Sharma, Kohli, Bumrah skip white-ball collection; Iyer makes Take a look at comeback

The Board of Management for Cricket in India on Thursday introduced the Indian males’s squad for the tour of South Africa. India will play three T20 Internationals, three One-Day Internationals and two Take a look at matches throughout their tour which lasts from December 10, 2023 to January 7, 2024.

Senior batters Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will not be included in India’s group for the 2 restricted overs matches after the pair requested the BCCI for a break. Tempo spearhead Jasprit Bumrah can even characteristic within the Take a look at collection though the BCCI has not said a cause for Bumrah’s absence from the white-ball collection.

In Sharma’s absence, Suryakumar Yadav will lead India in the course of the T20I collection with Ravindra Jadeja serving as his deputy. KL Rahul will lead India within the ODI collection.

Sharma will lead the facet for the Take a look at collection with Bumrah as vice-captain. Pacer Mohammed Shami has been named within the 16-member Take a look at squad however is at present present process medical therapy and his availability is topic to health.

Veterans Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara discover themselves out of the Take a look at facet whereas Shreyas Iyer has been included within the facet. Iyer can also be the one participant to characteristic in all three squads

India’s squad for Assessments: 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, Mohammed Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Prasidh Krishna. 

India’s squad for 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.

India’s squad for ODIs: 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.