Veteran all-rounder Tahlia McGrath was on Saturday named to lead the 13-member Australian women’s side against India in regular skipper Alyssa Healy’s absence in the three-match ODI series next month.

Alyssa, 34, has been troubled by a knee injury, which had ruled her out during the fag end of the Women’s Big Bash League and also forced her to skip the ODI series against India, beginning in Brisbane on December 5.