IND vs SA Squad: India will play the white ball leg of the South Africa tour without Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli with the duo requesting BCCI for a break. KL Rahul will lead in the ODIs with Sanju Samson and Rajat Patidar returning to the squad for the 50-over format. Tamil Nadu’s Sai Sudarshan finds a place in the ODI squad on the back of good domestic and IPL seasons, while Ishan Kishan part of the Test and the T20I teams, missed out on ODI selection
Rohit Sharma was named to lead the Indian side scheduled to take on South Africa in the two-match Test series beginning on the 26th of December.
KL Rahul was named the captain of the Indian unit set to play three ODIs against the Proteas, set to get underway on the 17th of December, after the conclusion of the T20I series.
Suryakumar Yadav, who is captaining the Indian team in the ongoing five-match T20I series against Australia, will continue in the role in the shortest format during the three-match series against South Africa beginning on December 10 in Durban.
The BCCI selection committee, which met on Thursday, also decided to make pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah as Rohit Sharma’s deputy in the two-Test series beginning on December 26 in Centurion.
Rahul will keep wickets in the Test series.
Both Rohit and Virat Kohli requested the Indian cricket board for a break from the white-ball leg of the tour.
B Sai Sudharshan and Rinku Singh have received maiden call-ups in the Indian ODI squad.
The selection committee meeting was held in the presence of head coach Rahul Dravid.
The three-match T20I series will begin on December 10, which will be followed by three ODIs starting December 17 in Johannesburg.
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.
The tour gets underway on December 10 with the T20Is to be played in Durban, Gqeberha and Johannesburg. The focus will be on the shortest format considering the World Cup next year.
After a couple of days’ rest, the tourists will gear up for the ODIs from December 17 in Johannesburg.
The Test series gets underway on Boxing Day in Centurion. Cape Town will host the second and final Test of the tour before the squad returns home.
The tour is India’s second of the ongoing ICC World Test Championship cycle. They had beaten West Indies 1-0 in a two-Test series earlier this year in July to kickstart their campaign on an emphatic note.
What is the schedule of India’s tour of South Africa?
Here’s the complete schedule:
IND vs SA T20Is
December 10, 1st T20I in Kingsmead, Durban
December 12, 2nd T20I in St George’s Park, Gqeberha
December 14, 3rd T20I in New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
IND vs SA ODIs
December 17, 1st ODI in New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
December 19, 2nd ODI in St George’s Park, Gqeberha
December 21, 3rd ODI in Boland Park, Paarl
IND vs SA Tests
December 26-30, 1st Test in SuperSport Park, Centurion
January 3-7, 2nd Test in Newlands, Cape Town
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