BCCI Announces Squad For T20I Series Against South Africa And Border-Gavaskar Trophy: BCCI named the teams for India’s T20I series vs South Africa and the Border-Gavaskar Trophy Series with Australia, the latter of which will be vital in the preparations for the 2025 ICC World Test Championship (WTC) 2025 final. Let’s now delve deeper into the two teams and the importance of the forthcoming tours.
India Squad vs South Africa T20I
India has opted for a slightly young side with an emphasis on depth in the limited-overs format as they prepare for the four-match T20I series in South Africa, which commences on November 8. Also in a more experienced team, fast bowlers Vyshak Vijaykumar and Ramandeep Singh have been given a call-up, while the more controversial selection of Mayank Yadav has been ruled out for injury reasons.
With players such as Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, and Shubman Gill in the batting department and spinners Ravi Bishnoi and Axar Patel in the bowling department, the team also has good batting and bowling strength, respectively.
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India T20 Squad vs. South Africa: Suryakumar Yadav (C), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (WK), Rinku Singh, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Jitesh Sharma (WK), Ramandeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Axar Patel, Avesh Khan, Yash Dayal.
India Squad For Border Gavaskar Trophy 2024
In the five-test series against Australia, the Indian team saw the return of some experienced players, with Rohit Sharma as the captain of the team. The likeliest additions are R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, as they would be key in the Australian batting attack when playing on their home advantage of spin-conducive wickets.
Making their debuts are Harshit Rana from Delhi and his Andhra counterpart Nitish Kumar Reddy as BCCI seeks to bring in new blood. Abhimanyu Easwaran will also debut for India after a successful Duleep Trophy season. Injuries have ruled out Mohammed Shami and Kuldeep Yadav from the squad, and their rehabilitation is still ongoing.
India Test Squad For Border Gavaskar Trophy 2024: Rohit Sharma (C), Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (WK), Mohammed Siraj, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Akash Deep, Rishabh Pant (WK), Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana.
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The first clash of the T20I series will take place on November 8 at Durban, then Gqebera, Pretoria, and Johannesburg with the final match on November 15. The Border-Gavaskar Trophy will commence in the year twenty-four December, when India will again host Australia in a five-test series in several locales. Fans can watch the show live on Star Sports Network and stream it on Disney+ Hotstar.
