A second-string India led by Shikhar Dhawan will tackle South Africa within the three-match ODI collection, starting October 6 in Lucknow.
In the absence of massive gamers like Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, who will go away for the T20 World Cup in Australia, the brand new faces in India workforce will look to make a case for themselves with a watch on subsequent 12 months’s 50-over World Cup.
In the new-look India for the ODI collection in opposition to South Africa, Mukesh Kumar and Rajat Patidar earned their maiden call-ups. The workforce additionally contains T20 World Cup reserve gamers – Shreyas Iyer, Ravi Bishnoi and Deepak Chahar.
With Shubman Gill resuming his partnership with Dhawan on the prime, both Rahul Tripathi or Rajat Patidar might get an ODI cap within the collection. Sanju Samson and Ishan Kishan might kind the center order and Shahbaz Ahmed, Ravi Bishnoi and Kuldeep Yadav make the spin assault.
Shardul Thakur shall be seen main India’s tempo division alongside Deepak Chahar, Avesh Khan, Mohammed Siraj and the newcomer Mukesh Kumar. The collection will pose a tricky problem for India as South Africa shall be trying to seize as many Super League factors as potential.
South Africa, who’re at the moment in eleventh place within the 13-team Super League desk, desperately want factors to qualify for subsequent 12 months’s 50-over World Cup. The Proteas will depend on skilled campaigners Quinton de Kock, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Reeza Hendricks and Janneman Malan to carry the batting unit.
The guests’ bowling division contains the likes of Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Wayne Parnell, Kagiso Rabada, Dwaine Pretorious and Tabraiz Shamsi. The climate, nevertheless, would not look promising because the optionally available coaching session on the eve of the match was cancelled resulting from heavy rain. After a visit to Lucknow, the groups to journey to Ranchi for the second ODI on October 9 after which to Delhi for the third ODI on October 11.
Teams (from):
India: Shikhar Dhawan (C), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubhman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Rajat Patidar, Rahul Tripathi, Ishan Kishan (WK), Sanju Samson (WK), Shahbaz Ahmed, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi, Mukesh Kumar, Avesh Khan, Mohd. Siraj, Deepak Chahar.
South Africa: Temba Bavuma (C), Quinton de Kock (WK), Reeza Hendricks Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj Janneman Malan, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Wayne Parnell, A ndile Phehlukwayo, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi.
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