IND vs SA: When the three-match ODI series against South Africa gets underway on Thursday, a brand-new Indian team, captained by Shikhar Dhawan, will try to make a statement and be considered for next year’s 50-over World Cup. The Indian selectors decided on a new squad that includes Mukesh Kumar and Rajat Patidar, who received their first call-ups, in the absence of superstars like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Mohammed Shami, and Ravichandran Ashwin, who is travelling to Australia for the T20 World Cup.
There are also a few T20 World Cup backup players on the team. Dhawan’s replacement in the series will be middle-order batter Shreyas Iyer, who was nominated to the T20 World Cup reserves.
The other players on the standby list, leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi and right-arm pacer Deepak Chahar, have also been included to the ODI team for the matches against South Africa.
Shubman Gill, a brisk opening batsman who has shown promise in a few ODI appearances, is poised to rekindle his top-order partnership with Dhawan.
Rahul Tripathi or Patidar, among other hitters, are expected to make their ODI debuts on Thursday.
For his outstanding efforts in domestic cricket, the IPL, when he played for Royal Challengers Bangalore, and more recently, his spectacular performance for India A versus New Zealand A in the four-day matches, Madhya Pradesh batter Patidar has received recognition. In his match with the Kiwis, he scored two hundred.
Ishan Kishan, Sanju Samson, and Ruturaj Gaikwad are the other batters on the team who will serve as the middle pivot. order’s
India’s spin attack is made up of left-arm spinner Shahbaz Ahmed, who was recently called up to the T20I squad for the South Africa series, as well as Bishnoi and Kuldeep Yadav.
Shardul Thakur, Chahar, Avesh Khan, and Mohammed Siraj will lead the pace department, and Mukesh, a Bengal red ball bowler who emerged as the top wicket-taker in the first class games against New Zealand ‘A’ and put on an outstanding performance in the Irani Cup match against 2019-20 Ranji champions Saurashtra, will also be a new face.
There are up to six players in the team who might make their ODI debut.
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