Sania back in Fed Cup squad

Sania Mirza will lead the Indian campaign in the Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II competition in a six-member squad that also includes Poojashree Venkatesh.

The All India Tennis Association selection committee dropped Ankita Bhambri while retaining Rushmi Chakravarthy and Sanaa Bhambri. Poojashree had won four ITF Futures titles out of five finals last year. Ankita Raina and Shivika Burman are the members. The competition will held in Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia next month. India were relegated to Asia/Oceania Zone Group II last year after being blanked 3-0 by Taiwan in the play-off tie.

Mirza had pulled put of the tournament in 2009 with an abdominal injury. She did not play in 2008 either.

Rohit Rajpal was appointed as non-playing captain while Enrico Piperno is the coach of the team.