Nandani and Bhatia were also picked in India’s T20 World Cup squad, which will be played before the Test. While Amanjot is out with a back injury, Gautam was unavailable with an injury on her right knee.
The one-off Test in England will be played from July 10 to 13, five days after the T20 World Cup final at the same ground. This will be India Women’s first Test at Lord’s and their 11th overall in England. India have never lost a Test match in England and won two out of nine completed Tests there.
India Women squad for England Test
Harmanpreet Kaur (capt), Smriti Mandhana (vice-capt), Shafali Varma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Pratika Rawal, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wk), N Shree Charani, Yastika Bhatia (wk), Nandani Sharma, Harleen Deol, Renuka Singh, Kranti Gaud, Sayali Satghare, Sneh Rana
