Smriti Mandhana led India Women as full-time captain for the first time in the Zimbabwe T20I series.

The three-match series is Zimbabwe’s first-ever bilateral women’s tour of India.

All three T20Is are in Raipur on October 16, 18 and 20, the venue’s first women’s internationals.

Three ODIs follow in Vadodara from October 23 to 28, part of the ICC Women’s Championship.

Mandhana takes over from Harmanpreet Kaur after nearly a decade as vice-captain.

She has two T20I hundreds and 15 fifties in three years, with a 148.25 strike rate in 2026.

She has led India in 18 T20Is before, winning 11 of them.

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