The team with the new look also has IPL’s highest run-scorer Ruturaj Gaikwad and highest wicket-taker. Harshal Patel together in squad of 16 Venkatesh Iyer, seen as a potential all-round replacement for those ravaged by injury Hardik Pandya,
Pandya has been dropped from the team after failing to make an impact during the T20 World Cup. Ruturaj has already played for India in the Sri Lanka series.
News – India’s squad for T20I against New Zealand and India ‘A’ squad for South Africa tour announced. @ImRo45 Name… https://t.co/baY10V7Tsd
—BCCI (@BCCI) 1636467048000
Senior leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal found a place back in the squad while Mohammad Siraj, who has played a few T20Is in the past, is also in the mix.
Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel and Deepak Chahar, who were in T20 World Cup reserve, are now in the main squad.
Rohit’s appointment was a formality and KL Rahul He will have his new deputy in the shortest format.
“I don’t know who spread this misinformation but when Rohit Sharma is available, at this point of time there is no other option to captain the white ball. Yes, KL Rahul is around but he is being treated only as a deputy, A senior BCCI official clarified.
“Obviously, when Rohit takes a break he will lead but he is the leader of the white ball going forward,” he said.
While the BCCI did not say anything about the ODI captaincy, it is understood that it wants a white-ball captain to go into the 2023 50-over World Cup and made a suitable decision for the three-match ODI series in South Africa. Will go Time.
“I am still not sure whether the board will retain Virat as the ODI captain or not. There will be some discussions but chances are slim. He will definitely continue to be the Test captain,” the official said.
fast bowlers Jasprit BumrahMohammed Shami and spinner Ravindra Jadeja have also been given the necessary rest for the short series.
However, Pandya, who didn’t really provide an honest picture of his fitness status, has been dropped from the team.
It is understood that the selection committee is extremely displeased with his fitness problems and that he is the only person who has actually been “abandoned” and “not rested” unlike the others.
“Hardik Pandya is yet to recover from his lower back injury. However if the former T20 captain (Kohli in this case) was bent on keeping him at No. 6 as a specialist batsman, Chetan (chief national Selector Chetan Sharma) and his team did it.
“Similar when he asked for five spinners and then realized he asked for one too many,” a senior BCCI official said on the condition of anonymity.
The quartet of Ruturaj (635 runs), Harshal (32 wickets), Avesh (24 wickets, second highest wicket taker) and Venkatesh (370 runs and 3 wickets) were unanimous after their stellar IPL performances.
Similarly, the selectors made a correction by picking Yuzvendra Chahal, who was mysteriously dropped from the World Cup squad and then was brilliant during the UAE leg of the IPL.
Veteran seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar is one player who may have got one last chance to redeem himself. He’s nowhere close to his best, but he was retained, with a bit of a brisk pace on the experience.
It is understood that after this the selectors will look at other options as well.
India’s T20 team: Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (Vice-Captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (WK), Ishan Kishan (WK), Venkatesh Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal, R Ashwin, Axar Patel, Avesh Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Harshal Patel, Mohd. Siraj
,