Team India and South Africa are to have T20 series in September next month. The Indian team has been announced for this three-match T20 International Series.Former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s leaf has been cut once again in the team selection on Thursday night.While Hardik Pandaya has returned, Jasprit Bumrah has been rested.
At the behest of MS Dhoni himself, he has not been selected in this T20 team. After the West Indies tour, Dhoni will not be part of the Indian team for the first time in two consecutive series. At the same time, once again the senior selection committee led by MSK Prasad has named Rishabh Pant as a wicket-keeper batsman in the team.
Actually, Mahendra Singh Dhoni has not revealed himself to be available for this T20 series. Dhoni has also informed the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) about this.However, MS Dhoni has not clarified anything about retirement. The legendary Indian wicket-keeper batsman Dhoni played his last match against New Zealand in the semi-final of the World Cup 2019.
India Squad: Virat Kohli (captain), Rohit Sharma (vice-captain), KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Krunal Pandya, Washington Sundar, Rahul Chahar, Khaleel Ahmed, Deepak Chahar , Navdeep Saini.
South Africa’s tour in India will begin with 3 T20I matches series starting from 15th of September at Dharamshala, while the other two matches are schedule to play at Mohali(18th September) and Bengaluru(22nd September) respectively.
After that both teams will play 3 Test matches at Visakhapatnam, Pune and Ranchi respectively starting from 2nd of October till 23rd of October.