The most notable player to return to the national level is all-rounder Sneh Rana, who did not play in the Sri Lanka series due to injury, which forced him to be placed at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) for rehabilitation.
Harmanpreet Kaur-led team would have changed the keeper Yastika Bhatia As first choice stumper.
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Tania’s selection was surprising as the Neetu David-led selection committee brought back a keeper-batsman who scored a total of 166 runs in 22 innings at an average of 9.72 with a strike-rate of 94.
The casualty was Bengal’s Richa Ghosh, who has scored 191 runs in 14 matches at a strike-rate of over 112 but is now on the reserve list as she has gone off the radar in recent times.
Veteran leg-spinner Poonam Yadav, who is no longer certain in the squad, is also on the stand-by list along with seamer Simran Dil Bahadur.
The three fast bowlers in the list are Meghna Singh, Renuka Thakur and Pooja Vastrakar.
India are in Group A along with Australia, Barbados and Pakistan.
Sri Lanka, England, New Zealand and South Africa have been placed in Group B. They will play Australia on 29 July, followed by matches against Pakistan on 31 July and Barbados (3 August).
The top two teams from the respective pool will advance to the semi-finals.
India team: Harmanpreet Kaur (C), reminiscence (VC), Shafali VermaS Meghna, Tania Bhatia (WK), Yastika Bhatia (WK), Deepti Sharma, Rajeshwari Gaikwad, Pooja Vastrakar, Meghna Singh, Renuka Thakur, Jemima Rodrigues, Radha Yadav, Harleen Deol, Sneh Rana.
to support: Simran Dil Bahadur, Richa Ghosh, Poonam Yadav.