New Delhi: The Indian women's cricket team is going to have a big test in South Africa in the last month of the year. On this tour, Team India will face the host team in all three formats: Test, ODI and T20. For this, the Indian selectors have announced the teams for all three formats. Smriti Mandhana has once again been given the command of the team. She will captain in Test, ODI and T20.
The Indian women's team will play one Test, three ODIs and three T20 International matches against South Africa in December. The tour will start with the test match to be held in Gakebarha on 9th December. After this, ODI series and then T20 series will be played. The selectors have chosen different teams for the three formats, although a large part of the players in the Test and ODI teams are the same. Indian women's cricket team's star batsman Jemimah Rodrigues is ready to make a comeback in international cricket. After being away from the field for almost four months due to hamstring injury, he has been included in the Indian team for the South Africa tour.
Deepti has the responsibility of two formats
Deepti Sharma has been made the vice-captain of the Test and ODI team. Yastika Bhatia has also been selected as wicketkeeper along with Richa Ghosh in Test and ODI. There is also an interesting difference in selection between Test and ODI teams. Sneh Rana has been included in the Test team, while Vaishnavi Sharma has got a chance in the ODI team.
Shefali to be vice-captain in T20
Shefali Verma has been made the vice-captain in the T20 team. The responsibility of wicketkeeping in the T20 series will be with Richa Ghosh and G Kamalini.
South Africa tour from 9th December
The Indian team will first play a test match on 9th December in Gakebarha. After this, the first ODI will be held in Paarl on 16th December. The second ODI will be played on 19 December in Cape Town and the third ODI on 22 December in Bloemfontein. The T20 series will start on 26 December in Benoni. The second match will be played on 29 December and the third T20 on 30 December in Potchefstroom. In this way, the Indian team will play a total of seven matches against South Africa in December.
All three squads of India –
Test Squad: Smriti Mandhana (captain), Shefali Verma, Pratika Rawal, Harmanpreet Kaur, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harleen Deol, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Yastika Bhatia (wicketkeeper), Deepti Sharma (vice-captain), Sri Charani, Sneh Rana, Kranti Gaur, Nandini Sharma, Jintimani Kalita and Sayali Satghare.
ODI Squad: Smriti Mandhana (captain), Shefali Verma, Pratika Rawal, Harmanpreet Kaur, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harleen Deol, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Yastika Bhatia (wicketkeeper), Deepti Sharma (vice-captain), Sri Charani, Vaishnavi Sharma, Kranti Gaur, Nandini Sharma, Jintimani Kalita and Sayali Satghare.
T20 squad Smriti Mandhana (captain), Shefali Verma (vice-captain), Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur, Nikki Prasad, Richa Ghosh (wk), G Kamalini (wk), Anushka Sharma, Deepti Sharma, Sri Charani, Prema Rawat, Amanjot Kaur, Kranti Gaur, Nandini Sharma, Renuka Singh Thakur, Arundhati Reddy and Sayali Satghare.