India announced the squad for the South Africa ODI series where Shikhar Dhawan is set to lead the team while Shreyas Iyer will be his deputy. There are many surprises in this team as M Shami was not picked probably because he is expected to join Team India ICC T20 World Cup 2022 After passing the Yo-Yo test in Australia. On the other hand, Umran Malik is also not on the list which left Indian cricket fans confused whether he too is going to Australia. Here is the reaction of fans when Umran Malik was not picked for the South Africa ODI series.
Nortje has been just like Umran Malik since his return from injury. If he doesn’t show improvement in the next few games, he may have to be replaced by Pretorius. Strictly no shamsi pls. — Bavuma Fan Account (@SingbalSanket)
Why the selectors ignored Umar Malik
— Mohd Fahad (@mohdfahad083) 2 October 2022
Honestly, if you can’t develop players, let them play abroad and develop their game. People like Prithvi Shaw, Umran Malik, Kuldeep Sen can improve a lot in league play in England, Australia. @BCCI Players must be allowed to play less than one set of numbers. Number of matches India has played abroad – Tarun (@kaintguy) 2 October 2022
Looks exactly the same! Let Avesh Khan get some more rest! Must have run away! Use whatever matches he won, his contribution to making Katin’s victory was immense! Still don’t give chance to Umran Malik, and Avesh starts playing more games!
— Gopu Rajasekar A (@GopuRajasekarA1) 2 October 2022
Meanwhile, the All India Senior Selection Committee has also given the first ODI call-up to middle-order batsman Rajat Patidar and pacer Mukesh Kumar. Patidar’s career has been on a boom since he scored 112 runs for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL 2022 Eliminator against Lucknow Super Giants in Kolkata.
Patidar scored an unbeaten 122 and 30 in Madhya Pradesh’s Ranji Trophy final win over Mumbai in Bengaluru. Most recently, he scored two centuries in four innings of India A’s multi-day series against New Zealand A with a mammoth 176, becoming the top run-scorer for the hosts with 319 runs at an average of 106.33. He scored an unbeaten 45 and 20 in ODIs against New Zealand A in Chennai.
Mukesh, a right-arm medium pacer representing Bengal in domestic cricket, took nine wickets at an average of 21.78 in the multi-day series against New Zealand A, including taking 5/86 on the first day of the series. Recently, he shocked a renowned Saurashtra batting line-up with his deadly spell of 4/23 for Rest of India in the ongoing Irani Cup final in Rajkot.
Interestingly, batsman Shreyas Iyer, pace all-rounder Deepak Chahar and leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi, who will later be traveling in India’s squad for the Men’s T20 World Cup to be held in Australia, have been included in the ODI squad. , which has no members. The main team participating in the series will leave for Australia on 6 October.
Left-arm spin all-rounder Shahbaz Ahmed, who was called in in place of injured Washington Sundar in the 3–0 ODI series win in Zimbabwe but missed a game, retained his place in the team, and so did the right-handed batsman. This is Rahul Tripathi. Fast bowler Avesh Khan has also returned to ODIs after missing the last few matches of the T20 Asia Cup 2022 due to illness.
India ODI squad: Shikhar Dhawan (capt), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer (vice-captain), Rajat Patidar, Rahul Tripathi, Ishan Kishan (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Shahbaz Ahmed, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi, Mukesh Kumar, Avesh Khan, Mohammad Siraj, Deepak Chahar