The BCCI on Thursday announced the Indian women’s team who will take on South Africa in all three formats, starting on June 16.
Harmanpreet Kaur will lead the side and Smriti Mandhana will be her deputy with the availability of Jemimah Rodrigues and Pooja Vastrakar subject to fitness. Meanwhile, top-order batter Priya Punia returned to the ODI side.
Punia last played for India in an ODI against Bangladesh in Mirpur last July. She is also part of the Test squad.
A look at #TeamIndia‘s squads for @IDFCFIRSTBank multi-format series against South Africa 👌👌
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— BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) May 30, 2024
Left-arm spinner Saika Ishaque, who played for India after a successful WPL last year and also figured in the five-match T20I series against Bangladesh in April-May, has been kept on standby.
The series will consist of a Test, three ODIs and as many T20Is. The one-dayers will be played at Bengaluru, while the one-off Test and T20Is will be held at Chennai.
The two teams last played a Test back in November 2014. The ODIs are a part of the ICC Women’s Championship 2022–2025.
Check out the fixtures here:
June 16, 2024 – Sunday, 1:30 PM, Bengaluru: 1st ODI
June 19, 2024 – Wednesday, 1:30 PM, Bengaluru: 2nd ODI
June 23, 2024 – Sunday, 1:30 PM, Bengaluru: 3rd ODI
June 28, 2024 – July 1, 2024 – Friday to Monday, 9:30 AM, Chennai: Only Test
July 5, 2024 – Friday, 7:00 PM, Chennai: 1st T20I
July 7, 2024 – Sunday, 7:00 PM, Chennai: 2nd T20I
July 9, 2024 – Tuesday, 7:00 PM, Chennai: 3rd T20I
India’s ODI squad for three-match ODI series: Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues *, Richa Ghosh (WK), Uma Chetry (WK), Dayalan Hemalatha, Radha Yadav, Asha Sobhana, Shreyanka Patil, Saika Ishaque, Pooja Vastrakar *, Renuka Singh Thakur, Arundhati Reddy, Priya Punia
India’s Test squad for one-off Test: Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Shafali Verma, Shubha Satheesh, Jemimah Rodrigues *, Richa Ghosh (WK), Uma Chetry (WK), Deepti Sharma, Sneh Rana, Saika Ishaque, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Pooja Vastrakar *, Arundhati Reddy, Renuka Singh Thakur, Meghna Singh, Priya Punia
India’s squad for three-match T20I series: Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Shafali Verma, Dayalan Hemalatha, Uma Chetry (WK), Richa Ghosh (WK), Jemimah Rodrigues *, Sajana Sajeevan, Deepti Sharma, Shreyanka Patil, Radha Yadav, Amanjot Kaur, Asha Sobhana, Pooja Vastrakar *, Renuka Singh Thakur, Arundhati Reddy
*Standby: Saika Ishaque