Smriti to lead, Harmanpreet retained as India announce squad for home series against Zimbabwe women

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced India's squads for the white-ball home series against Zimbabwe women. Smriti Mandhana is all set to lead in her first-ever bilateral series as full-time captain after she was announced as Harmanpreet Kaur's successor on Tuesday (October 6).

The selectors have named Shafali Verma as India's vice-captain in T20Is, whereas Deepti Sharma has been given the same responsibility in ODIs. Niki Prasad and Jintimani Kalita have earned maiden T20I call-ups, whereas Minnu Mani and Anushka Sharma have been recalled.

Bharti Fulmali, Radha Yadav, Shreyanka Patil and Renuka Singh Thakur, who were a part of the Asian Games gold-medal-winning team, have been left out of the T20I squad. 

There are a host of changes on the ODI front too. Tejal Hasabnis, Yastika Bhatia, Vaishnavi Sharma, and Sayali Satghare have all been recalled, whereas Nandini Sharma has received her maiden ODI call-up.

India’s T20I Squad: Smriti Mandhana [C], Shafali Verma [VC], Niki Prasad, Harmanpreet Kaur, Anushka Sharma, Richa Ghosh [WK], G Kamalini [WK], Deepti Sharma, Prema Rawat, Sree Charani, Nandni Sharma, Kranti Gaud, Arundhati Reddy, Jintimani Kalita, Minnu Mani

India's ODI Squad: Smriti Mandhana [C], Shafali Verma, Pratika Rawal, Harmanpreet Kaur, Harleen Deol, Tejal Hasabnis, Deepti Sharma [VC], Richa Ghosh [WK], Yastika Bhatia [WK], Vaishnavi Sharma, Nandni Sharma, Sree Charani, Kranti Gaud, Sayali Satghare, Renuka Thakur