India identify three skippers for eight-match multi-format tour of South Africa subsequent month, with Rohit Sharma main the 2 Assessments, Suryakumar Yadav for the T20s and KL Rahul for the ODIs.
Skipper Rohit Sharma and star batter Virat Kohli will skip the white-ball leg of India’s upcoming tour of South Africa, the nation’s cricket board has stated.
Rohit and Kohli had been a part of the India staff who misplaced to Australia within the closing of the 50-overs residence Cricket World Cup earlier this month.
In Rohit’s absence, Suryakumar Yadav will lead the aspect within the three-match T20 collection starting in Durban on December 10.
The tour is ready to run till January 7, and consists of three T20Is, three ODIs and two Assessments.
Wicketkeeper-batsman KL Rahul will take cost for the three one-day internationals that observe earlier than Rohit and Kohli return for the two-test collection.
“Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli had requested the board for a break from the white-ball leg of the tour,” the Board of Management for Cricket in India stated in a press release on Thursday.
India dropped middle-order batter Ajinkya Rahane whereas Cheteshwar Pujara couldn’t drive his manner again in, with each seemingly on the finish of their worldwide careers.
Seamer Mohammed Shami was picked for the Assessments in Centurion and Cape City topic to him passing a health check.
India’s check squad:
Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan, KL Rahul, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna.
India’s T20 squad:
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan, Jitesh Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Deepak Chahar.
India’s ODI squad:
Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sai Sudharsan, Tilak Varma, Rajat Patidar, Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (captain), Sanju Samson, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mukesh Kumar, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Deepak Chahar.