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BCCI announces women’s squads for multi-format series against S Africa

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Mumbai: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) have named three squads for the upcoming multi-format series against South Africa beginning from June 16.

Harmanpreet Kaur will lead India in all the three formats against South Africa, with Smriti Mandhana as her deputy.

Batter Jemimah Rodrigues and pacer Pooja Vastrakar are a part of all three squads but their availability will be subject to fitness.

A three-match ODI series will kick off the tour, which will be a part of the 2022-25 ICC Women’s Championship. The matches will be contested in Bengaluru.

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

The ODI series will be followed by only Test (June 28 to July 1). This will be India’s third home Test in less than a year, as the team hosted Australia and England at Wankhede last year, an ICC report said.

Chennai will host a women’s Test match for the first time since 1976 when West Indies played a Test against India.

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The tour will finish with a three T20I game series (July 5-9) that will also be played in Chennai.

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