Team India’s squads for T20Is against Australia and South Africa announced; Mohammed Shami makes a comeback


The selectors, on Monday (September 12), introduced Workforce India’s squads for the T20I sequence towards Australia and South Africa at residence. Mohammed Shami has made a comeback to the T20I squad for the primary time because the T20 World Cup within the UAE final yr.

Australia will play three T20Is in India from September 20 to 25. The matches will probably be performed in Mohali, Nagpur and Hyderabad. The Proteas will then function in a three-game T20I sequence from September 28 to October 4. The video games will probably be performed in Thiruvananthapuram, Guwahati and Indore.

Rohit Sharma will lead each groups, that are just about the identical because the Workforce India squad for T20 World Cup 2022 that was introduced concurrently. Whereas Shami options in the primary squads for T20Is towards Australia and South Africa, he has been named as one of many 4 standby gamers for the T20 World Cup.

Left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh gained’t be a part of the T20Is towards Australia, however has been named within the squad for the sequence versus South Africa. Equally, all-rounder Hardik Pandya and veteran pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar have been picked for the matches towards Australia, however not for the T20Is towards South Africa.

Explaining the choice, a BCCI observe learn:

“Hardik Pandya, Arshdeep Singh and Bhuvneshwar Kumar will probably be reporting to the NCA for conditioning-related work throughout the course of the house sequence towards Australia and South Africa.”

After the T20Is, South Africa can even play three one-dayers towards the Males in Blue from October 6 to 11. Nonetheless, gamers chosen from the T20 World Cup are unlikely to function on this sequence because the ICC occasion in Australia begins on October 16.


Workforce India’s squad for Australia T20Is

Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Harshal Patel, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah.


Workforce India’s squad for South Africa T20Is

Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami, Harshal Patel, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah.


Workforce India’s squad for T20 World Cup 2022

Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya, R. Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh.

Standby gamers: Mohammed Shami, Shreyas Iyer, Ravi Bishnoi, Deepak Chahar.


Edited by Renin Wilben Albert