Shock to Team India before Africa series, KL Rahul out, Rishabh Pant becomes captain
Team India has to play a series of 5 T20 matches against South Africa in their own home. Its first match will be played on June 9 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. Earlier, a bad news has come out for the Indian team.
Team captain KL Rahul and spinner Kuldeep Yadav have been ruled out of the series due to injury. Now Rishabh Pant will be seen taking over the captaincy of the team. Hardik Pandya has been made the vice-captain. However, it is not yet clear who will be included in the squad in place of KL Rahul. BCCI has given this information.
What did BCCI say?
The BCCI said that KL Rahul has suffered a right groin injury (injury between the abdomen and the thigh). Whereas Kuldeep Yadav has suffered a right hand injury while batting in net practice. In such a situation, both the players have been out of the series due to injury. The selection committee has appointed wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant as the captain and Hardik Pandya as the vice-captain.
NEWS 🚨- KL Rahul and Kuldeep Yadav ruled out of #INDvSA series owing to injury.
— BCCI (@BCCI) June 8, 2022
The All-India Senior Selection Committee has named wicket-keeper Rishabh Pant as Captain and Hardik Pandya as vice-captain for the home series against South Africa @Paytm #INDvSA
The BCCI said that the selection committee has not yet announced the replacements of Rahul and Kuldeep. Both these players will now report directly to the National Cricket Academy (NCA) Bangalore. Then only after investigation some big decision can be taken on the future of both.
Top 3 players of Indian team out of the series
Let us inform that before this series, former captain Virat Kohli, current regular captain Rohit Sharma have already been rested. India’s top-3 players are out of the team due to Rahul’s injury. Suryakumar Yadav is also not in the squad. In such a situation, the problems of Team India can increase.
Team India Captain KL Rahul has been ruled out of the T20I series against South Africa owing to a right groin injury while Kuldeep Yadav will miss out in the T20I series after getting hit on his right hand while batting in the nets last evening.@Paytm #INDvSA
— BCCI (@BCCI) June 8, 2022
Squads of both teams for the series
Team India: Rishabh Pant (Captain and Wicketkeeper), Rituraj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan, Deepak Hooda, Shreyas Iyer, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya (Vice-Captain), Venkatesh Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik.
South Africa: Temba Bavuma (capt), Quinton de Kock, Reeza Hendrix, Henrik Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Enrique Norkia, Wayne Parnell, Dwayne Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs, Rassi Van der Dussen, Marco Janssen.
