Uncapped power-hitters Kiran Prabhu Navgire and Dayalan Hemalatha, who are in the Indian squad for the upcoming white ball tour of England, can fill the "gaps the team was lacking" in slog overs, skipper Harmanpreet Kaur said on Tuesday.
Navgire, who smashed the fastest fifty in the Women's T20 Challenge in May, got her maiden India call-up for the three-match T20Is.
Off-spin all-rounder Hemalatha was recalled after two years on the back of a strong domestic season to be named in both the T20I and ODI squads for the England tour.
"We have added two new batters KP (Navgire) and Hemlatha. We can work on these two players who have got that skill-set.
They can bring a lot to the team," Harmanpreet said.
"They have the power, the skill. If we can work on them and add some more skills to their personal game that would really help our team to fill in the gaps the team is lacking right now."
Maharashtra batter Navgire, who plays for Nagaland, first hogged the limelight with her unbeaten 162 against Arunachal Pradesh in the Senior Women's T20 Trophy earlier this year before she was roped in by the Velocity team in the Women's T20 Challenge.
Hemalatha, who last played a T20I in 2019, had a fruitful domestic season, finishing fourth on the T20 run charts with 272 runs — the highest for a player batting outside the top three.
"I've seen the way they batted in the domestic season. It's the right platform for them to bring in something which team was lacking.
No matter whatever format you play, you at least need six batters in the side," Harmanpreet said.
"We were lacking in the area because we didn't have those batters in the side. But now we have added two more extra batters (KP and Hemlatha). We want to give them opportunity," the Indian skipper added.
India's tour of England begins on September 10 and features three T20Is and three ODIs.
With the T20 World Cup due in February next year, Harmanpreet said the team management would look to give everyone "maximum opportunities" to identify the core of the side.