Mandhana out of MIQ, to enroll in group for rest of ODI sequence
Big name batter Smriti Mandhana on Tuesday finished her prolonged keep in quarantine and left for Queenstown to enroll in the Indian ladies’s cricket group for the rest of the five-match ODI sequence in opposition to New Zealand.
Mandhana had overlooked the one-off T20 World and the 2 ODIs in opposition to New Zealand as she was once in prolonged Controlled Isolation and Quarantine (MIQ) in conjunction with two different avid gamers — pacers Meghna Singh and Renuka Singh.
Renuka is already out of quarantine whilst Meghna additionally got here out of MIQ on Tuesday.
On the other hand, each Mandhana and Meghna is probably not to be had for the 3rd ODI right here on Friday on health grounds as they have got been in quarantine for lengthy.
“After all out of quarantine!! Can’t wait to get again with the group,” the 25-year-old Mandhana wrote on her Instagram deal with, in conjunction with an image of her along with her baggage.
In her absence, India had misplaced the one-off T20 World and the primary two ODIs. The second one ODI was once performed on Tuesday.
Previous, after the one-off T20I, batter Yastika Bhatia had knowledgeable concerning the keep in MIQ of Mandhana, Meghana Singh and Renuka Singh.
The Indian group had passed through a 10-day MIQ in Christchurch after its arrival in New Zealand.
The group had passed through per week of laborious quarantine in Mumbai earlier than its departure on January 24.
To scale back the chance of a COVID-19 outbreak, New Zealand Cricket had moved all of India’s fixtures, together with a T20I and 5 ODIs, to Queenstown.
The bilateral sequence is a key project for India forward of the 50-over International Cup in March-April in New Zealand.
