Cricinfo staff
Published: Nov 9, 2026, 11:57 AM (15 mins ago)
India batter Jemimah Rodrigues has recovered from the hamstring injury she picked up in the UK during the Hundred and has been named in the three squads for the all-format tour of South Africa next month. The selectors have, meanwhile, dropped Shreyanka Patil from the T20I leg of the tour.
Cricinfo has learnt that with the spin options of Deepti Sharma, Shree Charani and Prema Rawat in the squad, there was no place for Patil. Pace bowler Jintimani Kalita, who made her international debut in the home ODIs against Zimbabwe recently, has also been left out of the T20I squad but she kept her place in the ODI side and got a call-up for the Test team.
India will tour South Africa for one Test, three ODIs and three T20Is. The Test will kick the tour off in Gqeberha from December 9 before the ODIs on December 16 (Paarl), 19 (Cape Town) and 22 (Bloemfontein). The first T20I will be played on December 26 in Benoni and the last two on December 29 and 30 in Potchefstroom. India will also play a 50-over tour match in Benoni on December 6.

India's squads for the tour of South Africa

Test: Smriti Mandhana [capt], Shafali Verma, Pratika Rawal, Harmanpreet Kaur, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harleen Deol, Richa Ghosh [wk], Yastika Bhatia [wk], Deepti Sharma [vice-capt], Sree Charani, Sneh Rana, Kranti Gaud, Nandni Sharma, Jintimani Kalita, Sayali Satghare
ODI: Smriti Mandhana [capt], Shafali Verma, Pratika Rawal, Harmanpreet Kaur, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harleen Deol, Richa Ghosh [wk], Yastika Bhatia [wk], Deepti Sharma [vice-capt], Sree Charani, Vaishnavi Sharma, Kranti Gaud, Nandni Sharma, Jintimani Kalita, Sayali Satghare
T20I: Smriti Mandhana [capt], Shafali Verma [vice-capt], 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
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