Smriti Mandhana to lead as BCCI announces multi-format squads for South Africa tour

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced India’s squads for the upcoming all-format tour of South Africa in December. The tour will feature a one-off Test followed by three ODIs and three T20Is, with Smriti Mandhana named captain across all three formats.

The Test match, scheduled to begin on December 9 in Gqeberha, will mark Mandhana’s first assignment as India’s captain in red-ball cricket. The white-ball leg will begin with the first ODI in Paarl on December 16.

Smriti Mandhana to captain India in first Test assignment

Mandhana will lead the 15-member Test squad, which includes Shafali Verma, Pratika Rawal, Harmanpreet Kaur, Jemimah Rodrigues and Deepti Sharma. Deepti has been named vice-captain, while Richa Ghosh and Yastika Bhatia are the two wicketkeeping options.

The ODI squad also features 15 players, with Vaishnavi Sharma included in place of Sneh Rana from the Test squad. In the T20I setup, Shafali will serve as vice-captain, while Niki Prasad, G. Kamalini and Anushka Sharma are among the players named.

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India announce schedule for South Africa tour

India’s tour will begin with the one-off Test in Gqeberha from December 9 to 12. The three-match ODI series will then take place from December 16 to 22, with matches scheduled in Paarl, Cape Town and Bloemfontein. The T20I series will begin on December 26 in Benoni, followed by the remaining two matches in Potchefstroom on December 29 and 30.

India’s Test squad: Smriti Mandhana (captain), Shafali Verma, Pratika Rawal, Harmanpreet Kaur, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harleen Deol, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Yastika Bhatia (wicketkeeper), Deepti Sharma (vice-captain), Sree Charani, Sneh Rana, Kranti Gaud, Nandni Sharma, Jintimani Kalita and Sayali Satghare.

India’s ODI squad: Smriti Mandhana (captain), Shafali Verma, Pratika Rawal, Harmanpreet Kaur, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harleen Deol, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Yastika Bhatia (wicketkeeper), Deepti Sharma (vice-captain), Sree Charani, Vaishnavi Sharma, Kranti Gaud, Nandni Sharma, Jintimani Kalita and Sayali Satghare.

India’s T20I squad: Smriti Mandhana (captain), Shafali Verma (vice-captain), Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur, Niki Prasad, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), G. Kamalini (wicketkeeper), Anushka Sharma, Deepti Sharma, Sree Charani, Prema Rawat, Amanjot Kaur, Kranti Gaud, Nandni Sharma, Renuka Singh Thakur, Arundhati Reddy and Sayali Satghare.

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