India announce 18-man squad for South Africa Tests, Rahane retains place however injured Jadeja, Axar miss out

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) named an 18-man squad for the 3-Test sequence towards South Africa, beginning December 26 in Centurion. While Virat Kohli will lead the workforce, Rohit Sharma has been named as the brand new vice-captain of the Test workforce whilst under-pressure Ajinkya Rahane retains his place within the squad.

Rahane has bought one other likelihood to show himself in South Africa regardless of fighting kind within the ongoing calendar yr whereby he averages 19.57 with 411 runs in 12 matches. However, Cheteshwar Pujara, who hit a vital 47 within the 2nd inning of the Mumbai Test towards New Zealand, will proceed at No. 3 after having been named within the squad.INDIA SQUAD FOR 3-TEST SERIES IN SOUTH AFRICA Meanwhile, Shreyas Iyer, who hit 100 on his Test debut in Kanpur, has been named within the squad together with Mayank Agarwal, who shone in Mumbai with scores of 150 and 62. Agarwal has been added because the backup opener as Rohit and KL Rahul return to the squad. Hanuma Vihari, who was not a part of India’s Test squad for New Zealand sequence, has additionally returned.Fast bowlers Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah, who had been rested for the 2-Test sequence towards New Zealand, return to the facet to steer the tempo assault, which additionally has Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Shardul Thakur. Ishant Sharma, who was neglected of the Mumbai Test with an damage, additionally made it into the squad.Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, and Shubman Gill will miss India’s upcoming tour of South Africa on account of damage issues. Jadeja, Axar, Gill had been all a part of the recently-concluded Test sequence between India and New Zealand. However, all three are actually anticipated to be on the sidelines for fairly some time.Squad: Virat Kohli (Capt),Rohit Sharma(vc), KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant(wk), Wriddhiman Saha(wk), R Ashwin, Jayant Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Mohd. Shami, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Shardul Thakur, Md. Siraj. pic.twitter.com/6xSEwn9Rxb— BCCI (@BCCI) December 8, 2021
India squad: Virat Kohli (Capt),Rohit Sharma(vc), KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant(wk), Wriddhiman Saha(wk), R Ashwin, Jayant Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Mohd. Shami, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Shardul Thakur, Md. Siraj.Standby Players: Navdeep Saini, Saurabh Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Arzan Nagwaswalla.Earlier, South Africa named a 21-man squad led by Dean Elgar for the 3-Test sequence. Familiar names Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje and Quinton de Kock are a part of the squad, whereas pacer Duanne Olivier returns to the set-up.South Africa squad: Dean Elgar (captain), Temba Bavuma (vice-captain), Quinton de Kock (wicket-keeper), Kagiso Rabada, Sarel Erwee, Beuran Hendricks, George Linde, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Aiden Markram, Wiaan Mulder, Anrich Nortje, Keegan Petersen, Rassie van der Dussen, Kyle Verreynne, Marco Jansen, Glenton Stuurman, Prenelan Subrayen, Sisanda Magala, Ryan Rickelton, Duanne Olivier.India will play 3 Tests and as many ODIs, whereas the 4 T20Is which had been a part of the schedule earlier will probably be performed on a later date, the BCCI had stated after its AGM on Sunday in Kolkata. India’s tour was scheduled to start out on December 17 nevertheless it was postponed on account of issues over a brand new Omicron Covid variant that was found within the area.FULL SCHEDULE OF SOUTH AFRICA VS INDIA TEST SERIES1st Test – December 26 to 30 in Centurion2nd Test- January 3 to 7 in Johannesburg3rd Test – January 11 to fifteen in Cape Town