Mumbai, The BCC has announced Team India for the home T20 series against South Africa on Sunday evening. The IPL is a major contributor to Team India’s selection.
Umran Malik, who shocked the people with his bowling in the IPL, has been named in the T20 squad of Team India. While the captaincy of T20 has been handed over to KL Rahul.
Exactly 3 days after the IPL, a five-match T20 series will be played against South Africa. Seniors players have been rested in the series. Because everyone will be busy preparing for the final test to be played in England from 1st July.
The match is part of a five-match Test series played last year, in which one match was postponed due to Corona. After which there was a huge controversy. Rohit has been made the captain for the Test team.
Apart from Umran Malik, who has excelled in the IPL, Arshdeep Singh has also been included in the Indian squad for the series against South Africa. Senior players like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant and Jaspreet Bumrah have been rested for the South African series after two months of IPL.
In the absence of Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul has been made the captain of the team. Apart from this, Dinesh Karthik, who played a great role as a finisher in the IPL, has also been included in the Indian squad. Ss2kp