The BCCI on Thursday announced the squads for the upcoming tour of South Africa. The tour comprises off three T20Is, three ODIs and two Tests.
The T20I side will be lead by Suryakumar Yadav, while KL Rahul will be captaining the limited overs series side.
Star players likes Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have been rested for the white ball series but will be back for the test matches.
The squad also marks the return of Deepak Chahar. Sanju Samson and Rajat Patidar have been named in the ODI set up, while Sai Sudarshan receives a maiden ODI call up.
Veteran batters Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara have been dropped from the Test team.
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Mohammed Shami has been ruled out of the two test series against South Africa due to injury.
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Abhimanyu Easwaran has been named as replacement for as Ruturaj Gaikwad for the two-match Test series in South Africa against South Africa.
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Ishan Kishan has withdrawn himself from the test series due to personal reasons and will be replaced by KS Bharat.
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Avesh Khan has been added to India’s Test squad ahead of the second game at Cape Town in the ongoing Test series against South Africa in place of injured Mohammed Shami.
India’s squad for 2nd Test vs SA: Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Prasidh Krishna, KS Bharat (wk), Abhimanyu Easwaran & Avesh Khan
India’s squad for Tests: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Abhimanyu Easwaan, Ishan Kishan (wk), KS Bharat, KL Rahul (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, 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, Mohammed Siraj, Mukesh Kumar & Deepak Chahar.
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Deepak Chahar has withdrawn himself from the one day series due to a family emergency and will be replaced by Akash Deep.
India’s squad for 3 ODIs: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sai Sudharsan, Tilak Varma, Rajat Patidar, Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer (only 1st ODI), KL Rahul (C & wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mukesh Kumar, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Deepak Chahar & Akash Deep.
