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Mithali to lead India eves in ICC Women's World T20

August 20, 2012 18:30 IST
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Mithali Raj [ Images ] will lead a 14-member Indian team in the ICC [ Images ] Women's World Twenty20 [ Images ] tournament to be held in Sri Lanka [ Images ] from September 26 to October 7.

Harmanpreet Kaur will be the deputy to Raj in the mega event, according to a release issued by the BCCI Secretary Sanjay Jagdale.

The All-India Selection Committee (women) picked the squad.

India [ Images ], which is placed in Group A along with England [ Images ], Australia [ Images ] and Pakistan, will play the Kangaroos in their opening encounter on September 27.

The ICC has already announced the schedule of women's warm-up matches to be held on September 22 and 23 in Colombo.

The group stage matches will be played in Galle.

Squad: Mithali Raj (Capt), Harmanpreet Kaur (Vice-Capt), Sulakshana Naik, Jhulan Goswami [ Images ], Poonam Raut, Gouhar Sultana, Ekta Bisht, Archana Das, N Niranjana, Mona Meshram, Shubhalaxmi Sharma, Anuja Patil, Roshanara Parvin, Amita Sharma [ Images ].

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