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WHITE BALL CRICKET IN SA

End of the road for

Virat & Rohit as new blood led

by SKY takes charge

For the three ODI games, KL Rahul will take the captaincy charge. The 50-over format

will also see the return of Yuzvendra Chahal and Sanju Samson

OUR BUREAU December 21 respectively.
India’s squad for Tests: Rohit
Mumbai
Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Yash-
kipper Rohit Sharma and stal- asvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas
wart batter Virat Kohli are set Iyer, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan
Sto return to the field after World (wk), KL Rahul (wk), Ravichandran
Cup heartbreak during India’s tour of Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul
South Africa but only for the Test for- Thakur, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Ku-
mat. However, Rohit and Virat will mar, Mohd. Shami*, Jasprit Bumrah
only feature in the red ball format (VC), Prasidh Krishna.
and will miss the white ball cricket. In India’s squad for 3 T20Is: Yash-
Rohit’s absence, Suryakumar Yadav asvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Ruturaj
will continue to assume the captain- Gaikwad, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar
cy role of the team in the T20 format Yadav (C), Rinku Singh, Shreyas
and Ravindra Jadeja will act as his Iyer, Ishan Kishan (wk), Jitesh Shar-
deputy for the same. ma (wk), Ravindra Jadeja (VC),
For the three ODI games, KL Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi,
Rahul will take the captaincy charge. Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh,
The 50-over format will also see the Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Deep-
return of Yuzvendra Chahal and ak Chahar.
Sanju Samson. The Board of Con- India’s squad for 3 ODIs: Ru-
trol for Cricket in India (BCCI) on turaj Gaikwad, Sai Sudharsan, Tilak
Thursday announced the squad for Varma, Rajat Patidar, Rinku Singh,
the Proteas tour which is set to begin Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (C)(wk),
in December. Sanju Samson (wk), Axar Patel,
“The Men’s Selection Commit- Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav,
tee met in New Delhi on Thursday Yuzvendra Chahal, Mukesh Kumar,
to pick Team India’s squad for the Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Deep-
upcoming all-format tour of South ak Chahar.
Africa. The Indian team will partic-
ipate in three T20Is, three ODIs and “Rohit and Virat were crying,”
two Test matches. During the tour, reveals Ashwin
India A will also play two four-day
matches against South Africa A and ndian veteran spinner Ravichan-
one inter-squad three-day match,” a Rohit Sharma during the post-match presentation after Australia beat India dran Ashwin revealed the atmo-
statement from BCCI read. by 6 wickets in the World Cup finals (ANI) Isphere in the Indian dressing
The ODI World Cup 2023 fi- room after Men in Blue’s loss to Aus-
nalists squadron is once again re-as- which is slated to begin on Decem- December 12 at the St George’s tralia in the final of the ICC Cricket
sembling for their upcoming quest ber 10, consisting of three ODIs and Oval. The 20-over format will con- World Cup at Ahmedabad and also
to of the T20 World Cup. BCCI an- T20Is each and two Tests. The red- clude on December 14 at the Wan- lauded skipper Rohit Sharma’s lead-
nounced the contract extension of ball leg will start from December 26. derers Stadium. ership skills throughout the tourna-
head coach Rahul Dravid and the The tour will begin with the The 50-over clash will kick off ment.
rest of the management. three-match T20I affair on Decem- on December 17 at the Wanderers Another heartbreak was added
Dravid’s second stint with Team ber 10 at the Kingsmead Stadium. Stadium. The second and final ODI to the list for Indian fans as Austra-
India will be the tour of South Africa The second T20I will be played on will be played on December 19 and Continued on next page... >>

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