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Kohli and Rohit were rested for the white-ball matches in South Africa; Suryakumar to lead in T20Is, Rahul in ODIs

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Kohli and Rohit were rested for the white-ball matches in South Africa; Suryakumar to lead in T20Is, Rahul in ODIs


Suryakumar can continue in the leadership role after the ongoing T20I series against Australia because Hardik Pandya, who led the format after the T20 World Cup last year, is still out with an ankle injury he sustained during the recent Cup. ODI World Cup. .

Both Kohli and Rohit have not played any T20I since last year’s T20 World Cup, when they lost to England in the semi-finals in Adelaide.

While the batting line-up remains largely the same for the T20Is, the bowling attack will be much more experienced with the return of Jadeja, Chahar, Kuldeep and Siraj, perhaps a clue as to how the team management and selectors think about the T20. There are just over six months until the World Cup.

The ODI team sees a lot more changes with only Rahul, Shreyas Iyer and Kuldeep remaining in the ODI World Cup squad. Rinku Singh and Sai Sudharsan get their first ODI call-ups, while Rajat Patidar is recalled after he too was part of the squad earlier this year against New Zealand as Iyer’s replacement, but did not play a game then. Also returning to the ODI slot are Yuzvendra Chahal, Sanju Samson, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Tilak Varma, Washington Sundar, Mukesh Kumar, Avesh, Arshdeep Singh and Deepak Chahar, who also recently returned to the T20I setup for the Australia series.

Chahal has taken nine wickets in the last week in four one-day games for Haryana in the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy, including a six against Uttarakhand. Samson also represents Kerala in the tournament but only managed a fifty in four innings for a total of 101 runs at an average of 25.25.

Unlike the Test and T20I squads, the BCCI statement did not name a vice-captain for the ODIs.

Rahul was India’s vice-captain during the World Cup after Pandya’s injury and led the ODI team in nine matches in total, the first of which was in South Africa in early 2022, when India were whitewashed 3-0. Rahul soon led India again, to a 3-0 series win in Zimbabwe later that year. He also captained India in Rohit’s absence in three other ODIs, all of which they won – once in Bangladesh in December last year and twice against Australia in the home ODIs before the recent World Cup.

Since his return to the ODI squad for the Asia Cup in September after a long injury layoff, Rahul has been a crucial middle-order batsman for India, mostly at number 5. He has averaged 75.70 and hit 92, 54 in 16 innings since his return. , with two centuries and four half centuries.

India’s squads for the T20I, ODI and Test tour of South Africa were announced a day after the BCCI extended Rahul Dravid’s tenure as head coach after his initial two-year contract came to an end following the defeat against Australia in the World Cup final in Ahmadabad.

After the ongoing five-T20I series against Australia ends on December 3, India only have six more T20Is scheduled as of now before next year’s T20 World Cup, apart from IPL 2024. They play three matches in South Africa on December 10, 12 and 14. , and then host Afghanistan for three games in January next year.

India T20I squad for South Africa: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan (wk), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Ravindra Jadeja (vice-captain), Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Deepak Chahar

India ODI Team for South Africa: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sai Sudharsan, Tilak Varma, Rajat Patidar, Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (captain and wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal ., Mukesh Kumar, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Deepak Chahar.

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