BCCI Announces Indian Women’s Squad For T20, ODI Against South Africa

Mumbai: Indian women’s squads for the upcoming Twenty-20 International (T20I) and One-Day International (ODI) series against South Africa has been announced by BCCI on Thursday.

Recently former T20 captain Mithali Raj decided her retirement from short format of the cricket due to 15-year-old Shafali Verma has been included in the squad for the first three T20Is of the five-match series.

The T20 series will commence from 24th September and end on October 4. Whereas Harmanpreet Kaur will be leading the team for her side.

Meanwhile, Mithali Raj will be captain for the ODI Series which will kick off from October 9 to 14. Also, the conclusion of the ODI series will also mark an end of South Africa’s tour of India.

Squad for first three T20Is: Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Taniya Bhatia (WK), Poonam Yadav, Shikha Pandey, Arundhati Reddy, Pooja Vastrakar, Radha Yadav, Veda Krishnamurthy, Harleen Deol, Anuja Patil, Shafali Verma, Mansi Joshi.

Squad for the ODI series: Mithali Raj (C), Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (VC), Punam Raut, Smriti Mandhana, Deepti Sharma, Taniya Bhatia (WK, Jhulan Goswami, Shikha Pandey, Mansi Joshi, Ekta Bisht, Poonam Yadav, D Hemalatha, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Priya Punia.

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