TEAM FOR INDIA'S TOUR OF AUSTRALIA ANNOUNCED

Jhulan Goswami, winner of the ICC Cricketer of the Year Award in 2007, has been named captain of the Indian team that will tour Australia to play five One-Day internationals and one Twenty20 match in October-November 2008. Former India captain Anjum Chopra has been recalled.

The members of the National (Women's) Selection Committee met at the Cricket Centre earlier today to pick the side.

THE TEAM:
1. JHULAN GOSWAMI - CAPTAIN
2. RUMELI DHAR – VICE-CAPTAIN
3. JAYA SHARMA
4. SULAKSHANA NAIK
5. MITHALI RAJ
6. ANJUM CHOPRA
7. M.D. TRISHKAMINI
8. AMITA SHARMA
9. PRIYANKA ROY
10. SNEHAL PRADHAN
11. GOUHER SULTANA
12. ANAGHA DESHPANDE
13. REEMA MALHOTRA
14. NOOSHINE-AL-KHADER
15. SEEMA PUJARE
PURNIMA RAO – MANAGER
SUDHA SHAH – COACH

STAND-BYES:
DIANA DAVID
SWARUPA KADAM
LATIKA KUMARI

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