New Delhi: 15-year-old Shafali Verma has been named in the T20I squad that will play South Africa in a five-match T20I series. South Africa are also set to play three-match ODI series against the hosts in Vadodara.
Shafali is set to replace ODI skipper Mithali Raj, who recently announced her retirement from the shortest format of the game.
Smriti Mandhana has been named deputy to Harmanpreet Kaur for the T20I's while Mithali Raj is set to lead the ODI series which starts from October 9.
Indian Women's T20I squad (for first 3 T20Is): Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain), Smriti Mandhana (vice-captain), Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Taniya Bhatia (wicket-keeper), Poonam Yadav, Shikha Pandey, Arundhati Reddy, Pooja Vastrakar, Radha Yadav, Veda Krishnamurthy, Harleen Deol, Anuja Patil, Shafali Verma, Mansi Joshi.
Indian Women's ODI squad: Mithali Raj (Captain), Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (vice-captain), Punam Raut, Smriti Mandhana, Deepti Sharma, Taniya Bhatia (wicket-keeper), Jhulan Goswami, Shikha Pandey, Mansi Joshi, Ekta Bisht, Poonam Yadav, D Hemalatha, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Priya Punia.
