IND vs SA T20 Series: After losing the home Test series against New Zealand by a clean sweep, the Indian team is now ready for its next mission. Now the Indian team has to tour South Africa, where a 4-match T20 series will be played. Suryakumar Yadav will take over the captaincy of the Indian team in this series.
Surya has been made the captain of the T20 format. At the same time, VVS Laxman will be seen taking over the coaching in this T20 series in place of Gautam Gambhir. The reason for this is that Gambhir was busy in the New Zealand Test series. Now he has to go on a tour of Australia, where a 5-match Test series is to be played.
These players got a place in the team
On the South Africa tour, the Indian team will play its first T20 match in Durban on November 8. After this, the teams will go to Gakebarha for the second T20 match on November 10. Then the remaining two matches will be played in Centurion (November 13) and Johannesburg (November 15).
Middle-order batsman Ramandeep Singh and fast bowler Vijaykumar Vaishakh have entered the Indian team for this T20 series. Both the players have got a place in India’s senior team for the first time.
Left-arm fast bowler Yash Dayal has also been included in the team. However, fast bowler Mayank Yadav and all-rounder Shivam Dubey are not part of the team due to injury. All-rounder Riyan Parag was also not available for selection.
India’s playing XI in the first T20 can be something like this
Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Axar Patel, Varun Chakraborty, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan and Yash Dayal.
IND vs SA T20 series schedule (Indian time)
1st T20 match – November 8, 8:30 PM, Durban
2nd T20 match – November 10, 7:30 PM, Gakbarha
3rd T20 match – November 13, 8:30 PM, Centurion
4th T20 match – November 15, 8:30 PM, Johannesburg
