New Delhi: Wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav has been released from India’s T20I squad currently in Australia for a five-match series.
He will return to India to be part of the Indian A team against South Africa A at the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru.
Yadav returns home to take part in the second four-day match against South Africa A, which will begin on November 6.
“The decision has been taken to provide Kuldeep with red-ball game time in preparation for the upcoming two-match Test series against South Africa,” the BCCI said in a statement.
India’s updated squad for 4th and 5th T20I: Suryakumar Yadav (C), Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill (VC), Tilak Varma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma (WK), Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Sanju Samson (WK), Rinku Singh, Washington Sundar.
India A’s updated squad for 2nd four-day game: Rishabh Pant (C) (WK), KL Rahul, Dhruv Jurel (WK), Sai Sudharsan (VC), Devdutt Padikkal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Harsh Dubey, Tanush Kotian, Manav Suthar, Khaleel Ahmed, Gurnoor Brar, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Kuldeep Yadav.