India announces team for T20 series with South Africa during IPL 2026, 2 players get chance for the first time
Sanjeev Kumar March 24, 2026 02:24 PM
India announces team for T20 series with South Africa during IPL 2026, 2 players get chance for the first time

IPL 2026 The excitement is increasing every day. But, amid the rising excitement of BCCI's T20 league, India has also announced the team for the T20 series with South Africa. Indian women's cricket team is going to tour South Africa for a 5-match T20 series, for which the team has been announced. Two players have got a place in the 15-member team for the first time. The command of this team will be in the hands of Harmanpreet Kaur.

2 players first chance

Indian women's cricket team has to tour South Africa in April, for which the team has been selected. On this tour, 2 players have been selected in India's T20 team for the first time. Those two players who were selected for the first time are Kashvi Gautam and Anushka Sharma. Apart from these two new players, there are only old faces in the T20 team of South Africa tour.

Indian team for T20 series against South Africa

Let us take a look at the names of the 15 players who have been selected for the T20 series to be played on the South Africa tour.

Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana, Shefali Verma, Jemimah Rodriguez, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh, Arundhati Reddy, Renuka Thakur, Kranti Gaur, Sri Charani, Shreyanka Patil, Kashvi Gautam, Bharti Fulmali, Uma Chhetri, Anushka Sharma.

India's South Africa tour schedule

The Indian women's cricket team's tour of South Africa is to begin from April 17. There will be a 5-match T20 series on this tour, the last match of which will be held on April 27. The first two matches of the T20 series will be played in Durban on 17 and 19 April. After that the next two matches will be held in Johannesburg on 22 and 25 April. Apart from this, the last match of the series will be played in Benoni on 27th April.

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