India squad for SA: Rohit, Surya, Rahul named Tests, T20, ODI captains

BCCI announced India's squad for the South Africa tour and named KL Rahul as ODI, Suryakumar Yadav as T20I and Rohit Sharma as Test captains respectively

8:17 PM

India squad for South Africa tour Live: Rohit, Virat asked for rest

 

BCCI in a tweet said, “Mr Rohit Sharma and Mr Virat Kohli had requested the Board for a break from the white-ball leg of the tour.

Mr Mohd. Shami is currently undergoing medical treatment and his availability is subject to fitness.”

 

8:12 PM

India squad for South Africa tour Live: Suryakumar Yadav to lead in T20Is

 

India’s squad for 3 T20Is against South Africa

 

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (C), Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan (wk), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Ravindra Jadeja (VC), Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Deepak Chahar.

 

8:11 PM

India squad for South Africa tour Live: Rohit Sharma to lead in Tests

 

India’s squad for 2 Tests against South Africa

 

Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan (wk), KL Rahul (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Mohd. Shami*, Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Prasidh Krishna. 

 

8:08 PM

India squad for South Africa tour Live: KL Rahul to lead in ODIs

 

India’s squad for 3 ODIs vs South Africa

Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sai Sudharsan, Tilak Varma, Rajat Patidar, Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (C)(wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mukesh Kumar, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Deepak Chahar.

 

7:56 PM

India squad for South Africa tour Live: Rohit to not lead

 

According to senior journalists, Rohit Sharma will not be leading the Indian team in South Africa. But he might lead the team in T20 World Cup 2024. 

 

7:23 PM

India squad for South Africa tour Live: Wait continues for announcement

 

The wait for the squad announcement has been extended once again as the list of the squad is still not out. Sources are now saying that Rohot might not return as India captain for T20Is. 

 

6:54 PM

India squad for South Africa tour Live: Haven't signed anything says Rahul

6:29 PM

India squad for South Africa tour Live: Will Ajinkya, Pujara be back?

 

It seems like the doors for Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara for the Indian Test squad are closed as Shreyas Iyer might be back on the Indian Test team and so would be KL Rahul. 

 

6:19 PM

India squad for South Africa tour Live: Rahul Dravid yet to sign the documents of his second tenure

Rahul Dravid after the meeting said that the papers of his new contract as India head coach are yet to be ready and signed by him. He told in a passing bite to journalists that he would sign the documents once they were ready. He was asked about whether he will continue as the coach of the Indian team till the T20 World Cup 2024 in USA and West Indies. 

Rahul Dravid during selection meeting for India's tour of South Africa in New Delhi

6:11 PM

India squad for South Africa tour Live: Big updates from squad announcement

 

According to BCCI sources, Sanju Samson has been picked for the Indian ODI team. Rajat Patidar, who recovered from injury has also found a place in the Indian ODI squad. There is no offical update as of yet. 

6:02 PM

India squad for South Africa tour Live: Wait for squad announcement to continue

 

How long are the Indian fans going to wait is not something that is asked often. However, they have to wait for the squad announcement as of now. 

 

5:55 PM

India squad for South Africa tour Live: Rohit lead in T20Is, KL in ODIs

 

Media reports are suggesting that BCCI is likely to go ahead with Rohit Sharma for the upcoming T20 World Cup as captain as they have named him the captain of the three-match series against South Africa. KL Rahul will lead the Indian ODI team for the three-match series against the Proteas in Hardik Pandya’s absence. 

 

5:33 PM

India squad for South Africa tour Live: Team India selection heading for long wait

BCCI's apex council meeting is underway. Apex council will review Team India performance in 2023 ODI World Cup. BCCI vice-president Rajiv Shukla and secretary Jay Shah are present at the meeting. The team announcement is likely to take place after the meeting. We are here for long wait

4:38 PM

India squad for South Africa tour Live: Why is this tour important?

 

For the first time since 2014-15, India and South Africa will indulge in only a two-match Test series. What used to be a three-match thriller, has now been reduced to a two-match contest for the upcoming tour of India to the rainbow nation. In a full-fledged all-format tour, the Men in Blue will be playing two Tests as part of the World Test Championships and three T20Is and ODIs apiece. 

 

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4:15 PM

India squad for South Africa tour Live: Schedule of the multi-format tour

 

India vs South Africa- 1st T20I

Sunday, 10 December 2023

Kingsmead Stadium, Durban

 

India vs South Africa 2nd T20I

Tuesday, 12 December

St George’s Park, Gqeberha

 

India vs South Africa 3rd T20I

Thursday, 14 December

Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

  

India vs South Africa 1st ODI

Sunday, 17 December

Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg  

 

India vs South Africa 2nd ODI

Tuesday, 19 December

St George’s Park, Gqeberha

 

India vs South Africa 3rd ODI

Thursday, 21 December

Boland Park, Paarl

 

India vs South Africa 1st Test

26 December – 30 December

SuperSport Park, Centurion

 

India vs South Africa 2nd Test

03 January – 07 January 

Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town

 

4:10 PM

India squad for South Africa tour Live: Will Rohit continue?

 

The BCCI brass would like to convince Rohit Sharma to lead the India team in the T20 format despite his reluctance after the 2022 World T20 semi-final exit as the board announces the three squads for the South Africa assignment here on Thursday.

 

Read more here 

Rohit Sharma. Photo: PTI

 

3:57 PM

India squad for South Africa tour Live: Can KL Rahul get captaincy?

KL Rahul was the preferred choice as skipper before Hardik Pandya grabbed the opportunity with both hands in the IPL with Gujarat Titans’ captaincy. Now that Hardik is unavailable, will India go back to KL Rahul to lead them in the white-ball format? Jasprit Bumrah is yet another choice given that he was given the leadership role during the Ireland series. 

KL Rahul hits half-century against Australia in ICC Cricket World Cup 2023. Photo: @BCCI

 

 

3:45 PM

India squad for South Africa tour Live: Will Hardik be available?

 

There has been no update on Hardik ever since the World Cup and he is unlikely to remain available for the South Africa tour. He would most likely return ahead of the IPL 2024 season. 

 

3:03 PM

Why India squad announcement for South Africa series important?

With Hardik Pandya highly-unlikely to return before IPL 2024, the captain for the T20Is vs South Africa in all likelihood to be the one for the 2024 World T20 in West Indies and USA. 

Reportedly, Rohit Sharma has been told by selectors that he might not find a place in India's T20Is squad. With Rahul Dravid back in India's scheme of things, Rohit-Dravid duo might be in action during the T20 World Cup.

All the questions will be answered only after today's squad announcement. 

Stay tuned for live updates on India's squad announcement.

Rohit Sharma

2:56 PM

BCCI to announce India squad for South Africa series today

Hello and welcome to live coverage of India squad announcemnet for South Africa tour. The meeting of senior selection committee will start at 4:30 PM IST.

Ajit Agarkar