India and Zimbabwe Women will be meeting at T20Is for the first time. All games of this three-match series will be played at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur from 7pm local time (2:30pm UK time).

This is Smriti Mandhana’s first assignment as India’s full-time captain in any format. She has led India in 18 T20Is before, winning 11 and losing six while one game ended in no result. Former captain Harmanpreet Kaur is also part of the T20I squad, as Shafali Verma has been appointed Mandhana’s deputy.

India will miss Jemimah Rodrigues in this series as well: she is recovering from a hamstring injury. Shreyanka Patil, Renuka Singh Thakur, Radha Yadav and Bharti Fulmali, who were part of the Asian Games squad, have been left out. 

Meanwhile, Zimbabwe have retained the same squad that defeated the West Indies in an ODI last month. Though they lost all three T20Is, Josephine Nkomo’s side showed encouraging signs and will be keen on continuing to improve.

IND-W vs ZIM-W T20Is: Full squads India

Smriti Mandhana (c), Shafali Verma (vc), Richa Ghosh (wk), G Kamalini (wk), Niki Prasad, Harmanpreet Kaur, Anushka Sharma, Deepti Sharma, Prema Rawat, Sree Charani, Nandni Sharma, Kranti Gaud, Arundhati Reddy, Jintimani Kalita, Minnu Mani

Zimbabwe

Josephine Nkomo (c), Chiedza Dhururu (wk), Modester Mupachikwa (wk), Michelle Mavunga, Kudzai Chigora, Nyasha Gwanzura, Sharne Mayers, Chipo Mugeri-Tiripano, Tendai Makusha, Beloved Biza, Francisca Chipare, Kelis Ndhlovu, Olinder Chare, Nomvelo Sibanda, Loryn Phiri

IND-W vs ZIM-W T20I series: Schedule and venues

Date

Match

Venue

Time (Local)

October 16

1st T20I

Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur

7pm

October 18

2nd T20I

Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur

7pm

October 20

3rd T20I

Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur

7pm

IND-W vs ZIM-W T20Is: Telecast and live streaming details Where to watch in India?

Star Sports Network will telecast the three-match T20I series between India and Zimbabwe women. Live streaming of this series will be available on JioHotstar.

Note: Telecast and streaming details for the rest of the countries will be updated when available.

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