On Wednesday, November 27, the Cricket West Indies (CWI) introduced the West Indies Girls’s Nationwide Cricket Staff squad for the white-ball sequence in opposition to India Girls’s Nationwide Cricket Staff.
The West Indies Girls’s Nationwide Cricket Staff will probably be touring to India for a three-match ODI sequence and a three-match T20I sequence. The T20Is will probably be performed on December 15, 17, and 19 on the DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai whereas the ODIs will probably be performed on December 22, 24, and 27 on the Reliance Stadium in Vadodara.
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Stafanie Taylor dominated out of India sequence, Deandra Dottin returns
West Indies Girls’s Nationwide Cricket Staff are presently ranked sixth in ICC T20I and ODI Rankings and the sequence in opposition to India is anticipated to be a difficult one for them.
They are going to be taking part in the matches in opposition to India with out their star all-rounder Stafanie Taylor, who has been dominated out with an damage. Notably, she is presently present process her rehabilitation program and won’t get slot in time for the India sequence.
In the meantime, Deandra Dottin will probably be making her comeback to ODI cricket within the sequence in opposition to India. She only in the near past made her worldwide cricket return from a retirement within the T20 World Cup 2024.
In the meantime, the squad of the Maroon Warriors additionally noticed the return of pacer Shabika Gajnabi and wicketkeeper-batter Rashada Williams. Notably, the duo weren’t a part of the T20 World Cup squad of the aspect.
We wish to take the great momentum we gained on the T20 World Cup – Shane Deitz
In an official media launch, the West Indies Girls’s Head Coach Shane Deitz stated that they wish to proceed performing effectively in worldwide cricket following their current success on the ICC Girls’s T20 World Cup 2024. Shane stated:
“We wish to take the great momentum we gained on the T20 World Cup into this sequence. We confirmed that we will compete in opposition to the highest groups which was pleasing.”
Shane additional stated that there have been a whole lot of enhancements within the group throughout all of the areas, however nonetheless, there are issues that may be achieved higher.
“Since I’ve taken over, I’ve seen enhancements in all areas, however we nonetheless have an extended solution to go. The consistency of high-level efficiency is what we have to preserve working in the direction of and it is a good alternative to play six matches in opposition to the most effective groups on this planet,” he added.
“We wish to get extra women concerned with franchise cricket transferring ahead and searching towards India, it is all the time good to play in entrance of the Indian IPL groups. It’s good for our women to start out getting their names in entrance of these folks, to hopefully open some alternatives sooner or later.”
West Indies ODI and T20I squad for India tour
Hayley Matthews (capt), Shemaine Campbelle (vice-capt), Aaliyah Alleyne, Shamilia Connell, Nerissa Crafton, Deandra Dottin, Afy Fletcher, Shabika Gajnabi, Chinelle Henry, Zaida James, Qiana Joseph, Mandy Mangru, Ashmini Munisar, Karishma Ramharack, Rashada Williams
