India Women and Zimbabwe Women are scheduled to meet in the 1st Women’s ODI on Friday, 23 October 2026. The listed start is 2:00 pm IST (08:30 UTC) in Vadodara. BCCI calls the ground BCA Stadium, while ESPNcricinfo and the FairPlay match centre use Kotambi Stadium; these are the two names used for the same listed venue. [2] [3] [4]
The fixture is the opening match of the ODI leg after the three-match T20I leg in Raipur. India’s format-specific ODI announcement names Smriti Mandhana as captain and Deepti Sharma as vice-captain. [1]
Match details
- Match: India Women vs Zimbabwe Women, 1st ODI
- Date: Friday, 23 October 2026
- Start: 2:00 pm IST, or 08:30 UTC
- Format: Day/night Women’s ODI, listed as a 50-over match
- Venue: BCA Stadium, also listed as Kotambi Stadium, Vadodara
BCCI’s schedule places the three ODIs in Vadodara on 23, 25 and 28 October, following T20Is in Raipur on 16, 18 and 20 October. ESPNcricinfo independently lists this game as the first day/night 50-over ODI with a 2:00 pm local start. [1] [2] [3]
Why this is an ODI, not another T20I
The date and format are the quickest way to separate this fixture from the earlier tour matches: 23 October, 1st ODI, Vadodara. The 16, 18 and 20 October games are the T20I leg in Raipur, while the 23, 25 and 28 October games form the ODI leg in Vadodara. [1]
That change matters for readers searching by the broader India–Zimbabwe women’s schedule. A T20I squad or T20 scorecard does not identify this match. Here, “ODI” means the scheduled 50-over format, and the relevant team announcement is the separate India ODI squad rather than the T20I list.
India’s announced ODI squad
The BCCI’s 6 October advisory lists Smriti Mandhana (captain), Shafali Verma, Pratika Rawal, Harmanpreet Kaur, Harleen Deol, Tejal Hasabnis, Deepti Sharma (vice-captain), Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Yastika Bhatia (wicketkeeper), Vaishnavi Sharma, Nandni Sharma, Sree Charani, Kranti Gaud, Sayali Satghare and Renuka Thakur. [1]
The leadership and squad list are format-specific. The same advisory names Shafali Verma as T20I vice-captain, whereas Deepti Sharma is the ODI vice-captain; it also lists different players across the two format groups. [1]
Scorecard and match status
Use the exact FairPlay match centre for this fixture. At the 17 October 2026, 5:40 pm IST evidence check, it was upcoming without a verified scoreline, player list, toss or final XI; those match-day details are intentionally omitted. [4]
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References
- [1] BCCI: India women's squads for T20I and ODI series against Zimbabwe announced, 6 October 2026 — https://www.bcci.tv/news/article/india-womens-squads-for-t20i-and-odi-series-against-zimbabwe-announced
- [2] BCCI: India Women v Zimbabwe Women, 1st ODI, 23 October 2026 — https://www.bcci.tv/matches/239633/More
- [3] ESPNcricinfo: India Women vs Zimbabwe Women 1st ODI match centre — https://www.espn.in/cricket/series/24371/game/1535655/india-women-vs-zimbabwe-women-1st-odi-24371
- [4] FairPlay: India Women vs Zimbabwe Women 1st ODI match centre — https://www.fairsplays.com/cricket/match/india-w-vs-zimbabwe-w-one-day-international-women-2026-10-23
- [5] Wikimedia Commons: Kotambi Stadium archive image by Mainaksinghabarma, 23 February 2025 — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kotambistadium.jpg
- [6] Creative Commons: CC0 1.0 Universal — https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/