Anjum Chopra replaces Jhulan Goswami as India women’s cricket captain

Indian women's cricket team for the Twenty20 and ODI tour of West Indies starts February 18 © Getty Images

Bangalore: Feb 4, 2012

Veteran batter Anjum Chopra on Saturday replaced Jhulan Goswami as the captain of a 15-member Indian women's cricket team for the Twenty20 and ODI tour of West Indies starting February 18.

Mithali Raj will be the 34-year-old Chopra's deputy during the tour which comprises five Twenty20s and three ODIs.

Jhulan remains a part of the team despite losing the captaincy.

The Twenty20s will be played from February 18 to 27.

After a day's break, the teams will play the first of their three ODIs in Kingston.

Squad: Anjum Chopra (C), Mithali Raj (VC), Jhulan Goswami, Harmanpreet Kaur, Veda Krishnamurthy, Subhalaxmi Sharma, Diana David, Sunitha Anand, Gouhar Sultana, Mamtha Kanojia, Archana Das, Ekta Bist, Amita Sharma, Madhuri Mehta, Sulakshna Naik.