Smriti Mandhana to Lead India in All-Format South Africa Tour
New Delhi: Smriti Mandhana will captain India across all three formats during the women’s team’s December tour of South Africa, the BCCI announced.
India will play one Test, three ODIs and three T20Is, beginning with the Test in Gqeberha on December 9. The ODI series will run from December 16 to 22, followed by the T20I series starting in Benoni on December 26.
Deepti Sharma has been named vice-captain for the Test and ODI squads, while Shafali Verma will be her deputy in T20Is.
The 15-member Test squad includes Harmanpreet Kaur, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh, Yastika Bhatia and Sneh Rana. Vaishnavi Sharma replaces Rana in the ODI squad.
The 17-member T20I squad features Niki Prasad, G Kamalini, Anushka Sharma, Prema Rawat, Amanjot Kaur, Renuka Singh Thakur and Arundhati Reddy.
