The likes of Monica Patel, C Prathyusha have been dropped from the squad altogether.
For the Indian women's team captain, hitting eight sixes in order to avoid running is best way to ignore stomach cramps.
Also released from the squad are Devika Vaidya, Simran Shaikh and Shivali Shinde.
The T20 World Cup will be played in South Africa in February next year.
Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur scored record half-centuries
Having won the three-match ODI series 2-1, India are currently leading the five-match T20 series 2-0.
Mandhana (91 off 99 balls) literally drove and pulled her way before missing out on a deserving sixth WODI hundred by nine runs.
Smriti Mandhana closed in on the top spot while occupying the second slot in both the ICC T20I and ODI batting rankings released
The Captain of the Year award was given to England's World Cup-winning, Heather Knight, the first for a women skipper
Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur made a 48-ball 42 before Richa Ghosh sealed the chase with a six off Tumi Sekhukhune in the 41st over. India won with 56 balls to spare.
After doing duty in the gripping Test, Harmanpreet Kaur, Jhulan Goswami and Smriti Mandhana went sight-seeing around beautiful Bristol.
Harleen Deol underscored her growing maturity with an impressive maiden hundred
India are fretting over the fitness of their skipper Harmanpreet Kaur (shoulder) and Smriti Mandhana (finger) ahead of the opening game.
The report said that the expansion to 10 teams would happen in the next five years and "the likeliest locations are the south-west, in Bristol and Taunton, and the north-east, at Durham".
Gurindervir, Kujur, Manikanta, Amlan set new 4x100m relay national record
Following two convincing wins in the Women's T20 World Cup, Harmanpreet Kaur-led Indian women's team will have their task cut out when they take on England at St. George's Park in Gqeberha on Saturday.
Regular captain Harmanpreet Kaur was ruled out of the three-match T20I series against England due to an an ankle injury.
India captain Harmanpreet Kaur lauded the bowlers after the team's triumphant campaign in the Women's Asia Cup, which ended with a lop-sided win in the final against Sri Lanka in Sylhet, Bangladesh, on Saturday.
India captain Harmanpreet Kaur revealed that she wanted to take an indefinite break from the game because of the controversy that followed the World T20 in the West Indies.
The T20 Challenge, to be played during the IPL play-offs, will begin with last year's finalist Supernovas taking on Velocity in the opening game.
India inflicted a crushing 10-wicket defeat on South Africa in the one-off Women's Test in Chennai
India opener Shafali Verma said her no-holds-barred approach goes well with Smriti Mandhana's elegance.
A player in A category gets paid Rs 50 lakh over and above match fees and Rs 30 lakh and Rs 10 lakh are allotted for B and C category respectively.
South Africa bounced back to defeat India by 12 runs in the first women's T20I to secure their first win of the multi-format tour
'I didn't like that most of the teams have opted for foreign players as captains because it's an Indian league'
India head coach Amol Muzumdar was frustrated by the his team fielding efforts which he believes could have altered the game's outcome against Australia.
India women registered the biggest victory in terms of runs in the history of women's Test cricket.
India captain Harmanpreet terms umpiring pathetic after tied third ODI against Bangladesh
Star batter Jemimah Rodrigues was on Thursday dropped from the 15-member Indian women's squad for the ICC ODI World Cup to be held in New Zealand from March 4 to April 3.
Bangladesh captain Nigar Sultana Joty slammed India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur for her conduct, stating that she brought up the umpiring issue as India ended up on the losing side in the third and final ODI.
Captain Harmanpreet Kaur says her team committed "no crime" after completing a first-ever whitewash in women's ODIs on English soil with a legal yet debatable run-out.
India captain Rohit Sharma was named the 'Men's International Cricketer of the Year', while former head coach Rahul Dravid was conferred with the 'Lifetime Achievement Award' at the Ceat Cricket Rating Awards 2023-24 here on Wednesday.
Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur delivered a solid all-round performance as the Indian women's cricket team defeated Thailand by 66 runs in the Asia Cup T20 tournament, in Kuala Lumpur, on Monday.
IMAGES from the Women's T20 World Cup first semi-final played between India and Australia in Cape Town on Thursday.
The cover features India's only woman Lieutenant General Madhuri Kanitkar, champion racing driver Alisha Abdullah and Harmanpreet Kaur, captain of India's ODI/T20 women's cricket teams.
Images from the WPL match between Mumbai Indians vs Gujarat Giants played at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Saturday
Supernovas could not defend their modest 126 for eight in the opening match of the Women's T20 Challenge.
The Indian women's team is placed in a tough group alongside Australia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and New Zealand at the T20 World Cup.
WBBL is likely to clash with India's month-long tour of the Caribbean
Ganguly was also effusive in his praise for young pacer Renuka Singh.
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