India Women announced their 15-member T20I squad for the South Africa series starting April 17 in Durban, with Anushka Sharma earning her maiden call-up after a strong WPL 2026 season.
India women’s team has announced its 15-member T20I squad for the five-match series against South Africa. Harmanpreet Kaur leads the side starting April 17. The tour will be a practice ahead of the T20 World Cup 2026 in June in England.
Smriti Mandhana, Renuka Thakur, and Jemimah Rodrigues retain their spots. Anushka Sharma earns selection after scoring 177 runs at 129.20 in WPL 2026. She joins as a backup batter. Uma Chetry replaces G. Kamalini as reserve wicketkeeper. Amanjot Kaur misses out despite the Australia series win. Kashvee Gautam strengthens the pace unit alongside Renuka Singh Thakur, Kranti Gaud, and Arundhati Reddy. Deepti Sharma, Sree Charani, and Shreyanka Patil lead spin options.
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Schedule
| No. | Day | Date | Time (IST) | Match | Venue |
| 1 | Friday | 17-Apr-26 | 9:30 PM | 1st T20I | Durban |
| 2 | Sunday | 19-Apr-26 | 5:30 PM | 2nd T20I | Durban |
| 3 | Wednesday | 22-Apr-26 | 9:30 PM | 3rd T20I | Johannesburg |
| 4 | Saturday | 25-Apr-26 | 9:30 PM | 4th T20I | Johannesburg |
| 5 | Monday | 27-Apr-26 | 5:30 PM | 5th T20I | Benoni |
India’s Tour of South Africa, 2026 | Squad
Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (WK), Arundhati Reddy, Renuka Thakur, Kranti Gaud, Sree Charani, Shreyanka Patil, Kashvee Gautam, Bharti Fulmali, Uma Chetry (WK), Anushka Sharma
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