Rodrigues returned to action recently in the domestic T20s where she scored a century for Mumbai
Cricinfo staff
Published: Nov 9, 2026, 11:57 AM (2 hrs ago)
Jemimah Rodrigues and Amanjot Kaur have recovered from their respective injuries and have been picked for India's tour of South Africa next month.
Amanjot returns only for the T20Is after a long injury layoff that kept her off the field since playing for India in February in Australia while Rodrigues is back for all three formats after recovering from a hamstring injury she picked up in the UK during the Hundred. Cricinfo has learnt that Amanjot has been picked only for T20Is to ease her back after her back injury.
Renuka Singh was left out of the recent T20I series against Zimbabwe, and she now returns to the squad of 17 for the format, but doesn't feature in the Test and ODI squads.
Pace bowler Jintimani Kalita, who made her international debut in the home ODIs against Zimbabwe recently, has been left out of the T20I squad but she kept her place for the ODIs and got a call-up for the one-off Test.
Shreyanka Patil continues to miss out from the squad for the T20Is. 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.
Also left out for the T20Is is Minnu Mani while Sayali Satghare, who has played Tests and ODIs, was also picked for T20Is this time.
The only changes for the ODIs were the inclusions of Rodrigues and Kalita in place of Tejal Hasabnis and Renuka.
The only change to the red-ball squad from the one that won the historic Test at Lord's in the summer after the T20 World Cup was the inclusion of Kalita for Renuka. Pratika Rawal returned to the Test side after missing the Lord's Test with an injury. Priya Punia, who had replaced Rawal at the time, made way in the squad of 15. India's pace-bowling options for the Test are Kranti Gaud, Nandani Sharma, Kalita and Satghare while Deepti, Shree Charani and Sneh Rana are the spinners.
The same four pace bowlers will ply in the ODI series too, with Renuka and Arundhati Reddy also available for the T20Is in place of Kalita. Rana was picked only for the Test, whereas left-arm spinner Vaishnavi Sharma was picked only for the ODIs.
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
