Legspinner Asha Sobhana, who had missed the New Zealand series because of injury, continues to be unavailable, while allrounder Pooja Vastrakar, who was rested against New Zealand, is also absent. Also missing from the squad are offspinner Shreyanka Patil, spin-bowling allrounder D Hemalatha, uncapped seamer Sayali Satghare, back-up wicketkeeper Uma Chetry.
Middle-order batter Tejal Hasabnis, legspinner Priya Mishra and seamer Saima Thakor, who all made their debuts against New Zealand and made a mark, have retained their spots to face Australia.
India’s squad for ODIs against Australia
Harmanpreet Kaur (capt), Smriti Mandhana, Priya Punia, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harleen Deol, Yastika Bhatia (wk), Richa Ghosh (wk), Tejal Hasabnis, Deepti Sharma, Minnu Mani, Priya Mishra, Radha Yadav, Titas Sadhu, Arundhati Reddy , Renuka Singh Thakur, Saima Thakur
