Smriti Mandhana Takes Charge as India's New All-Format Captain

Smriti Mandhana Assumes Captaincy Role

Smriti Mandhana is set to lead the Indian women's cricket team across all formats, starting with the upcoming ODI and T20I series against Zimbabwe. She takes over from Harmanpreet Kaur, who resigned from her captaincy on October 6, marking the end of her leadership period.

Details of the Zimbabwe Tour

India will embark on its inaugural bilateral series against Zimbabwe, featuring three T20Is and three ODIs, commencing on October 16.

New Additions to the Indian Squads

In the T20I squad, Niki Prasad and Jintimani Kalita are the fresh faces, while Nandani Sharma joins the ODI squad after previously representing India in T20Is.

Notably, Bharti Fulmali, Shreyanka Patil, Renuka Singh, and Radha Yadav, who contributed to India's gold medal at the recent Asian Games, have been omitted from the T20I lineup. They are replaced by Minnu Mani, Anushka Sharma, Niki Prasad, and Jintimani Kalita.

India's T20I Squad

The T20I squad includes: Smriti Mandhana (c), Shafali Verma, Niki Prasad, Harmanpreet Kaur, Anushka Sharma, Richa Ghosh, G Kamalini, Deepti Sharma, Prema Rawat, Sree Charani, Nandni Sharma, Kranti Gaud, Arundhati Reddy, Jintimani Kalita, and Minnu Mani.

India's ODI Squad

The ODI squad comprises: Smriti Mandhana (c), Shafali Verma, Pratika Rawal, Harmanpreet Kaur, Harleen Deol, Tejal Hasabnis, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh, Yastika Bhatia, Vaishnavi Sharma, Nandni Sharma, Sree Charani, Kranti Gaud, Sayali Satghare, and Renuka Thakur.