Explosive Indian opener Smriti Mandhana will be Harmanpreet Kaur’s deputy for the five-match T20 series against South Africa, which is scheduled to start in Potchefstroom from February 13.
Ahead of the T20I series, the Indian women cricket team will play three-match One-day International series under the captaincy of Mithali Raj. The ODIs will start in Kimberly on February 5.
“The All-India women’s selection committee has named the T2OI squad for women’s tour to South Africa. The Indian women’s team will play five T20Is against South Africa women after the completion of the ODI series,” the BCCI said in a statement.
While the opening two ODIs will be played on February 5 and 7 at Kimberley, the third ODI will be played in Potchefstroom on February 10, where the first T20I is scheduled to take place on February 13.
The second T20I will be played on February 16 in East London followed by the third game in Johannesburg on February 18.
The final two T20Is will be played at Centurion on February 21 and in Cape Town February 24.
India Women’s T20I squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain), Smriti Mandhana (vice-captain), Mithali Raj, Veda Krishnamurthy, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Anuja Patil, Taniya Bhatia (wicket-keeper), Nuzhat Parveen (wicket-keeper), Poonam Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Jhulan Goswami, Shikha Pandey, Pooja Vastrakar, Radha Yadav.
-With IANS inputs.