Harmanpreet Kaur to lead Indian women’s cricket team in T20 series vs South Africa

Harmanpreet Singh will have Smriti Mandhana as vice-captain during the T20 international series against South Africa

Harmanpreet Singh will lead the Indian women’s cricket team in the five-match T20 international series against South Africa. The T20s start after the ODI series.

Harmanpreet Kaur will lead India in the five-match T20 international series in South Africa starting February 13, 2018. (PTI)

The squad for the T20 series was named by the Board of Control for Cricket in India on Tuesday. Smriti Mandhana will be the vice-captain of the team.

India squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana (vice-captain), Mithali Raj, Veda Krishnamurthy, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Anuja Patil, Taniya Bhatia (wicket-keeper), Nuzhat Parveen (wicket-keeper), Poonam Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Jhulan Goswami, Shikha Pandey, Pooja Vastrakar, Radha Yadav.

Match schedule: February 13 - 1st T20 (Potchefstroom); February 16 - 2nd T20 (East London); February 18 - 3rd T20 (Johannesburg); February 21 - 4th T20 (Centurion); February 24 - 5th T20 (Cape Town)