India Women vs Zimbabwe Women is scheduled as the 2nd T20I of the Zimbabwe Women in India series on Sunday, 18 October 2026, at 7:00 PM IST. The venue is Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur. The BCCI match listing confirms the fixture identity, round, date and ground, while the series schedule gives the 7:00 PM start for the Raipur T20Is. [1] [2]
This is a source-checked editorial preview dated 17 October 2026, not a publication or a public datePublished claim. It focuses on the confirmed fixture and the announced India T20I squad, without turning squad information into a match-day XI.
Match details
- Match: India Women vs Zimbabwe Women, 2nd T20I
- Date: Sunday, 18 October 2026
- Start: 7:00 PM IST
- Venue: Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur (also referred to as Naya Raipur)
- Competition: Zimbabwe Women in India, Women’s T20I
The 18 October fixture is the middle game in the scheduled three-match Raipur T20I leg on 16, 18 and 20 October. It is therefore distinct from both the opener and the third T20I; the schedule establishes that sequence, not a result or a team selection. [1] [2]
Why the second T20I matters
The second-match label gives readers the exact place of this game in the tour: it is the middle T20I before the series moves on from the Raipur leg. As a T20I, it uses the 20-over format, but the fixture listing cannot establish who will open, which bowlers will play or how the surface will behave.
India’s announced T20I squad
The BCCI’s 6 October advisory names Smriti Mandhana as captain and Shafali Verma as vice-captain for India’s announced T20I squad against Zimbabwe. [3] The full announced group is:
- Smriti Mandhana (captain)
- Shafali Verma (vice-captain)
- Niki Prasad
- Harmanpreet Kaur
- Anushka Sharma
- Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper)
- G Kamalini (wicketkeeper)
- Deepti Sharma
- Prema Rawat
- Sree Charani
- Nandni Sharma
- Kranti Gaud
- Arundhati Reddy
- Jintimani Kalita
- Minnu Mani
This is a tour and format squad, not confirmation of the 11 players selected in Raipur. The later ODI leg has a separate format-specific announcement, including Deepti Sharma as vice-captain; that distinction should not be carried back into the T20I team sheet. [3]
Status before the toss
At the evidence cutoff, the supplied match record was scheduled and contained no verified score, toss, final XI, Zimbabwe squad, fixture-specific conditions or broadcast-rights information; those items remain open rather than being filled with guesses.
Scorecard and match centre
Use the exact India Women vs Zimbabwe Women 18 October match centre for this fixture. This article keeps the editorial preview separate from any later match-state record and makes no claim of an automatic live score or continuous commentary.
References
References
- [1] BCCI India Women v Zimbabwe Women, 2nd T20I, 18 October 2026 match centre — https://www.bcci.tv/matches/8b7b3f1f-256f-442e-a37f-43c0d4460850/india-women-vs-zimbabwe-women/video
- [2] ANI Raipur to host India–Zimbabwe women’s T20Is from October 16 — https://www.aninews.in/news/sports/cricket/raipur-to-host-india-zimbabwe-women8217s-t20is-from-october-16-tickets-from-rs-25020261009180414
- [3] BCCI announced India women’s T20I and ODI squads against Zimbabwe, 6 October 2026 — https://www.bcci.tv/news/article/india-womens-squads-for-t20i-and-odi-series-against-zimbabwe-announced
- [4] Wikimedia Commons Raipur stadium file, VishuN, CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shaheed_Veer_Narayan_Singh_International_Cricket_Stadium,_Raipur.jpg