The South African tour cricket squads for India have been revealed. To select Team India’s lineup for the forthcoming all-format tour to South Africa, the BCCI Men’s Selection Committee convened in New Delhi on Thursday. The Indian squad will play two Test matches, three ODIs, and three T20Is. India A will also play one inter-squad three-day match and two four-day matches versus South Africa A during the tour. The Indian ODI and T20I teams for the South Africa Tour do not include two stars, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. The two are not in the teams, and the BCCI has explained why. Scroll down to read BCCI Reveals Why Virat And Rohit Will Not Play ODIs And T20.
BCCI Reveals Why Virat And Rohit Will Not Play ODIs And T20
The appearance of the white-ball squads held great significance as it provided insight into the future white-ball strategies of the Indian cricket team. The BCCI’s press release stated otherwise, despite rumors that Rohit Sharma would captain the T20Is against South Africa.
There isn’t an injury keeping Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli out of the T20Is and ODIs. According to a BCCI announcement, the two freely informed BCCI that they wished to take a vacation from the white-ball portion of the South Africa Tour.
“A break from the white-ball leg of the tour was sought by Mr. Virat Kohli and Mr. Rohit Sharma to the Board. Because of his ongoing medical care, Mohd. Shami’s availability is contingent upon his health. Subject to fitness, Mr. Abhimanyu Easwaran’s availability is contingent,” the BCCI stated in a statement.
India’s squad for Tests: Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan (wk), KL Rahul (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Mohd. Shami*, Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Prasidh Krishna
India’s squad for 3 T20Is: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (C), Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan (wk), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Ravindra Jadeja (VC), Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Deepak Chahar
India’s squad for 3 ODIs: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sai Sudharsan, Tilak Varma, Rajat Patidar, Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (C)(wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mukesh Kumar, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Deepak Chahar
India A squad for the 1st four-day match: Sai Sudharsan, Abhimanyu Easwaran*, Devdutt Padikkal, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, Sarfaraz Khan, KS Bharat (C) (wk), Dhruv Jurel, Shardul Thakur, Pulkit Narang, Sourabh Kumar, Manav Suthar, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Vidhwath Kaverappa, and Tushar Deshpande
India A squad for the 3rd four-day match: Sai Sudharsan, Abhimanyu Easwaran*, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Tilak Varma, KS Bharat (C) (wk), Dhruv Jurel (wk), Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Manav Suthar, Akash Deep, Vidhwath Kaverappa, and Navdeep Saini.
