Pooja Vastrakar replaces injured Smriti Mandhana in ODI series against South Africa

Mumbai: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Wednesday announced Pooja Vastrakar as the replacement for Smriti Mandhana, who was ruled out of the three-match ODI series against South Africa due to injury.

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Mandhana fractured her right toe while batting in the nets ahead of the 1st ODI in Vadodara.

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"The All India Women's Selection Committee has named Pooja Vastrakar as replacement in the squad for the ODI series," BCCI said in a statement.

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India squad for the series: Mithali Raj (capt), Harmanpreet Kaur (vice-capt), Taniya Bhatia (wk), Ekta Bisht, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Jhulan Goswami, Dayalan Hemalatha, Mansi Joshi, Pooja Vastrakar, Shikha Pandey, Poonam Yadav, Priya Punia, Punam Raut, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma.

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India and South Africa will take on each other in the first ODI October 9. (ANI)

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