Border-Gavaskar Trophy test series will start from November 22
Team India squad for South Africa & Border-Gavaskar Trophy: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has today announced the squad for the upcoming T20 against South Africa on Friday, October 25 and the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) Test series starting in November. So BCCI has not given place to Ruturaj Gaikwad in the team for both these tours.
BCCI has made Suryakumar Yadav the captain in T20 format, Rohit Sharma as the captain of Team India on Australia tour and Jasprit Bumrah as his deputy. India’s South African tour is going to start from November 8. On this tour, Team India will be seen playing a four-match T20 series, while the BGT series will start with the first match to be held in Perth on November 22.
Mayank Yadav and Shivam Dubey have not been included in the T20 team due to injury. Apart from this, Riyan Parag has also not been included in the T20 team due to being in BCCI’s Center of Excellence. On the other hand, fast bowlers Mukesh Kumar, Navdeep Saini and Khalil Ahmed have been included in the traveling reserve tour on Australia tour.
Indian team for the upcoming T20 series against South Africa:
Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Rinku Singh, Tilak Verma, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ramandeep Singh, Varun Chakraborty, Ravi Vishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Vijaykumar Vaishak, Avesh Khan. And Yash Dayal.
Indian team for BGT 2024-25:
Rohit Sharma (captain), Jasprit Bumrah (vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj. , Akashdeep, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar.
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Full schedule of Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT)
1st Test 22–26 November: Perth Stadium, Perth
Second Test 6–10 December: Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Third Test 14-18 December: The Gabba, Brisbane
Fourth Test 26-30 December: Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Fifth Test 3-7 January: Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney