Jhulan Goswami

Calcutta: Jhulan Goswami, winner of the ICC Women Cricketer of the Year Award in 2007, has been named captain of the Indian women’s team that will tour Australia to play five ODIs and one Twenty20 match in October-November 2008, according to information received here.

The national selection committee met in Mumbai on Monday to pick the side and awarded the captaincy to Jhulan, who is an Air India employee.

THE SQUAD

Jhulan Goswami (captain), Rumeli Dhar (vice-captain), Jaya Sharma, Sulakshana Naik, Mithali Raj, Anjum Chopra, M.D. Trishkamini, Amita Sharma, Priyanka Roy, Snehal Pradhan, Gouher Sultana, Anagha Deshpande, Reema Malhotra, Nooshine-al-Khader, Seema Pujare.

Manager: Purnima Rao

Coach: Sudha Shah

Stand-byes: Diana David, Swarupa Kadam, Latika Kumari