Africa Series: After the series against New Zealand, India has to play a four-match T20 series in South Africa from November 7 to November 14. For which BCCI has announced the team. Since the announcement of the team, it has started to be seen how many equations are being formed regarding which player will be included in the playing 11. Amidst all this, there are chances of debut of two players from Virat Kohli’s RCB and one player from Gautam Gambhir’s KKR in the T20 against South Africa.
KKR and RCB favorites may debut
According to reports, favorite players of Indian Premier League teams may debut in the T20 series against South Africa. Head coach Gautam Gambhir’s IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders player Ramandeep Singh and star batsman Virat Kohli’s IPL team Royal Challengers Bangalore’s two players Yash Dayal and Vijay Kumar Vaish can make their debut there.
BCCI is ignoring Akshar
In order to give opportunities to these players, BCCI may ignore the team’s all-rounder Akshar Patel. The team will need an all-rounder for the series and Akshar is a good option for this. He is in good form. He also played an important role in the T20 World Cup, yet BCCI is ignoring him. Akshar shows his magic with both bat and ball.
If we look at Akshar’s statistics, he has taken 55 wickets in 14 test matches at an economy of 2.51 and has also scored 646 runs at an average of 35.88. In the ODI format, he has taken 64 wickets in 60 matches at an economy of 4.49 and scored 568 runs at an average of 19.58. In T20, he has taken 62 wickets in 62 matches at an average of 7.83 and scored 463 runs at an average of 20.13.
Team India’s probable playing 11 in Africa series
Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Ramandeep Singh, Vijay Kumar Vaish, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakraborty, Yash Dayal.
Also read: Virat Kohli’s luck shines at the age of 36, will captain India in place of Rohit Sharma in BGT 2024
