Meghna, Renuka earn maiden call-up for Oz tour

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Seam bowlers Meghna Singh and Renuka Singh Thakur were handed maiden India call-ups, while left-arm spinner Rajeshwari Gayakwad returned as the BCCI on Tuesday announced the women's teams for the upcoming one-off Test and limited over series against Australia.

The Indian team will leave for Australia on August 29 to play three ODIs, a day-night Test and three T20Is, beginning next month. The selectors decided to reward Meghna, 27, and Renuka, 25, for their exploits in the senior one-day trophy in April. While right-arm medium pacer Meghna took five wickets for Railways, Renuka grabbed nine wickets for Himachal Pradesh during the tournament.

Squad for one-off Test and ODI series
M Raj (captain), H Kaur (vice-captain), S Mandhana, S Verma, P Raut, J Rodrigues, D Sharma, S Rana, Y Bhatia, T Bhatia (wk), S Pandey, J Goswami, M Singh, P Vastrakar, R Gayakwad, P Yadav, R Ghosh, E Bisht.

T20I series squad
H Kaur (captain), S Mandhana (vice-captain), S Verma, J Rodrigues, D Sharma, S Rana, Y Bhatia, S Pandey, M Singh, P Vastrakar, R Gayakwad, P Yadav, R Ghosh (wk),
H Deol, A Reddy, R Yadav, R Thakur.

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