Kashvee Gautam, Anushka Sharma included in India squad for South Africa T20Is

Kashvee Gautam and Anushka Sharma have received their maiden T20I call-ups as the Women's selection committee announced a 15-member squad for the five-match T20I series against South Africa to be played in April.

Uma Chetry is the other inclusion while Vaishnavi Sharma, Sneh Rana, G Kamalini and Amanjot Kaur miss out from the squad that faced Australia recently.

India T20 squad for South Africa: Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (WK), Arundhati Reddy, Renuka Thakur, Kranti Gaud, Sree Charani, Shreyanka Patil, Kashvee Gautam, Bharti Fulmali, Uma Chetry (WK), Anushka Sharma

Kashvee, the 22-year-old seamer, has been part of the Gujarat Giants team in the Women's Premier League, having played 18 matches for them in which she picked up 19 wickets. She made her India debut during the ODI series against Sri Lanka in April 2025 and she also earned her Test cap in the one-off match against Australia in Perth earlier this month.

Anushka, the 22-year-old all-rounder, also played for the Giants in the WPL in the 2026 season, scoring 177 runs in seven matches. She was also part of the India A squad that won the Women's Asia Cup Rising Stars T20 tournament.

Chetry, the 23-year old wicketkeeper-batter, has played seven T20Is for India and she also made her ODI debut against Bangladesh in the 2025 World Cup. Part of the UP Warriorz squad in the WPL in 2024 and 2025, she went unsold for the 2026 season.

The five-match series serves as a buildup for the Women's T20 World Cup to be played in England in June-July this year. The first two matches of the series will be played in Durban on April 17 and 19. Johannesburg will host the next two matches on April 22 and 25 while the final T20I will be played in Benoni on April 27.