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New Delhi: The Indian Cricket Board on Friday announced the squad for the Border Gavaskar Trophy and T20 series against South Africa. BCCI has selected a 15-member team for the four-match T20 series against Africa. T20 series will be played between India and South Africa from 8 November. Apart from captain Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Sanju Samson, young players Tilak Verma, Rinku Singh and Karnataka fast bowler Vishak Vijaykumar have been given a chance in the T20 series against South Africa. Apart from this, the team has also been announced for the five-match Test series against Australia.
Nitish Reddy, Harshit Rana and Abhimanyu Easwaran have got a chance in the Test series against Australia. KL Rahul has also been retained in the team for the Border Gavaskar Trophy. Therefore, Abhimanyu Easwaran has been included as an option for the second opener. Spinner Axar Patel is out, while Kuldeep Yadav will not go on the Australia tour due to injury.
Indian team for Border-Gavaskar Trophy: Rohit Sharma (captain), Jasprit Bumrah (vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (wk), Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Ishtan Krishna, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar.
Indian team for South Africa tour : Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Sanju Samson, Abhishek Sharma, Rinku Singh, Tilak Verma, Jitesh Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Akshar Patel, Ramandeep Singh, Varun Chakraborty, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Vijay Kumar, Avesh Khan, Yash Dayal.
India-Africa T20 series schedule
First T20, 8 November
Second T20, 10 November
3rd T20, 13 November
Fourth T20, 15 November
India-Australia test series schedule
First Test, 22-26 November, Perth
Second Test, 6-10 December Adelaide
Third Test, 14-18 December, Brisbane
Fourth Test, 26-30 December, Melbourne
Fifth Test, 3-7 January 2025, Sydney.