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Smriti Mandhana to lead India in Tests for first time on South Africa tour
Smriti Mandhana will captain India in Tests for the first time during the women's team’s December tour of South Africa.
She took over as India’s full-time Test captain from Harmanpreet Kaur.
Jemimah Rodrigues returns after missing recent matches with injury, while Jintimani Kalita has earned her first Test call-up.
Deepti Sharma will be vice-captain in the Test and ODI teams, and Shafali Verma will be vice-captain in T20Is.
India will play one Test, three ODIs and three T20Is from December 9 to 30.
Mandhana began her captaincy tenure with T20I and ODI series wins over Zimbabwe at home.
The tour is a build-up to the women’s Champions Trophy in January.
Smriti Mandhana will captain India in a Test for the first time during the team’s December tour of South Africa.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India announced squads for the all-format tour.
India will play one Test, three one-day internationals and three Twenty20 internationals from December 9 to December 30.
Jemimah Rodrigues returns to the squads after missing several series with an injury.
Jintimani Kalita has received her first Test call-up.
- Who
- Smriti Mandhana will lead India in the Test. Jintimani Kalita has earned her first Test call-up.
- What
- India announced squads for its all-format tour of South Africa.
- When
- The tour runs from December 9 to December 30. The year is not stated in the article text.
- Where
- South Africa, with matches scheduled in Gqeberha, Paarl, Cape Town, Bloemfontein, Benoni and Potchefstroom.
- Why
- Not stated
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India are scheduled to play the Test in Gqeberha.
The first ODI is scheduled in Paarl.
The second ODI is scheduled in Cape Town.
The third ODI is scheduled in Bloemfontein.
The first T20I is scheduled in Benoni.
The second and third T20Is are scheduled in Potchefstroom.
- Test captain
- Smriti Mandhana
- Test debut call-up
- Jintimani Kalita
- Tour dates
- December 9–30
- Tour matches
- One Test, three ODIs and three T20Is
- Test venue
- Gqeberha
- Final T20I venue
- Potchefstroom