India will welcome back their star batter Jemimah Rodrigues in the white-ball leg of their upcoming full-tour of South Africa where they play one Test, three ODIs and three T20Is. Rodrigues has been out of action in August this year due to a hamstring tear sustained during the Women’s Hundred.
She subsequently missed the remainder of that tournament, the Women’s Asia Cup, Asian Games and the white-ball series against Zimbabwe. Rodrigues’s last outing for India was the one-off Test against England at Lord’s in July.
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 SatghareIndia’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 SatghareIndia’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
For the one Test against South Africa, India will also have the Pratika Rawal back. Rawal missed the historic Lord’s fixture due to a knee injured that she suffered while playing in an ‘A’ team fixture in Taunton. Another addition to the Test squad is the uncapped Jintimani Kalita. The 22-year-old right-arm pacer from Assam made her ODI debut in the recent series against Zimbabwe.
India’s T20I squad of 17 has three other additions besides Rodrigues, from the group that turned out against Zimbabwe. The trio of Amanjot Kaur, Renuka Thakur and Sayali Satghare have been picked, while Kalita and Minnu Mani miss out. Rodrigues’s return in the ODI squad meant Tejal Hasabnis, who featured against Zimbabwe, was left out.
The red-ball game, scheduled from December 9 in Gqeberha, will be Smriti Mandhana’s first as captain in the format. The action will then shift to Paarl for the first ODI on December 16. December 19 and 22 will host the next two 50-overs games in Cape Town and Bloemfontein respectively. Benoni will then host the first T20I on December 26 while the next two games – on December 29 and 30 will be played in Potchefstroom.