Introduction:
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced the squad for the Indian cricket team’s tour of South Africa beginning December 10.
- Rohit Sharma will lead Team India in the Test series in the upcoming tour
- K L Rahul will take over the captaincy reins during the ODI leg of the tour.
- Suryakumar Yadav will lead the T20I side.
The Indian cricket team is set to tour South Africa this month for three T20Is and three ODIs, followed by a two-match Test series.
The Men’s Selection Committee met in New Delhi yesterday to pick Team India’s squad for the South Africa tour.
For Test Series:
India’s squad for Tests include
- 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.
For T20Is:
India’s squad for 3 T20Is include
- 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.
For ODIs:
India’s squad for 3 ODIs include
- 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.