Indian squad for T20 series against South Africa announced
Team India and South Africa are to have a 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 name has been omitted 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. Dhoni played his last match against New Zealand in the semi-final of the World Cup 2019.
The Indian T20 team against South Africa is as follows
Virat Kohli (captain), Rohit Sharma (vice-captain), KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Kunal Pandya, Washington Sundar, Rahul Chahar, Khalil Ahmed, Deepak Chahar , Navdeep Saini.
