Smriti Mandhana returns to Workforce India after calling off wedding ceremony; BCCI confirms squad for subsequent girls’s T20Is
Smriti Mandhana is able to play for India once more after a private setback. Mandhana, the vice-captain of the Indian girls’s cricket staff, was alleged to marry music composer Palash Muchhal on November 23 in her hometown Sangli. The marriage was first delayed and has now been cancelled, which she confirmed on Sunday.
She has already began coaching, and a photograph from her observe session went viral on social media. Mandhana will now be seen within the five-match T20I sequence towards Sri Lanka at residence from December 21 to 30.
The primary two matches will probably be in Visakhapatnam, and the final three will probably be in Thiruvananthapuram. This will probably be India’s first worldwide sequence after their historic World Cup win.
Two younger gamers, Gunalan Kamalini and Vaishnavi Sharma, have acquired their first call-ups. Kamalini, 17, has performed 9 matches for Mumbai Indians within the WPL. Vaishnavi, 19, was not a part of the WPL auctions. They arrive in for Radha Yadav and Uma Chhetri, who have been a part of the World Cup-winning staff.
The squad has all of the common names. Harmanpreet Kaur will lead the staff and Mandhana will probably be her deputy. Huge-hitting opener Shafali Verma, who changed Pratika Rawal earlier than the World Cup semifinal after Rawal acquired injured, can be within the squad.’
India squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana (vice-captain), Deepti Sharma, Sneh Rana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Harleen Deol, Amanjot Kaur, Arundhati Reddy, Kranti Gaud, Renuka Singh Thakur, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), G Kamalini (wicketkeeper), Sree Charani, Vaishnavi Sharma.
After this sequence, the WPL 2026 will begin on January 9 in Navi Mumbai. This India–Sri Lanka sequence was introduced after the India–Bangladesh white-ball sequence, deliberate for December, was postponed final month. India and Sri Lanka final met in a T20I through the 2024 World Cup in October.
