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India women to host Zimbabwe for three T20Is in Raipur
India will host Zimbabwe for a three-match women’s T20 international series starting October 16.
The teams will meet in T20Is for the first time, with all three games scheduled at the same stadium in Raipur.
The matches are set for October 16, 18 and 20, each starting at 7pm local time.
Smriti Mandhana will lead India as its full-time captain for the first time in any format.
Shafali Verma is her deputy, while former captain Harmanpreet Kaur is also in the squad; Jemimah Rodrigues is out as she recovers from a hamstring injury.
Zimbabwe have kept the squad that recently beat the West Indies in an ODI, although they lost all three T20Is against them.
In India, Star Sports will show the games on television and JioHotstar will stream them.
India women will host Zimbabwe women for a three-match T20I series starting on October 16.
All three matches will be played at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur.
The series will be the teams’ first meetings in T20Is.
Smriti Mandhana will lead India as full-time captain for the first time in any format.
- Who
- India women and Zimbabwe women.
- What
- They will play a three-match T20I series.
- When
- The series starts on October 16, 2026, with matches also scheduled for October 18 and 20.
- Where
- Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur, India.
- Why
- Not stated
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India and Zimbabwe are scheduled to play the first T20I in Raipur.
The second T20I is scheduled to take place in Raipur.
The third T20I is scheduled to take place in Raipur.
- Matches
- 3 T20Is
- First match
- October 16, 2026
- Venue
- Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur
- Start time
- 7pm local time for all matches
- India captain
- Smriti Mandhana
- Zimbabwe captain
- Josephine Nkomo
Sources
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