{
  "id": 19165467,
  "title": "Smriti Mandhana to lead India across all three formats on South Africa tour",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/smriti-mandhana-to-lead-india-across-all-three-formats-on-south",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-09T14:25:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/smriti-mandhana-to-lead-india-across-all-three-formats-on-south-africa-tour/articleshow/135684267.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Smriti Mandhana will captain India across all three formats on their December tour of South Africa, featuring one Test, three ODIs and three T20Is. Deepti Sharma will be vice-captain in Tests and ODIs, while Shafali Verma will deputise in T20Is. Vaishnavi Sharma replaces Sneh Rana in the ODI squad, while three young players feature in T20Is.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}