New Delhi: India take on South Africa in the first of the five-match T20I series, beginning Thursday at Arun Jaitley stadium in Delhi.
Rishabh Pant has been named the stand-in skipper in the absence of KL Rahul. Rahul and Kuldeep Yadav have been ruled out with injuries.
Chennai Super King Star Ruturaj Gaikwad has been named in the Indian squad while Dwaine Pretorius has been selected in South Africa’s squad.
The two teams have faced off 15 times in the shortest format of the game with India taking nine wins and South Africa scalping six.
Team India are coming into this series on the back of a two-match Test series win against Sri Lanka at home in March.
The Rohit Sharma-led side won the first Test by an innings and 222 runs and took a 238-run victory in the second Test.
India, who are currently on a 12-game winning streak, will be looking to grab their 13th win on the trot in the format and set the record for the most consecutive wins in T20Is.
Fixtures:
1st T20I – June 9 2022, Delhi
2nd T20I – June 12 2022, Cuttack
3rd T20I – June 14 2022, Visakhapatnam
4th T20I – June 17 2022, Rajkot
5th T20I – June 19 2022, Bengaluru
India squad: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan, Deepak Hooda, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (c), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Hardik Pandya, Venkatesh Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik.
South Africa squad: Temba Bavuma (c), Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Rassie van der Dussen, Wayne Parnell, Dwaine Pretorius, Marco Jansen, Quinton de Kock (wk), Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Tristan Stubbs, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi.
