Injured Jadeja, Axar out as India name squad for SA Test series; Rohit Sharma vice-captain
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he All-India Senior Selection Committee on Wednesday picked an 18-member squad for the upcoming 3-match Test series against South Africa starting from December 26.
The Test series will form a part of the new cycle of the ICC World Test Championship. The following players were not available for selection due to injuries and are currently undergoing rehabilitation Ravindra Jadeja, Shubman Gill, Axar Patel, Rahul Chahar.
The All-India Senior Selection Committee also decided to name Rohit Sharma as the captain of the ODI and T20I teams going forward.
The tour has been reduced from three series to two the Test and One-Day International series, taking place from December 26 to January 23, 2022, across four venues. The four-match T20 international series will be rescheduled for a more opportune time in the new year.
First Test will take place from December 26-30 in Centurion; Second Test will take place from January 3-7, 2022, in Johannesburg; Third Test will take place from January 11-15, 2022, in Cape Town. The ODI squad for the SA's tour is yet to be announced.
India's Test squad Virat Kohli (Captain), Rohit Sharma (vice-captain), KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (wk), Wriddhiman Saha (wk), R Ashwin, Jayant Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Mohd. Shami, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Shardul Thakur, Md. Siraj.
Standby Players Navdeep Saini, Saurabh Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Arzan Nagwaswalla.
✔️ Injured Jadeja, Axar out as India name squad for SA Test series; Rohit Sharma vice-captain
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