Delhi: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced the Indian women's cricket team for the South Africa tour. On this tour, the team will participate in Test, ODI and T20 International series. Star opener Smriti Mandhana has been given the responsibility of captaincy in all three formats. Many young players have also got a chance in the team.

South Africa tour will start from December 9

Indian women's team's South Africa tour will start from December 9.

First, a one-off test match will be played between the two countries. After this, the ODI series will start from December 16. The second ODI will be held on 19 December and the third match will be held on 22 December.

The first match of the T20 series will be played on 26 December, the second match will be played on 29 December and the third and last T20I match will be played on 30 December. On this tour, the Indian team will focus on performing better in all three formats.

These players got place in Test and ODI team

The captain of the Test team will be Smriti Mandhana, while Deepti Sharma will play the role of vice-captain.

The team includes Shefali Verma, Pratika Rawal, Harmanpreet Kaur, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harleen Deol, Richa Ghosh, Yastika Bhatia, Shri Charani, Sneh Rana, Kranti Gaur, Nandani Sharma, Jintimani Kalita and Sayali Satghare.

Almost the same players will be seen in the ODI team also. However, Vaishnavi Sharma has been included in place of Sneh Rana. Smriti Mandhana will be the captain and Deepti Sharma will be the vice-captain in the ODI team.

New faces get a chance in the T20 team

The T20 team will be captained by Smriti Mandhana, while Shefali Verma will be the vice-captain. The team includes Niki Prasad, G. Kamalini, Anushka Sharma, Prema Rawat and Amanjot Kaur have also been given place.

Apart from this, Harmanpreet Kaur, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh, Deepti Sharma, Shri Charani, Kranti Gaur, Nandani Sharma, Renuka Singh Thakur, Arundhati Reddy and Sayali Satghare are also part of the team. This tour will be an important opportunity for young players to prove themselves.