The high-profile short-list which will be interviewed by an ad-hoc panel comprising ex-India players Kapil Dev, Anshuman Gaekwad and Shantha Rangaswamy.
Although it was a call made by the team management, retired pacer Jhulan Goswami admits that she 'felt bad' on seeing Mithali benched before the crunch clash against England.
England Women first bundled India Women for a low total of 112 and then chased it down comfortably with the help of Sciver and Jones fifties.
India thus notched up their fourth victory in as many match to top group B. They will now take on either England or West Indies in the second semifinals.
A clinical performance by India see off Australia in style as the Indian eves win the last group match by 49 runs as the spinners once again got the better hand of Australia.
After managing 145 for 6 on a slow track, Indian spinners maintained tight leash on Irish women restricting them to 93 for 8 in 20 overs, securing them a spot in the last four of the tournament.
The Indian eves put up another clinical performance as Mithali's fifty and spinners helped India demolish Ireland by 52 runs to make their way to the semifinals of the ICC Women's World T20.
The veteran pacer also said that there were positives in the performance of young players like Pooja Vastrakar and all-rounder Anuja Patil.
The women in blue won 2-1 against South Africa in a three-match ODI series held in the Rainbow Nation before being blanked 3-0 by Australia at home.
Mandhana's (67) highest score in T20 internationals went in vain as India suffered a humiliating 6 wickets loss to Australia in tri-series opener in Mumbai.
India will face Australia in the opening match of the tri-series in Mumbai on Thursday, England are the third team to participate in the tournament.
After streamlining the domestic structure and introducing India A tours, the selectors have been asked to handpick a pool of pacers, spinners and wicketkeepers and test them in a camp at the NCA beginning later this month.
After Alyssa Healy's century, off-spinner Ashleigh Gardner (3/40) and Ellyse Perry (2/40) picked five wickets in unison to dismiss India to 235 runs in the 45th over.
A target of 288 in women's cricket is a tall order but India's opener Punam Raut's lack of power hurt the hosts badly as she undid all the hard work done by her opening partner Smriti Mandhana (67 off 53 balls).
Veteran players Jhulan Goswami and Mithali Raj and T-20 specialist off-spinner Anuja Patil have also been included in the squad, India will play their first match of the tri-series against Australia on March 22 in Mumbai.
The Indian bowlers expectedly were unable to defend a modest 201-run target and they were let down by not just the batting but also the fielding against Australia.
After Mithali Raj led the side to a 2-1 series win in the ODIs, it was Harmanpreet Kaur's turn to lift the trophy in the shorter format as the Indian women's cricket team became the first side to win two series in the Rainbow nation.
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A win will make Harmanpreet and Co. the first Indian side to have won two series on a single tour of South Africa. It will also be a huge milestone after having won the T20 series in Australia.
The young cricketer also threw light on her journey so far saying she had worked hard to get into the national team.
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