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.

BCCI Test Series

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.