Allrounder Deepak Hooda has been ruled out of the South African T20 International Series that will start from tomorrow. Sources revealed that Deepak Hooda is not available for selection for the third T20I against Australia. Team India is yet to announce a replacement for him.
It is also known that Hardik Pandya and Bhuvneshwar Kumar who has been playing limited formats cricket in the recent past have been rested for the series. They will go to the NCA for conditioning. Arshdeep Singh who missed Australia series has returned to the squad. He will form the pace attack alongside Harshal Patel and Jasprit Bumrah.
The first T20 International between India and South Africa will start tomorrow at the Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram. India will play three T20Is and three ODIs in this home tour.
Here’s the squad for the T20 series against SA:
Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), R. Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Mohd. Shami, Harshal Patel, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah.
