No Rohit Sharma As BCCI Announces T20I Squad For South Africa Tour

image-lpl4vt60Rohit Sharma with Team India's Coach Rahul Dravid [Twitter]

Team India, who is all set to face South Africa in an away tour, have announced their T20I squad for the South Africa tour on Thursday, November 30. India's tour of South Africa will begin on December 10 with the T20 International series, followed by three ODIs and two Test matches.

It has been confirmed that Rohit Sharma will not lead the 'Men in Blue' in the T20I format during the upcoming South Africa tour, with Suryakumar Yadav continuing as the skipper after impressive outings against Australia in the shortest format.

Meanwhile, Ravindra Jadeja - who last played a T20I more than a year ago - has been been recalled as vice-captain for the Proteas tour. The CSK all-rounder has replaced Axar Patel, who is currently playing a pivotal role in the T20I against Australia at home.

Another notable entrant to the squad is Deepak Chahar, who has been named in both the white-ball squads after playing last for India in December 2022.


India's T20I Squad for South Africa:

India's squad for 3 T20s: Suryakumar Yadav (C), Ravindra Jadeja (VC), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan (wk), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Deepak Chahar.


India tour of South Africa T20Is schedule:

1st T20I – December 10, 2023 at 9:30 PM IST in Kingsmead, Durban

2nd T20I – December 12, 2023 at 9:30 PM IST in St George’s Park, Gqeberha

3rd T20I – December 14, 2023 at 9:30 PM IST in New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Interestingly, the national selectors have also announced ODI and Tests squad for the South African tour.


India's Test & ODI Squads for South Africa:

India's squad for Tests: Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas lyer, 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 ODIs: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sai Sudharsan, Tilak Varma, Rajat Patidar, Rinku Singh, Shreyas lyer, KL Rahul (C) (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mukesh Kumar, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Deepak Chahar.