{"id":11900,"date":"2026-05-02T22:47:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T17:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/anushka-sharma-gets-t20-captaincy-harleen-deol-to-lead-india-a-in-odis-during-england-tour-cricket-news\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T22:47:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T17:17:44","slug":"anushka-sharma-gets-t20-captaincy-harleen-deol-to-lead-india-a-in-odis-during-england-tour-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/anushka-sharma-gets-t20-captaincy-harleen-deol-to-lead-india-a-in-odis-during-england-tour-cricket-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Anushka Sharma gets T20 captaincy, Harleen Deol to lead India-A in ODIs during England tour | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130720349,imgsize-69528,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/mumbai-india39s-harleen-deol-during-a-practice-session-ahead-of-the-one-off-test.jpg\" alt=\"Anushka Sharma gets T20 captaincy, Harleen Deol to lead India-A in ODIs during England tour\" title=\"India's Harleen Deol (PTI Photo\/Kunal Patil)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"India's Harleen Deol (PTI Photo\/Kunal Patil)\">India&#8217;s Harleen Deol (PTI Photo\/Kunal Patil)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: India-A have announced separate squads for their upcoming tour of England, with Anushka Sharma set to lead the T20 side and Harleen Deol captaining the ODI team. The tour will feature three T20Is starting June 20, followed by three one-day matches from July 1.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>Anushka Sharma, who recently made her international debut during India\u2019s tour of South Africa, has quickly earned leadership responsibility for the T20 leg. Vrinda Dinesh has been named vice-captain of the T20 squad.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>Meanwhile, Harleen Deol, who missed out on India\u2019s Women\u2019s T20 World Cup squad, will lead the ODI side in England. Pratika Rawal has been appointed vice-captain for the ODI series.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>The selectors have also rewarded several young and emerging players with spots in the India-A setup. <!-- -->G. Kamalini and Vaishnavi Sharma, both of whom have already featured for the senior Indian team recently, have been included in both squads.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>Jintimani Kalita received her maiden India-A call-up in both formats, while Tanisha Singh and Purvaja Verlekar are among the fresh faces added to the ODI and T20 squads respectively.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>England tour seen as stepping stone<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>The England tour is expected to play an important role in developing India\u2019s bench strength and giving young players overseas exposure. It also comes at a crucial time as India continue building squads for future ICC events.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>The T20 squad includes players like Minnu Mani, Shabnam Shakil and Tanuja Kanwer, while the ODI side features experienced domestic names such as Priya Punia, Tejal Hasabnis and Sayali Satghare.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>With a mix of young talent and players already on the national selectors\u2019 radar, the India-A tour could become an important platform for future senior team opportunities.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>India-A squads for tour of England<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">India-A squad for T20s against England A: <\/span>Anushka Sharma (C), Vrinda Dinesh (VC), G Kamalini (WK), Uma Chetry, Vaishnavi Sharma, Prema Rawat, Purvaja Verlekar, Jintimani Kalita, Saima Thakor, Simran Bahadur, Shweta Sehrawat, Deeya Yadav, Minnu Mani, Shabnam Shakil, Tanuja Kanwer.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"29\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">India-A squad for One-Days against England A:<\/span> Harleen Deol (C), Pratika Rawal (VC), Priya Punia, Tanisha Singh, G Kamalini (WK), Uma Chetry (WK), Tejal Hasabnis, Niki Prasad, Prema Rawat, Tanuja Kanwer, Vaishnavi Sharma, Shabnam Shakil, Sayali Satghare, Jintimani Kalita, Saima Thakor.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"32\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/news\/anushka-sharma-gets-t20-captaincy-harleen-deol-to-lead-india-a-in-odis-during-england-tour\/articleshow\/130719902.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India&#8217;s Harleen Deol (PTI Photo\/Kunal Patil) NEW DELHI: India-A have announced separate squads for their upcoming tour of England, with Anushka Sharma set to lead the T20 side and Harleen Deol captaining the ODI team. The tour will feature three T20Is starting June 20, followed by three one-day matches from July 1.Anushka Sharma, who recently [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11901,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11900","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}