Smriti Mandhana named India captain for South Africa tour as BCCI announces squads across all three formats

The BCCI has unveiled India's squads for December's seven-match tour of South Africa, with Mandhana leading the Test and ODI teams, Harmanpreet Kaur included across all formats, and Shafali Verma named T20I vice-captain.

India women's cricket team squad announcement for the South Africa tour 2026, featuring three Indian players in official Team India jerseys.

Photo Credit: BCCI

The Women’s Selection Committee has selected India’s squad for the upcoming all-format tour of South Africa in December. India will play one Test, three ODIs and three T20Is.

India’s 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

India’s 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

India’s 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

India Women’s Tour of South Africa

No

Day

Date

Match

Venue

1

Wednesday

09-Dec-26

Test

Gqeberha

2

Wednesday

16-Dec-26

1st ODI

Paarl

3

Saturday

19-Dec-26

2nd ODI

Cape Town

4

Tuesday

22-Dec-26

3rd ODI

Bloemfontein

5

Saturday

26-Dec-26

1st T20I

Benoni

6

Tuesday

29-Dec-26

2nd T20I

Potchefstroom

7

Wednesday

30-Dec-26

3rd T20I

Potchefstroom

DEVAJIT SAIKIA

Honorary Secretary

BCCI