Raipur, Oct. 15 -- Indian vice-captain Shafali Verma said that the team is eyeing to play "fearless cricket with smartness" as they build up to the inaugural ICC Women's Champions Trophy on home soil in February next year and take things on "series-by-series" basis.

Heading into a bilateral T20I series against Zimbabwe, which will be followed by ODIs, the fearless opener highlighted that the squad is focusing on continuous growth and strategic clarity. The series starting from Friday will also kickstart the era of Smriti Mandhana as India's full-time all-format captain after Harmanpreet Kaur stepped down just days after India's Asian Games gold medal win.

"We have spoken about it, that in this series we have to play a fearless brand of ...