Rodrigues, Amanjot back from injuries; Shreyanka dropped from T20Is for South Africa

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.

Renuka Singh had been left out of the recent T20I series against Zimbabwe and she now returns for the format, but doesn't find a place 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. The selectors have continued to leave out Shreyanka Patil 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, is also picked for T20Is this time.

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

More to follow...