After Harmanpreet Kaur stepped down as captain of the Indian women's cricket team across all formats, Smriti Mandhana has been appointed as the captain for all formats. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced the squad for the upcoming Zimbabwe tour. This will be the first time the Indian women's team is touring Zimbabwe for a bilateral international series, consisting of three T20Is and three ODIs. The tour will begin on October 16.

Meanwhile, Niki Prasad and Jintimani Kalita Mandhana are new faces in the T20 squad, while Nandani Sharma has been included in the ODI squad for the upcoming series. Furthermore, Shreyanka Patil, Bharti Fulmali, Renuka Singh, and Radha Yadav, who were part of Team India's gold medal-winning team at the recently concluded Asian Games 2026, are not included in the T20I squad.

Minnu Mani, Anushka Sharma, Niki Prasad and Jintimani Kalita will replace them in the 20-over series against Zimbabwe.

Team India T20I Squad vs Zimbabwe

Smriti Mandhana (C) Richa Ghosh (WK)
Shefali Verma
Niki Prasad
Harmanpreet Kaur
Anushka Sharma
Ji Kamilini
Deepti Sharma
Prema Rawat
Sricharni
Nandini Sharma
Kranti Goud
Arundhati Reddy
Jintimani Kalita
Minnu Mani.

Team India ODI Squad vs Zimbabwe

Smriti Mandhana (C)
Richa Ghosh (WK)
Shafali Verma
Pratik Rawal
Harmanpreet Kaur
Harleen Deol
Tejal Hasabnis
Deepti Sharma
Yastika Bhatia
Vaishnavi Sharma
Nandani Sharma
Shree Charani
Kranti
Gaur Sayali Satghare
Renuka Thakur