Team India has been announced for the South Africa tour. On this tour starting from December 10, Team India has to play a series of 3 T20, 3 ODI and 2 Test matches. In the meeting held in Delhi, the selectors have announced the team of all three formats in which many surprising things were seen. After the announcement of the selectors, many players of Team India would have smiled on their faces while many players would have been sad. Shocking news came out regarding Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav. Let us tell you five big things about Team India’s selection.
Rohit Sharma will not captain
The biggest news of Team India’s selection was that Rohit Sharma will not captain the T20 series against South Africa. BCCI informed that Rohit and Virat had asked for rest from ODI and T20 series. There were reports that Rohit Sharma could captain the T20 team but it did not happen.
Suryakumar captain, out of ODI
The second biggest news is that in the absence of Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav will be the captain of the T20 team. Whereas Suryakumar Yadav was not kept in the ODI team. The performance of this player in the ODI format has been disappointing. Even in the World Cup, he could not do anything special.
KL Rahul captain, returns to test
KL Rahul has been made the captain of the ODI team and has also made a comeback in the Test team. The big thing is that KL Rahul has been selected as a wicketkeeper-batsman in the Test team. Jasprit Bumrah has been made the vice-captain of the Test team.
Pujara-Rahane’s game over
After the return of KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer to the Test team, Team India has not selected Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane in Team India. Ruturaj Gaikwad and Prasidh Krishna have also been selected in the Test team.
These players returned
Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul have returned to the Test team. Deepak Chahar has returned to the T20 team. Sanju Samson, Yuzvendra Chahal, Avesh Khan, Deepak Chahar, Arshdeep Singh, Washington Sundar have returned in the ODI format.
