Smriti Mandhana is leading the pack with 774 rating points ahead of Australia pair of Ellyse Perry and Meg Lanning.

Mandhana recently scored 196 runs in the three-match ODI series against hosts New Zealand, including a 100 and 90.

Mandhana, asked specifically whether the team was too dependent on her, replied that the perception was not correct.

Rodrigues's 132 runs in the three-match series against New Zealand have lifted her to second position while Mandhana has gained four spots after finishing as the leading run-getter in the New Zealand series.

Mandhana returned as the highest run-getter in the T20 series, amassing 180 runs from three games at an average of 60, including two half-centuries.

Captain Harmanpreet Kaur, whose indifferent form has hurt the team, said she was disappointed at the result and the 0-3 series defeat.

Kalpana, who made her ODI debut at home against New Zealand in 2015, will be the second wicketkeeper in the squad apart from Taniya Bhatia.

The Indian board also announced the President's XI squad that will play a warm-up game ahead of the series on February 18.

New Zealand beat India by four wickets in the second T20I to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. 

Chasing a modest target, New Zealand made heavy weather of the chase before scampering home off the last ball of the match losing six wickets.

Chasing 160, India were going strong at 102 for 1 but Smriti Mandhana and Jemimah Rodrigues' dismissal proved fatal for the visitors who collapsed to 136 all out.

Mandhana smashed a 58-run knock off 34 balls but the Indian women's cricket team failed to make it count as they were dismissed for 136 all out while chasing a target of 160.

New Zealand pacer Lea Tahuhu played a decisive role with three scalps off her four overs to derail India's pursuit of a 160-run target .

Smriti Mandhana's fiery knock (34-ball 58) on Wednesday, however, couldn't power India women home as they lost the first T20I against New Zealand women by 23 runs.

The three-match series, which was part of the Women's ODI Championship, was won by India 2-1 but they suffered an eight-wicket loss at Hamilton on February 1.

Smriti cracked her fourth ODI century and an unbeaten 90 in India's 2-1 win in the three-match rubber against New Zealand.

The spin trio of Ekta Bisht, Poonam Yadav and Deepti Sharma, who had tormented New Zealand in India's nine-wicket win in the first ODI, took two wickets each to stifle the Kiwi innings yet again.

Mandhana smashed a 104-ball 105-run knock, her fourth ODI hundred, and shared a 190-run stand with fellow opener Jemimah Rodrigues (81 not out) to fashion a nine-wicket win for the visitors.

Smriti Mandhana (105) and the Jemimah Rodrigues (81 not out) put together a batting masterclass after the bowlers did the job for India by bundling out New Zealand for a below-par 192.

The feat has never been achieved where two Indians have bagged the top awards in the men's and women's category together.