Team India Test and T20I squads announced – Umran Malik picked!
Team India announced T20I and Test squads for the home series against South Africa and rescheduled Test against England respectively. The 18-member T20I squad will be led by KL Rahul while the 17-member Test squad will be led by Rohit Sharma.
Rishabh is named the vice-captain for the T20I series against South Africa while KL Rahul will be Rohit Sharma’s deputy in the Test against England. India is leading the Test series 2-1 with one match to go.
Pacer Umran Malik earned his maiden national call up in the T20I squad while Hardik Pandya returned to the T20I fold. Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel and Ravi Bishnoi are nmed as the spinners for the T20I series.
Ajinkya Rahane who was a part of Team India for the series against England last year – didn’t make the cut this time round while Cheteshwar Pujara who displayed brilliant form for Sussex in the ongoing County Championship made it to the squad.
Team India T20I Squad:
KL Rahul (C), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan, Deepak Hooda, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (VC), Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Venkatesh Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik
Team India Test Squad:
Rohit Sharma (C), KL Rahul (VC), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rishabh Pant (wk), KS Bharat (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Prasidh Krishna
The rescheduled Test will be played at Edgbaston in Birmingham on July 1st, 2022.
The T20I series will begin on June 9th in New Delhi with the final match scheduled on 19th June in Bengaluru.
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Team India T20I Fixtures:
June 9: 1st T20I – New Delhi
June 12: 2nd T20I – Cuttack
June 14: 3rd T20I – Vizag
June 17: 4th T20I – Rajkot
June 19: 5th T20I – Bengaluru
