Jemimah Rodrigues left out as India name World Cup squad

Rodrigues only managed 22 runs in five innings across two series - against South Africa and England - in her first appearances in ODIs since late 2019

Jemimah Rodrigues was the big-name casualty as India announced their World Cup squad on Thursday.

Rodrigues, who has 71 caps for her country - with 21 coming in one-day internationals, was not included in the 15-woman party for the tournament, which is due to take place in New Zealand in March.

The 21-year-old has been in good form in domestic cricket over the course of the past year, finishing her stint with Northern Superchargers in The Hundred with the second most runs of anyone in the competition (249) at a strike rate above 150.

^{Jemimah Rodrigues' domestic short-format form has not won her a place in India's World Cup squad (Stu Forster/Getty Images)}

She also made 333 runs for Melbourne Renegades in the WBBL last year, but that record has not been enough to win over the selectors.

A run of single-figure scores in the 50-over format for India in 2021 have weighed heavy on her chances.

Rodrigues only managed 22 runs in five innings across two series - against South Africa and England - in her first appearances in ODIs since late 2019. 

Allrounder Shikha Pandey is also left out of the squad for the tournament in New Zealand. Pandey played three ODIs against England in June and July but subsequently lost her place.

Renuka Singh Thakur, who made her T20I debut against Australia last year, is called up to the 50-over squad for the first time.

^{Shikha Pandey also misses out on the competition in New Zealand (Kerry Marshall/Getty Images)}

Mithali Raj captains the side, with Harmanpreet Kaur named as vice-captain. 

India will warm up with five ODIs against New Zealand between February 11 and February 24, as well as a one-off T20I on February 9.

ODI squad: Mithali Raj (c), Harmanpreet Kaur (vc), Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wk), Sneh Rana, Jhulan Goswami, Pooja Vastrakar, Meghna Singh, Renuka Singh Thakur, Taniya Bhatia (wk), Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Poonam Yadav

Standby: Sabbhineni Meghana, Ekta Bisht, Simran Dil Bahadur

T20I squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana (vc), Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wk), Sneh Rana, Pooja Vastrakar, Meghna Singh, Renuka Singh Thakur, Taniya Bhatia (wk), Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Poonam Yadav, Ekta Bisht, Sabbhineni Meghna, Simran Dil Bahadur