- By Gurmeet Batra
- Tue, 09 Dec 2025 08:06 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
India vs Sri Lanka T20I Series: India's women's cricket team has included new faces in their squad, with Gunalan Kamalini and Vaishnavi Sharma receiving their maiden call-ups for the upcoming five-match T20I series against Sri Lanka.
The series will run from December 21 to 30, with the first two matches hosted by Visakhapatnam and the last three in Thiruvananthapuram.
While 17-year-old wicketkeeper-batter Kamalini has played nine matches for the Mumbai Indians in the Women's Premier League (WPL), Vaishnavi, who is also a part of the 15-member India team, was not featured in the WPL auctions.
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Kamalini and Vaishnavi replaced Radha Yadav and Uma Chhetri, who were part of the squad that gloried in the ODI World Cup last month. Kamalini and Vaishnavi aside, the squad incorporates all the familiar names, with Harmanpreet Kaur leading the women's team and Smriti Mandhana playing the role of vice captain.
Big-hitting opener Shafali Verma, who replaced Pratika Rawal in the World Cup squad, has also found a place in the team. India and Sri Lanka play the five-match series just before the start of the WPL 2026 on January 9 in Navi Mumbai.
The schedule of this bilateral series was revealed soon after the white-ball series between India and Bangladesh was postponed last month.
The last time India and Sri Lanka played a T20I was at the World Cup in October 2024.
India’s squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Deepti Sharma, Sneh Rana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Harleen Deol, Amanjot Kaur, Arundhati Reddy, Kranti Gaud, Renuka Singh Thakur, Richa Ghosh (WK), G Kamalini (WK), Sree Charani, Vaishnavi Sharma.