BCCI announced on 9 November 2026 that the Women's Selection Committee has picked India's squads for an all-format tour of South Africa in December. India will play one Test, three ODIs and three T20Is, with Smriti Mandhana named captain in all three formats.
What Was Announced
Deepti Sharma is vice-captain for the Test and ODIs, and Shafali Verma is vice-captain for the T20Is.
Test squad: Smriti Mandhana (c), Shafali Verma, Pratika Rawal, Harmanpreet Kaur, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harleen Deol, Richa Ghosh (wk), Yastika Bhatia (wk), Deepti Sharma (vc), Sree Charani, Sneh Rana, Kranti Gaud, Nandni Sharma, Jintimani Kalita, Sayali Satghare.
ODI squad: Smriti Mandhana (c), Shafali Verma, Pratika Rawal, Harmanpreet Kaur, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harleen Deol, Richa Ghosh (wk), Yastika Bhatia (wk), Deepti Sharma (vc), Sree Charani, Vaishnavi Sharma, Kranti Gaud, Nandni Sharma, Jintimani Kalita, Sayali Satghare.
T20I squad: Smriti Mandhana (c), Shafali Verma (vc), Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur, Niki Prasad, Richa Ghosh (wk), G. Kamalini (wk), Anushka Sharma, Deepti Sharma, Sree Charani, Prema Rawat, Amanjot Kaur, Kranti Gaud, Nandni Sharma, Renuka Singh Thakur, Arundhati Reddy, Sayali Satghare.
The only change between the Test and ODI squads is Vaishnavi Sharma in the ODI group in place of Sneh Rana.
What It Means
The tour opens with the Test and runs to the end of December:
- Test: 9 December 2026, Gqeberha
- 1st ODI: 16 December, Paarl
- 2nd ODI: 19 December, Cape Town
- 3rd ODI: 22 December, Bloemfontein
- 1st T20I: 26 December, Benoni
- 2nd T20I: 29 December, Potchefstroom
- 3rd T20I: 30 December, Potchefstroom
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Source: BCCI press release.