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Rumeli Dhar to replace Jhulan Goswami in T20I series against South Africa

The pacer recently became the first female cricketer to take 200 ODI wickets in the second ODI against South Africa, which clinched by a massive 178-run victory at Kimberley.

India vs South Africa 2018 Image Source : PTIA file image of Jhulan Goswami

India women's team will be missing out on their veteran star as all-rounder Rumeli Dhar will join the squad to replace injured fast bowler Jhulan Goswami for the remaining three T20Is against South Africa which the Women in Blue currently lead 2-0. Goswami was ruled out of the five-match T20I series due to a heel injury.

The pacer recently became the first female cricketer to take 200 ODI wickets in the second ODI against South Africa, which clinched by a massive 178-run victory at Kimberley.

Goswami, an ICC Women Cricketer of the Year in 2007, had earlier broken Australian Cathryn Fitzpatrick's record of highest wickets in women ODIs.

Earlier, India registered a thumping seven-wicket win over South Africa in the high-scoring series opener in Potchefstroom and recently won the second T20I by nine wickets with the help of Mithali Raj and Smriti Mandhana as the visitors managed to chase down a modest score of 143 runs set by the hosts.

India Women's T20I squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana (vc), Mithali Raj, Veda Krishnamurthy, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Anuja Patil, Taniya Bhatia (wicket-keeper), Nuzhat Parveen (wicket-keeper), Poonam Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Shikha Pandey, Pooja Vastrakar, Radha Yadav, Rumeli Dhar.

(With ANI Inputs)