Veteran campaigner Mithali Raj will continue to skipper the India women’s ODI squad while Harmanpreet Kaur will lead the team in the T20 internationals . India is scheduled to play three ODIs on the tour, with Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua playing hosts to all the matches. The five T20Is will be played in St. Lucia and Guyana respectively.
India’s women side is currently playing the South African team for the five-match T20I series followed by three one-day internationals. The hosts notched up a thrilling 11-run win in the first T20I to take a 1-o lead. The second match was abandoned due to rain without the toss. In the first game, 15-year-old Shafali Verma became the youngest-ever T20I debutant from India to play an international match.
The two squads are as follows:
Indian women’s ODI squad: Mithali Raj (Captain), Harmanpreet Kaur (vice-captain), Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Punam Raut, D Hemalatha, Jhulan Goswami, Shikha Pandey, Mansi Joshi, Poonam Yadav, Ekta Bisht, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Taniya Bhatia (wicket-keeper), Priya Punia, Sushma Verma
Indian women’s T20I squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain), Smriti Mandhana (vice-captain), Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Harleen Deol, Deepti Sharma, Taniya Bhatia (wicket-keeper), Poonam Yadav, Radha Yadav, Veda Krishnamurthy, Anuja Patil, Shikha Pandey, Pooja Vastrakar, Mansi Joshi, Arundha