turned up for the selection committee meeting here on Friday, Harmanpreet, who is playing the Women\u2019s Big Bash in Australia, joined via Skype. Selection panel chief Hemlata Kala announced the squads in the presence of BCCI CEO Rahul Johri and acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary.<\/p>\n
Veda was dropped from both the teams following her lean run, Hemlata told PTI. Mona Meshram replaced Veda in the ODI squad while two changes were made in the squad that went to the West Indies for the World T20. Shikha Pandey replaced injured pacer Pooja Vastrakar in the T20 squad while uncapped Priya Punia was picked in place of Veda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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